Too little pay - Pharmacy Technician Walgreens Employee Review

2.0
19 Dec 2018
Recommend
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Pros

some room for advancement, retirement benefits, ability to transfer between stores

Cons

wage caps, high turnover, jobs being removed, employees expected to do more work without more pay. I worked there for ten years. Went from photo technician to Store Team Lead. Did more work than assistant managers for way less pay. Transitioned to Senior Pharmacy Technician. Never received promotional pay because "I made too much." Unable to live on the wages I was making. When I was a Store Team Lead I would work until 2 a.m. and be expected back to work in six hours.

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5.0
2 Feb 2026
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Pros

Good company to work for

Cons

- A lot of phones ringing that you have to answer that require a lot of work that it holds you off on your current tasks for awhile. They need to do something about the phones ringing all the time.

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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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