It is what you make of it. - Executive Assistant (EXA) Walgreens Employee Review

4.0
Dec 16, 2008
Recommend
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Pros

This is a company that gives alot of opportunity but to move up you need to put in alot of time. The pay and benefits are decent.

Cons

Your experience working for walgreens mostly depends on your store manager. They are all differant and expect differant things. It is expected that you work 6 days for 2 months over the holidays and alot of the reviews are subjective. Politics are not that bad but still significant. There is no point in being an exa unless you think you can be a store manager within two years. After that most burn out and end up working elsewhere.

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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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