Not worth it. - Executive Assistant Manager Walgreens Employee Review

1.0
28 Aug 2010
Recommend
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Pros

They have some genuinely nice and hard-working people at the store level. Most managers are fair and easy to work for, but that is really a store by store factor. Profit Sharing is decent and certainly comparable to other similar companies.

Cons

Promotion and advancement opportunities have dried up currently...they are cutting back a lot. Right now, upper management is in disarray and very frantic. Corporate has little insight as to what is happening at the store level. Legal and company policies are rarely enforced with any consistency. Scheduling for assistant managers doesn't allow for any work/life balance...unless of course one has no life outside of Walgreens. In management, you are married to the company and by married, I mean to say that you will be spending all of your nights, weekends, and holidays with Walgreens. Company morale (store level especially) is at an ALL TIME LOW. Many employees simply feel "stuck" in position because of current market status. New corporate strategies and directives have gone too far away from 4 way test and other founding principles that have made the company so successful.

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5.0
23 June 2026
Recommend
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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
CEO approval
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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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