Overworked and under value - Store Manager Walgreens Employee Review

3.0
May 26, 2026
Recommend
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Pros

Consistent Sunday off and major holidays off. This is only good for suckers that want to build career. But once you get that experience, use it somewhere else.

Cons

The pros will not matter if someone called out you have to come in if you can’t find a coverage then you work about 50 hours or more every week. Ridiculous metrics you have to reach. A small labor budget for your store and even you’re at home other stores can reach out to you for help.

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3.0
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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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