Walgreens is a Good Starter Job - Assistant Manager Walgreens Employee Review

3.0
Jun 2, 2010
Recommend
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Pros

The company has cut back on overtime so you're only allowed to work 40 hours a week. However, this is also a con. Managers are understanding about days off and vacations. The work is not that hard and there is not much actual responsibility. You get experience in the pharmacy and they pay for your Pharmacy Tech license which is something to add to your resume.

Cons

There are a lot of cons to working as an assistant manager at Walgreens. You are paid on an hourly rate, and many assistants lost a lot of pay when the company cut overtime. So while you only work 40 hours a week you lose a lot of pay because of it. Also, since you only work 40 hours a week you have to try and squeeze in a lot of work without going into over time. The work itself is not glamorous. You are essentially a stocker who has keys. You're expected to handle all customer service actions beyond the actually ringing out of customers, and sometimes this even falls on you. Your day is spent running around doing returns, voids, picking up cash, handling complaints, stocking shelves, scanning in vendors, covering your employees breaks, unloading trucks, merchandising the store, cleaning bathrooms, unclogging toliets, filling scripts, ringing out customers, and the list goes on. Promotions are also impossible for assistants anymore. When I was hired out of college last year the district manager said that in 1-2 years I would be and EXA and in 3-4 I would a Store Manager, this is a lie. The company is no longer expanding and is focusing on organic growth there is no room to move up. I left after my one year review when my store manager told me and another assistant should have went to EXA classes but theres no room and in the future they will only send 1 person a year at most.

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5.0
Mar 5, 2026
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Pros

Great work life balance and collaborative team environment. Direct managers are supportive and approachable which makes day to day work enjoyable. There are good opportunities to grow, especially if you are proactive about building skills and taking initiative

Cons

Recent restructuring and multiple rounds of layoffs created some uncertainty across teams

2.0
Jun 19, 2026
Recommend
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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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