Walgreens has a great benefits package and high salary, however poor communication from upper management. - Assistant Manager (MGT) Walgreens Employee Review

3.0
19 Feb 2011
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Pros

Great pay for similar positions compared to other companies. If you like to be busy, this is the place for you.

Cons

There's not a lot of communication from upper management. The scheduling is unfair, new MGT's work only nights and weekends. Not a lot of HR presence so it is hard to advance your career. Hours are long, you might have to work overnight also. Communication and feedback is hard to come by. There's not a lot of challenging work, even though you need a college degree to be a manager.

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5.0
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Pros

Opportunity for advancement, engaging supportive environment

Cons

Expectation unattainable at times with lack of resources and communication from too many fields

3.0
25 Jun 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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