Profit over patient safety - Pharmacy Manager Walgreens Employee Review

1.0
6 Sept 2010
Recommend
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Pros

I like most of our customers and enjoy giving treats to dogs that come with to drive up window

Cons

They don't spend enough time training you before they throw you right in (its about profits). They put inexperienced techs in and expect the pharmacist to take up all the slack while an experienced tech would not have to spend 20 minutes doing nothing while on hold. Then management comes in to chastise me for not meeting quota. They don't realize that I can't do MY job if I'm doing the clerking, etc.

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5.0
13 Apr 2026
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Pros

It was fun to talk to ppl

Cons

It was a little too dangerous

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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