Walgreens Boots Alliance Employee Reviews about "pharmacist"
Updated 22 Oct 2020
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Pros
"Staff discount , extra hours available" (in 33 reviews)
"Good pay, good staff and fast paced" (in 33 reviews)
Cons
"Work life balance demands from company" (in 19 reviews)
"Some stores you have nice pharmacist while some will literally drive you to a corner" (in 19 reviews)
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Reviews about "pharmacist"
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Organised, helpful, pay is good
Cons
Staffing in some stores is bare bones therefore you go from pharmacist for couple of hours to shop floor assistant for a couple of hours, but it’s okay I guess, all part of the job. Also allows you to advertise your kind personality and stellar clinical knowledge and uplift the boots brand in general :)
Pros
Decent benefits and PTO given for FT employees
Cons
Required to travel 50 miles before compensation for traveling pharmacist. Schedule can be changed constantly for traveling Rph. As a Market pharmacist it is hard to communicate with anyone about career movement Within the company.
"Good company to learn from"
- Work/Life Balance★★★★★
- Culture & Values★★★★★
- Career Opportunities★★★★★
- Compensation and Benefits★★★★★
- Senior Management★★★★★
Doesn't RecommendNegative OutlookNo Opinion of CEOI worked at Walgreens Boots Alliance part-time for more than a year
Pros
As an intern, you learn a lot
Cons
Depending on which store you are at, the experience can turn miserable. Some stores you have nice pharmacist while some will literally drive you to a corner.
"Remember Strict Liability and Don't Overwork"
- Work/Life Balance★★★★★
- Culture & Values★★★★★
- Career Opportunities★★★★★
- Compensation and Benefits★★★★★
- Senior Management★★★★★
Doesn't RecommendNegative OutlookNo Opinion of CEOI worked at Walgreens Boots Alliance full-time for more than 5 years
Pros
Good managers, well developed best practices for efficient work procedures, well-known brand, modern facilities, Fortune 500 company, large network of pharmacies, good technicians kept and valued.
Cons
Working overtime for free unavoidable, but should not be done. Cutthroat competition for all positions, bare-bones operations in terms of clerks and technicians, pharmacists can thrive if work efficiently, have quick hands, can multitask.
Continue reading"A good job"
- Work/Life Balance★★★★★
- Culture & Values★★★★★
- Career Opportunities★★★★★
- Compensation and Benefits★★★★★
- Senior Management★★★★★
RecommendsNeutral OutlookApproves of CEOI have been working at Walgreens Boots Alliance part-time for less than a year
Pros
Good pay Good amount of holidays Flexible hours Great canteen facilities Lots of friendly colleagues
Cons
Age discrimination (especially towards young workers) Hostile 'professional staff '- ACPTs, Pharmacists and Engineers Management can be unfair and often times lack good communication Lots of over ambitious colleagues clinging onto tiny bits of power from extra responsibilities Working environment can be toxic at times especially due to all the cynical attitudes there Training and NVQ attainment is a sluggish and unorganised process (if you aren't full time it's even worse)
Continue readingPros
Rigorous SOPs that cover most situations you come across as a pharmacist Breaks are respected and sometimes can be negotiate
Cons
Less willing to negotiate on pay per hour More pressure for pharmacist to complete services Pharmacist working by themselves sometimes on weekends Blame culture
"Work/home life balance"
- Work/Life Balance★★★★★
- Culture & Values★★★★★
- Career Opportunities★★★★★
- Compensation and Benefits★★★★★
- Senior Management★★★★★
I have been working at Walgreens Boots Alliance full-time for more than 8 years
Pros
Flexible schedules and good work environment.
Cons
Not enough technician help, too much work overwhelming the pharmacist especially in busy stores
Continue reading"Got worse at the end"
- Work/Life Balance★★★★★
- Culture & Values★★★★★
- Career Opportunities★★★★★
- Compensation and Benefits★★★★★
- Senior Management★★★★★
Doesn't RecommendNeutral OutlookDisapproves of CEOI worked at Walgreens Boots Alliance full-time for more than 10 years
Pros
Good wages and a good staff.
Cons
They wanted to perform tasks that were not for a pharmacist. No support from the store manager
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"Store Management is not the problem."
- Work/Life Balance★★★★★
- Culture & Values★★★★★
- Career Opportunities★★★★★
- Compensation and Benefits★★★★★
- Senior Management★★★★★
Doesn't RecommendNegative OutlookNo Opinion of CEOI worked at Walgreens Boots Alliance full-time for more than 5 years
Pros
A large corporate with decent peer support and some fantastic individuals that work at various levels. The pharmacist managers, or those with pharmacy background are leaving in droves and the workforce is being de-skilled. The non-pharmacist management is highly varied in its capability to lead such a large pharmacy brand - with recent experience being disastrous, but past experience being extremely good. It is obvious to see working day to day on the job. From the outside, its amazing peers and dispensary staff at all levels that keeps most of our local stores afloat. The public may catch on soon. I just hope that the diligent and skilled governance managers working at area and regional level are fighting strongly to maintain a 'pharmacy led' health and beauty aspect of this so-called heritage British institution.
Cons
You are a cog in a huge machine, that is relentlessly marching towards something you ''won't recognise in 10 years'' (#quote from C&D), consequences be damned. The pharmacist forum, internal networking and raising concerns does little to mitigate the damage done to the local population that you serve. To make this sound less harsh, I would like to stress that change, which revitalises a workplace and challenges practice in order to improve the proficiency, professionalism, reputation and future-proofing the pharmacy profession is good. However I am put off by the middle management disregard for genuine (i.e. those that walk the talk) work done on the ground by all the hard working dispensing team.
Continue reading "Follow the rules"
- Work/Life Balance★★★★★
- Culture & Values★★★★★
- Career Opportunities★★★★★
- Compensation and Benefits★★★★★
- Senior Management★★★★★
Doesn't RecommendNeutral OutlookDisapproves of CEOI have been working at Walgreens Boots Alliance part-time for more than 10 years
Pros
Pension scheme is generous.
Cons
Low salary. Too many tiers of management - especially non-pharmacist managers. Too much emphasis on services.
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