"NOT the same great company I worked for when I first started." - Beauty Advisor Walgreens Employee Review

1.0
30 Nov 2012
Recommend
CEO approval
Business outlook

Pros

Co-workers can become wonderful friends. There's a decent discount.

Cons

When I first started this company (over 8 years ago) it was a really decent place to work for. Walgreens had many programs, contests, and meetings that made selling and learning fun and rewarding. Almost all of that has now been eliminated. Store and district management have the mentality that employees are "replaceable!"

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Pros

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Cons

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3.0
25 Jun 2026
Recommend
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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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