Pros
The pay and benefits are the best in the drugstore industry. Opportunities for Management Trainees to move up to EXA are very plentiful. Once you become store manager you get a 8-5 m-f schedule and most weekends and holidays off. Work hours for salaried employees maybe long and stressful but bonus potential makes it all worth it. There is usually plenty of coverage for all store departments but the downside is many of the employees are not very reliable or capable of doing simple tasks. Many holidays are payed in addition to your regular salary even if you are a EXA.
Cons
Promotion to store manager from EXA requires a lot of patience and politics. Due to the lawsuit filed by minorities against Walgreens for discrimination against store managers and pharamcists, promotion is very hard to come by for certain races... Work hours are long and stressful and a lot of times you fill like the Store Manager and District Manager think you are a dog and that you can be enticed(motivated) by the possibility of a promotion. They have you thinking that promotion is right around the corner to keep you working like "super walgreens employee". It's the Walgreen Way.