Too many MBAs, not enough RPhs - Pharmacy Manager Walgreens Employee Review

2.0
May 31, 2012
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Pros

Good support from direct supervisors. Decent vacation allowances and good working hours/shift lengths. I've never felt I needed to "take work home with me"

Cons

Once Jeff Rein left, the business shifted from one that was run by pharmacists and understood the idiosyncrasies of running a pharmacy to one that was micromanaged by people unfamiliar with the pharmacy world. As a pharmacist, I often feel like I'm wasting my degree by being forced to "doctor detail" and other projects that hurt the reputation of the pharmacist.

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5.0
Jun 23, 2026
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Pros

Was always able to work with my on my schedule and was always a reliable workplace little surprises

Cons

My area had a lot of scary stuff happen and a lot of time I was at the front all alone just left me feeling unsafe at times as a teen.

3.0
Jun 25, 2026
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Pros

Can be a fun environment. All in whom your staff is. Operating photo was fun and building projects for the customers. Learning about pharmacy operations.

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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