Good job for students. - Service Clerk Walgreens Employee Review

2.0
Dec 6, 2010
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Pros

Working for Walgreens is great when your a student because they are very flexible with scheduling. There is also the occasional 20% off everything except cigarettes and milk products. They do offer holiday pay too.

Cons

The pay is horrible, unless your a Assistant Manger or higher. For example, as a service clerk, I started with $7.45, six years ago, and I ended my career there at $8.50. So it took more then 6 years just to make a $1. Also, Walgreens rarely promotes within the company. The managers treat you as pawns and not people. For example, last year, Our new store manager changed the opening time of the store 8am to 7am without even asking us what we thought about that. All she told is was it was just a test and it would be temporary, but it wasn't. Last but not least, Walgreen is open 365 days a year, enough said.

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5.0
Jun 3, 2026
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Pros

Work with your schedule if you are in school.

Cons

Low pay. I need to be able to multitask, run the cash register, and operate the Photo Booth lab at a fast pace.

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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