Overall not a bad experience - Anonymous employee Walgreens Employee Review

2.0
16 Mar 2011
Anonymous employee
Recommend
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Pros

- 401k is one of the best out there - 2 weeks paid vacation for mgrs after one year - Most managers are flexible about the schedule they need you to work

Cons

- This could just be my district, but promotions are not based on merit. They are more based on who sucks up the most - The parity between EXA and store manager bonuses are ridiculous. For example, I will probably get a bonus of around $5,000-$6,000 for the year and my store manager will get $50,000. - Upper management does not communicate direction very well - Upper management also seems to be changing things just to satisfy the shareholders instead of looking at the people that it is going to affect the most. I have heard that they are trying to cut EXA and store manager bonuses which will just allow themselves to receive larger bonuses.

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Cons

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Pros

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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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