Good to grow, bad to stay - Certified Photo Technician Walgreens Employee Review

2.0
23 Oct 2011
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

They have the best compensation for small box and even most large box retailers out there. Higher pay than most other places and better benefits (although not great).

Cons

The people who run the company now are driving it into the ground. Walgreens used to be a good or at least decent company. Now that it is no longer in the Walgreen family's hands, the new guys just seem content to abuse the frontline (especially the money makers in the pharmacy) as much as possible just to look a tad bit better to the share-holders. it is impossible to advance now, which is a drastic change from the way it was 4 years ago. Unless you have a plan to get out, don't bother getting in. It has a tendency to suck you in.

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5.0
5 July 2026
Recommend
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Pros

So far so good I don’t have too many problems on the job. I actually like going in every day..

Cons

The only cause of the cons that come with a job with people don’t come into work.

3.0
25 June 2026
Recommend
CEO approval
Business outlook

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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