Scared straight program for those who don't want to go to college! - Photo Technician Walgreens Employee Review

2.0
23 Oct 2012
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Pros

-A pro for an employee could be that constant delegation (read: avoiding work) by managerial staff will allow you to earn the experience necessary to get a better job/pay...with a different company. -A pro if you're a HS grad who is not looking to go to college. stick it out for a decade or two, and you can guarantee job security, schedule flexibility, decent benefits. -if you're a store manager with 15+ years with the company, you can stop worrying about performing. -if you're a woman who knows how to flirt a little, there's plenty of leniency

Cons

-favoritism (let your imagination fill in the gaps here) -lack of opportunities/promotions (even assistant managers could verify that the only clear way to get promoted was to switch stores/ regions/ companies). -Managerial staff inept at handling schedules, promotions, and even customer complaints. -pervert/creepy managers looking to advance their collection of NSFW photos against company rules/regulations. -if you're male, then expect to be forced to handle all stocking/loading/unloading/replenishing for all departments in addition to your own duties (more an issue of favoritism and not gender inequality).

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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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