Not sure what I was supposed to be... - Anonymous employee Walgreens Employee Review

1.0
8 Aug 2021
Anonymous employee
Recommend
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Pros

I worked for one day, the only reason I can think of is to earn a paycheck

Cons

I waited 3 weeks to start, on my start day, they couldn't get me added to their systems, so I could do no training and couldn't use the registers. I watched someone cashier for 8 hours. I was hired under the impression I would be in training as a pharm tech, only to be told on my start day that they didn't know where they would be using me. There were 2 members of management I interacted with during those 8 hours. Both of them were rude, even to customers, and talked down to subordinates. One of them even telling me they didn't think I would cut it as a cashier because I wasn't doing it hands on. (remember it wasn't my fault that the computer wouldn't allow me to log on). All of these experiences told me to RUN.

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