Walgreens Employee Job Reviews in the United States

"This is a very difficult position demanding 60+ hours a week. Having a family is difficult and I never see them on the weekends."

What suggestions do you have for management?

"Pay your employees what they're worth and you'll get a lot more loyalty and harder workers."

What do you like about working at Walgreens?

"My 20 years working with our store and pharmacy staff was very rewarding. I truly miss the people I worked with; we build a great team in our store."

What do you like about working at Walgreens?

"I have been at this job since my senior year of high school, it has gotten me through college and is now helping me pay bills while I start my career. I'm not sure about like, but this job is in my comfort zone. I have been with Walgreens for over eight years because I didn't need to look for a new job until I had my college degree."

Do you have any tips for others interviewing with this company?

"If you apply to Walgreens, don't wait for them to call you, you need to call them. I called back four different times, showing up two times, before I was hired eight years ago at $5.00 an hour when I was in high school."

What don't you like about working at Walgreens?

"The job is a retail position. No matter how much I improve my title or myself with the company, I am still a service clerk in the end. With a four-year college degree, I feel I should be working someplace else. Besides that, I can't really complain. I get paid vacation, paid holidays, and a 401K plan. Sure, I have to work weekends, but its still 40 hours per week."

What suggestions do you have for management?

"I suggest management better themselves in all departments of the store. Over my eight years with the company, I have met many managers who don't know several parts of the department mechanics, nevertheless how Walgreens wants each department to be run. Not just the pharmacy, where I work, but the photo and cosmetic department, too."

What do you like about working at Walgreens?

"The distance, the people, the new experiences, store discounts."

What don't you like about working at Walgreens?

"The pay, the pay-raise rates, different management styles."

What do you like about working at Walgreens?

"I enjoy the environment I work in. I never see the same faces and the familiar faces I do see it gives a sense of a small family commuinty. The patients we serve I am able to see the impact and importance we have on them."

What suggestions do you have for management?

"Management team that I work with is great. They are always open for questions or concerns I may have."