Corporate Review - Program Manager Walgreens Employee Review

2.0
Sep 8, 2017
Recommend
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Pros

The scale of operations offers excellent opportunities to do projects and programs across the country (including PR). The business sells numerous goods and services which when combined with the national scale make for a diverse set of experiences available to Walgreen's team members looking to stretch themselves and gain new experiences.

Cons

In my particular experiences, politics determined who moved up into higher roles rather than leadership and value creation. The WBA Headquarters in Deerfield is not optimal for commuting from most suburbs 10 or more miles to the west and south, including Chicago (due to rush hour congestion). What is Walgreen's doing that cannot be replaced by an app with a secure/efficient inventory delivery service?

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5.0
Feb 25, 2026
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Pros

Worked well with my school schedule Friendly coworkers Supportive in growth in other departments

Cons

I don’t have any cons, I enjoyed this job.

3.0
Jun 25, 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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