If you're gonna do retail, Walgreens is the place to be. - Pharmacy Intern Walgreens Employee Review

5.0
9 July 2011
Recommend
CEO approval
Business outlook

Pros

Hours are pretty flexible especially if you don't mind working nights or weekends. The computer system is excellent, the easiest to use of any of the other retail stores that I've seen. Also the technology in the pharmacy is pretty good, most of the busier stores have robots or other automatic filling machines.

Cons

Customers are customers, regardless of where you work. They tend to think that you owe them something or that your time is significantly less valuable than theirs. Also the fact that Wag is open 365 days a year, mine 24 hours a day can be a real drag.

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5.0
22 Apr 2026
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Pros

Team member and entry level management very good

Cons

High stressfulness and open space makes high risk

3.0
25 June 2026
Recommend
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Pros

Can be a fun environment. All in whom your staff is. Operating photo was fun and building projects for the customers. Learning about pharmacy operations.

Cons

Work life balance and low pay for what is expected. Not having enough payroll to effectively run a store. My store ran FE on a 320 hour a week budget. That was barely enough to get buy and meet the expectations put out by the company. I was never able to keep a full leadership staff. When a leader called out, I had to stay. There were days I was called away from my own dinner table. SM's were forced to be in the pharmacy for more than half of their day regardless as to what is happening in the FE. I worked over 50 hours a week and barely got to spend time with my family. If I wasn't at the store I was getting a phone call and having to go back to the store.

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