Understaffed & Holding On By a Thread - Anonymous employee Walgreens Employee Review

2.0
21 Dec 2025
Anonymous employee
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Pros

Still an iconic brand to work for that makes a difference in people’s lives and the people I work with are amazing albeit dwindling

Cons

We are understaffed at the support center and in the field all giving everything to hope this last gasp will lead to the long promised turn around Operate first is a great theme but seems to be defined by whatever number is most shiny that particular month Middle management is so squeezed there is no time to understand all the lines of business they are supporting…as such we all end up supporting middle management making slides to executives feel like they have a handle on things instead of focusing on actually turning the business around or career and development. Either merit increases or bonuses have been sporadic 4 days a week in office doesn’t offer much flexibility

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2 Feb 2026
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Pros

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Cons

- A lot of phones ringing that you have to answer that require a lot of work that it holds you off on your current tasks for awhile. They need to do something about the phones ringing all the time.

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3.0
25 Jun 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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