Good company with potential for career growth - Shift Leader Walgreens Employee Review

4.0
Oct 14, 2013
Recommend
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Pros

It really depends on the managers you work with. I happen to have had two great managers who are very willing to help me move up within the company. They are always supportive of me and offer me great advice. If you show that you are a self-motivated individual, you can be promoted fairly easily. The company is restructuring, so it benefits those that have a business degree.

Cons

The hours and the pay are not that great, but its still better than most of the other retail companies.

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Cons

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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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