A miserable existence - Staff Pharmacist Walgreens Employee Review

1.0
Jun 22, 2018
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Pros

Pay and benefits are pretty good. From speaking with other pharmacists, pay may be better at other companies

Cons

My biggest peeve is that they have non-professional staff managing the pharmacy. They have no experience in the pharmacy but have way too much influence over the pharmacy manager and on our job. Its no longer about patient care and more about getting surveys and pushing charity donations. They are constantly making cuts to budget and staffing which increases the burden on those who remain. If your store is in a bad area and you have poor management, it becomes a really hostile environment.

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Pros

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Cons

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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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