The worst job I have ever had - Anonymous employee Walgreens Employee Review

2.0
Jul 16, 2012
Anonymous employee
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Pros

Hard to get fired. They will work with your schedule.

Cons

I have had my shares of jobs for the last 5-6 years and I got to say that walgreens has got to be the worst. The expect so much from employess with such little pay. They have no respect for their employees. I been here for three years and have not even receives a full dollar raise. They overlook the best people for promotions and instead give them to clueless people who have no ideas about the company. This job is also like a sales job too. After a while it makes you seem like some type of drug dealer. Trying to convince people to buy certain crap.

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3.0
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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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