Not recommended - Pharmacist Walgreens Employee Review

1.0
May 2, 2016
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

8 hour work days for pharmacist (but have heard they are getting rid of that)

Cons

Everything. Horrible corporate management, No support, understaffed pharmacies and stores which basically means you wont have time to pee. You can ask for a random day off 8 months in advance and most likely get denied even when floaters are available. Nevermind calling out sick- ive seen pharmacists with food poisoning throwing up in the back of the pharmacy inbetween customer bc either there is no one to call or they wont send anyone in. Will look for any reason to write you up, deny a raise, or just flat ojt fire you. No advancement opportunities. Once you get a store its damn near impossible go leave as a pharmacist.

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Cons

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Pros

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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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