No longer the corner of happy and healthy. - Staff Pharmacist Walgreens Employee Review

2.0
Feb 26, 2019
Recommend
CEO approval
Business outlook

Pros

The money... • 401(k) / profit sharing with up to 4% company match • Employee stock purchase program (ESPP) with 10% off company stock • Accumulate Paid Time Off (PTO) the more you work • Pay check every 2 weeks

Cons

Walgreens is no longer the "corner of happy and healthy". The district manager is a cheerleader in a suit who does absolutely nothing to help the stores and its employees. We're constantly told to increase the Net Promoter Score (NPS), make phone calls to push customers to get refills and 90 day supply on prescriptions (for reimbursement from insurance companies), and take advantage of cancer patients by promoting/selling beauty products to make them feel good when in reality Walgreens just cares about profits. It's all about the Benjamins. Everyone is pressured to do more with less, especially the pharmacy. Pharmacists have little to no training since the "training" is only 10 days. We're always understaffed, and if you complain, you will be reprimanded. Hours are cut because the CEO is too busy buying the competition (Rite Aid, Sinopharm GuoDa in China) and making partnerships with other companies (Birchbox, FedEx, Humana, Microsoft, Verily). It doesn't help when you have lazy pharmacy technicians and floaters who don't know how to do their jobs as well. On top of that, you have deal with incredibly STUPID CUSTOMERS on a daily basis and they always think they "got a phone call saying the prescription is ready". The smart ones actually leave because drug prices are extraordinarily high at Walgreens compared to other retailers like Costco and Walmart. Walgreens is such a joke! "Trusted since 1901"? HELL NO! I don't think anyone can trust a company that repeatedly breaks the law. First the Controlled Substance Act (in Florida), then the False Claims Act (overbilling the gov't with insulin pens) followed by selling tobacco to minors and hiring a fake pharmacist.

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5.0
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Pros

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Cons

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2.0
Jun 19, 2026
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Pros

Gave me decent pay. Bought us little gifts and food at holidays.

Cons

Gave away one of my paychecks to another employee and refused to reimburse me because of issues with "their bank." My RxM created a hostile work environment showing clear favoritism for employees. Eventually, HR got involved, and I was no longer scheduled with him. I did not ask for this change, and actively resented it, because now I had fewer hours, meaning less pay on top of the $500 corporate had already stolen from me. They had no interest in training me or anyone else to become certified as promised. Over and over again, they hired people, ran out the time on their licenses, and let techs choose between paying to get certified elsewhere, or losing their jobs. The only thing Walgreens was passionate about was convincing patients that they couldn't even provide their regular medications to get vaccines. Often unneeded. The "patient care" calls are blatant and illegal marketing for vaccines, since Walgreens makes it next to impossible for a patient to opt out of it. I would NEVER get my medications here after seeing how poorly everything is managed, how unethical company policies and patient health were regarded, and how mistreated the staff were.

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