can't retire soon enough - Pharmacist Walgreens Employee Review

2.0
7 Oct 2014
Recommend
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Pros

to start, the pay was good, and there was a reasonable amount of training and help and communication. However this declined steadily and by the time I was ready to retire, well I retired.

Cons

what little help there is, is so untrained and unwilling to help that I can't see how any customer would return. I only got prescriptions filled there because I was forced to. the lines were ALWAYS long and management was unable to schedule additional help in the evenings when the bulk of the customers would be there.

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5.0
23 June 2026
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Pros

Was always able to work with my on my schedule and was always a reliable workplace little surprises

Cons

My area had a lot of scary stuff happen and a lot of time I was at the front all alone just left me feeling unsafe at times as a teen.

2.0
19 June 2026
Recommend
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Pros

Gave me decent pay. Bought us little gifts and food at holidays.

Cons

Gave away one of my paychecks to another employee and refused to reimburse me because of issues with "their bank." My RxM created a hostile work environment showing clear favoritism for employees. Eventually, HR got involved, and I was no longer scheduled with him. I did not ask for this change, and actively resented it, because now I had fewer hours, meaning less pay on top of the $500 corporate had already stolen from me. They had no interest in training me or anyone else to become certified as promised. Over and over again, they hired people, ran out the time on their licenses, and let techs choose between paying to get certified elsewhere, or losing their jobs. The only thing Walgreens was passionate about was convincing patients that they couldn't even provide their regular medications to get vaccines. Often unneeded. The "patient care" calls are blatant and illegal marketing for vaccines, since Walgreens makes it next to impossible for a patient to opt out of it. I would NEVER get my medications here after seeing how poorly everything is managed, how unethical company policies and patient health were regarded, and how mistreated the staff were.

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