Overall, good company to work for - Head Photo Specialist Walgreens Employee Review

4.0
Jun 29, 2008
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Pros

The benefits are awesome, including the benefit for a hassle free transfer to any store in the country that has a position open. The profit sharing package, for the last 3 years, for every dollar you put in, Walgreens has matched it with a $3 deposit. Fully vested after 6 years. Open Door Policy, you can go to any manager at any time for any issue. Despite what other disgruntled employees tell you, there is promotion potential for hard working, driven, and positive employees. 6 paid sick days a year (full time only). Flexibility with scheduling, generally management is willing to work with you on various things, 2nd job, babysitters, ect...

Cons

Well, unless you are management, the hourly starting wages are kind of on the low side. Lots of manual labor, even for management at the store level. Stressful dealings with customers. Sometimes ad items are out of stock or ring at the wrong price, sometimes making customers angry. We are open 365 days a year, so someone gets stuck working all of the holidays. In most of the stores, you cannot take vacation in November and December. January thru April are a slow time for retail, some hours may get cut. Sometimes you may be expected to do more work than you can physically handle.

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5.0
Jun 23, 2026
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Pros

Was always able to work with my on my schedule and was always a reliable workplace little surprises

Cons

My area had a lot of scary stuff happen and a lot of time I was at the front all alone just left me feeling unsafe at times as a teen.

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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