Pros
Can get paid the same amount to simply show up as you can to work. If you lack a moral compass or can turn your head from unethical business practice this is the place for you. Is not an 'all for one' company. Is an 'every man for himself' type culture.
Cons
No value of employees Overworked Undervalued Not respected Required to work random night/day and weekend hours leaving you little to no sleep often and making it hard on any family life you have No matter how long you work for this company or how much of a company man you are, in the end, you will be reminded you are disposable. Employees that are loyal and dedicated to this company will not get that same loyalty or respect in the end. Employees that are a sure thing to have to deal with are the just 'coast through' ones. Those employees are much higher in number causing every day to be that much more difficult for employees who actually give it their all while working. Guaranteed to have more stressful situations days than not. Understaffed shifts more than ones with appropriate coverage. often many of the shifts have blind management. Lacking the knowledge/ actions/efforts applied to be properly managing by training, teaching and observating each employee on a 'person to person level.' Missed opportunities for each employee to be able to deliver their best and achieve their highest potential due to complete lack of consistent,equal and measurable documentation. No inforced support to ensure company incentives are being followed consistently and correctly by each store. No tracking required/inforced by each stores management team to be correctly monitoring employees day to day/over time personal progress development. No clear and consistent measuring of performance each day for members of management in their particular role. Ex: starting with SFL'S and working your way up the ladder Lacking direction and accountability with each employee, causing them to easily not claim responsibility and blame others for actions, performance and progress within the store. I've witnessed good hard working employees time and time again held responsible for situations that arose simply because the people above them didn't understand and lacked the knowledge to know what was. I've also witnessed employees that aren't personally providing the minimum required, get away with it often it's allowed to go on for far to long. I loved this job but with each call being made by corporate/store level throughout the years I have lost all respect for this company. It's sad to see the employees just roll with each judgement call no matter how morally wrong it may be, as long as it's not them it's happening to. Keeping your mouth zipped may keep them their jobs for the time being but eventually you will be the one on the chopping block. People need to start speaking their truth and refuse to allow unethical calls to continue while other sit back and watch. This company may of grown to be big and hit massive revenue but at what cost? When a company chooses unethical directions, it may climb high for the moment being but in the end, the corruption will be the end of it. I believe in being good, honest and valuing others. I can in no way support or work for walgreens any longer due to actions seen by myself that consistently go against my beliefs.