high stress environment guaranteed to get you to the grave early - Pharmacist Walgreens Employee Review

1.0
Aug 10, 2010
Recommend
CEO approval
Business outlook

Pros

good benefits and 401K plan; decent pay;good computer system; job security;fairly easy to transfer to other locations within company if you have to move

Cons

very high stress environment; expected to do more and more with less support hours i.e technicians; every move you make is monitored-corporate knows how long it takes you to answer the phone, how long it takes to fill a prescription during each step, etc; you are expected to do the work of 2 pharmacists with no bathroom or lunch breaks; day and evening shifts with no consistency-sometimes you are lucky to be able to go home for 8 hours before you have to start it all again; constant interruptions- multi tasking does not even begin to cover it.; usual corporate BS-paint a pretty picture for when upper management comes- you are encouraged to voice your opinion unless of course it does not coincide with managements view

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Pros

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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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