If your not at the top of the ladder don't expect much appreciation - Anonymous employee Walgreens Employee Review

3.0
14 Oct 2010
Anonymous employee
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

Walgreens is everywhere so you can transfer if you move or if it's more convenient. Free clinic. Walgreens also paid for my pharmacy certification. The employee discount isn't bad either.

Cons

Pharmacy deals with a lot of stress. Everyday someone will push your button. The pay does not make it worth it. Recently with the economic downfall Walgreens has takin away any kind of employee appreciation. Stars (for customer service awards) and gift cards for holiday ( we now get days when our discount is 25% off). They also have cut hours and if your new expect them to be your hours that will disappear.

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Cons

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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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