Does Walgreens pay their employees well?

According to anonymously submitted Glassdoor reviews, Walgreens employees rate their compensation and benefits as 2.8 out of 5. Find out more about salaries and benefits at Walgreens. This rating has decreased by 2% over the last 12 months.

How satisfied are employees working at Walgreens?

33% of Walgreens employees would recommend working there to a friend based on Glassdoor reviews . Employees also rated Walgreens 2.8 out of 5 for work life balance, 2.8 for culture and values and 2.9 for career opportunities.

What are the top reviewed jobs at Walgreens?

Pharmacy Technician (4111) , Customer Service Associate (1988) , Certified Pharmacy Technician (1619) , Shift Lead (1600) , Cashier (1360) , Pharmacist (1159) , Store Manager (1078) , Customer Service Representative (823) , Shift Leader (738) , Sales Associate/Cashier (680) , Sales Associate (596) , CSA - Customer Service Associate (595) , Assistant Manager (577) , Senior Certified Pharmacy Technician (511) , Pharmacy Manager (468)

What are the pros of working at Walgreens according to real employee reviews?

"Good benefits but they were changing these as I was leaving not sure they are still good." ((in 1844 reviews)); "It is great for people who enjoy multitasking and some of the people who work there can be pretty great." ((in 1417 reviews)); "I was lucky and had great pharmacists and coworkers who made the job feel easier." ((in 1289 reviews)); "Hours are flexible and it is a pretty easy job once you get the hang of things." ((in 1185 reviews)); "Flexible scheduling since it's difficult to work as a nurse practitioner and have hourly and not salaried positions." ((in 623 reviews))

What are the cons of working at Walgreens according to real employee reviews?

"Also very low pay and you won't receive your pay raise even when promised after the one year mark." ((in 2424 reviews)); "Poor management some associates basically ran the store because the managers can't seem to do their jobs!" ((in 1952 reviews)); "Bad managers will just make it seem like a job you have to make money." ((in 956 reviews)); "Poor upper management and no desire to invest in the company" ((in 528 reviews)); "back hurts leg hurts draining no work life balance not worth the stress for the pay" ((in 488 reviews))

What are employees saying about Walgreens layoffs in 2026?

Explore Glassdoor’s employee reviews to understand what current and former employees are saying about Walgreens layoffs and their outlook for job security at Walgreens in 2026.

What are the top reviewed Walgreens locations?

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Walgreens reviews

3.0

33% would recommend to a friend

(37,128 total reviews)

Mike Motz

23% approve of CEO

24% positive business outlook

Ratings by category

3.5

Diversity & inclusion

2.9

Career opportunities

2.8

Culture & values

2.8

Work/Life balance

2.8

Compensation and benefits

2.6

Senior management

Walgreens has an employee rating of 3.0 out of 5 stars, based on 37,128 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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Reviews by job title

37K reviews

4.0

Aug 12, 2013

I worked for Walgreens through my college career and am thankful for this company and benefits.

Photo specialist

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

Good work/life balance. My manager worked with me whenever I needed certain days off. Profit Sharing is a great benefit and got me started on my 401K. Time 1/2 for working on holidays. Discounts on certain products and bigger discounts combined with store coupons on Walgreens products were nice.

Cons

Truck days are quite physically demanding. Males will be doing all the heavy lifting while the females just talk and hangout in cosmetics. Weekends are always busy and we needed a full team but this is when everyone wants off work, so keeping a consistent team can be spotty. Working on Holidays were awful. Walgreens should at least close a little earlier than 6pm on Christmas day, good grief Charlie Brown. I worked more Thanksgiving and Christmas days than wanted.

4.0

Aug 11, 2013

Opportunity to work with cutting edge technology.

It manager

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

Opportunity to excel for self driven individuals

Cons

Complex matrix environment which makes accountability challenging and simple tasks overly difficult due to the amount of politics and "red tape" involved.

4.0

Aug 10, 2013

Overall aO

Pharmacist

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

financially stable company, excellent benefits and 401k profit sharing match. good vacation time program, short term disability. many opportunities for store and corporate advancement

Cons

Very rigidly structured chain of command, polite but very formal workplace setting. Many mandatory programs and very intense scrutiny in key preformance indicators

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