Honest view from Previous STR MGR - Manager Walgreens Employee Review

2.0
Apr 26, 2021
Recommend
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Pros

Great job for students going to school and a person who have been out of work for a few months.

Cons

Company adds more "programs" for employees to follow and no increase to pay. Room for promotion is slim. HR gives you the runaround when you want questions answered. Company should definitely re consider the people they hire in corporate. Corporate should be filled more with people that truly understand the retail world. Just because one has a degree; it doesn't mean they can efficiently do the job and affectively. Ever since the company became one with boots alliance they have forgotten the employees are what makes it happen. The moral is down completely and for any other employee that says what I'm saying is a lie... Keep in mind store managers got a bigger bonus during the pandemic meanwhile CSA only got from $150-$300. As a previous Store manager the company should reconsider how those bonuses are given and think about their CSA and shift leads who run the store full Time while us Store managers only deal with some paper work and get the heat when things don't go as expected.

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5.0
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Pros

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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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