Walgreens reviews

3.0

33% would recommend to a friend

(37,131 total reviews)
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Mike Motz

23% approve of CEO

24% positive business outlook

Walgreens has an employee rating of 3.0 out of 5 stars, based on 37,131 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have an average working experience there. The Walgreens employee rating is in line with the average (within 1 standard deviation) for employers within the Ventas al mayoreo y al menudeo industry (3.5 stars).

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37K reviews
3.0
Oct 7, 2013
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Pros

It's a great place to be promoted on the inside, if you stay long enough you will get great opportunities, and great benefits.

Cons

Loss Prevention is sneaky, and thinks irrationally. When they came to talk to me about some things they told me. "You know what you did wrong, if you tell me "I don't know" then your lying" My manager limited me to 1 class this semester, then fired me. So i was stuck with only one class. I feel like my manager looked for a reason to get rid of me. After I got fired, I found out that i was being underpayed compared to the others that started in my position. I was also promised numerous things when i was first hired, I put down pharmacy as my first choice and photo as my second. They didn't have a pharmacy position open so they put me in photo. Mr. Groene told me I would be the next to go to pharmacy when a position was open, when a position opened I wasn't even talked to. I was also promised that I would get the yearly review that decides whether or not you get a raise in august, since i would of been hired 2 months before the raise. I didn't even get the review.

4.0
Oct 3, 2013

Opportunities for Growth

Recommend
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Pros

Walgreens will take you as far as you want to go! I started as a cashier and now I am an Asmt. I have had the chance to work with some amazing people that have contributed to my growth with Walgreens. It's never a dull moment on the Corner of Happy and Healthy.

Cons

Depending on what kind of store your in, your job can be highly stressful. Slower stores receive less payroll so that means more work for you on top of all the responsibilities you have.

4.0
Sep 26, 2013
Recommend
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Pros

-They give chances, a lot of chances -Acknowledges good employees with hours, opportunities, responsibilities (a good thing if you want to prove yourself) -They'll work you to the core if you're really up for it -Environment can be very friendly if you're not working with negative nancies. -Good hours if you're good enough. -Management will back you through any situation or possibility that occurs at work. Sometimes, even outside of work. Great stuff. -Like I've said always, not the same for all stores.

Cons

-Management and nearly everything completely different in every store besides the plan-o-grams -They'll work you to the core if you're really up for it -Since changes of management positions to team leads, the "leads" have all gone really bad or worse. -EXA's are now Assistant Store Managers and are more office ridden than ever before. -Some ASM's are really bad when it comes to working with employee's strengths and weaknesses especially the ones who didn't major in Business. -A lot of your co-workers don't "GET-IT" when it comes to working retail at a Walgreens -Sometimes you have to be able to adjust to working all 3 different shifts, easier said than done. Easier for younger non-student folk like myself to adjust to.

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