Walgreens Employee Job Reviews in the United States

"Being on a fun, exciting and creative team."

What do you like about working at Walgreens?

"Great team, really aggressive and focused. Always ready to take on more projects."

What do you like about working at Walgreens?

"Working in the public, my co-workers, and learning new things on a daily basis."

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

"My only tip for interviewing with Walgreens would be the same for any interview, to go in there and tell the truth."

What don't you like about working at Walgreens?

"Working different hours each week and having to do turn-around shifts."

What suggestions do you have for management?

"My only suggestion for management would be to listen to your employees ideas."

"Work at Walgreens for a year or two then leave. Not many opportunities for growth."

What do you like about working at Walgreens?

"For an entry level retail management position, the pay was decent. (Starting was $17.50 an hour in CA). Some managers work for you in your own best interest. They will look to develop your talents and look to get your promoted."

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

"Very standard interview with the usual questions. You do have to take a basic math test on a computer, but that's the only difference."

What don't you like about working at Walgreens?

"Experience varies on who your store manager is. If you don't end up with the type of manager, I described in the what do you like best section, you will end up with slave drivers who simply force you to do grunt work such as stocking, receiving trucks, and maintaining the stockroom. District Manager and Store Manager do not hold any regards about your work/life balance. Expect to work most (if not all weekends), holidays (Walgreens is open 365 days a year), and shifts all over the place (especially if you work at a 24 Hour Store). Even if you are a student, always remember that Walgreens schedules for business and to business needs. Company is also going through a field transformation with very unstable timelines. Seems very unclear about the direction that they want to go in, and have eliminated many MGT positions and replaced them with lower paying ones. A company that fails to disclose information that will effect your future should raise a red flag."

What suggestions do you have for management?

"Show that you care about your employees. Employees work hard when their work is being recognized. And no... fake money labeled as customer service dollars to turn in for prizes isn't being recognized. It's childish."

"My co-workers and customers have made it an enjoyable experience."

What do you like about working at Walgreens?

"I enjoy bringing smiles to the face of my customers."

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

"Have a positive, outgoing personality, and you should get hired."

What don't you like about working at Walgreens?

"The company advocates living a healthy lifestyle but yet pressures cashiers to push junk food on the customers."

What suggestions do you have for management?

"Please reinforce Walgreen's slogan, Live Well, by offering healthy items for suggestive sell at the cash register."

"It is easy to do, just time consuming for under the poverty line pay."

What do you like about working at Walgreens?

"This is a part time easy job I had since High School. I did manage to get promoted 3 times in the 6 years of employment."

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

"Do not burn down the store and you will be fine."

What don't you like about working at Walgreens?

"I get paid a salary that is under the poverty line."

What suggestions do you have for management?

"Management is much better at my store. My first manager had problems, but Diana Smith is a much better manager."

"I help customers with finding products and checking them out with a smile."

What do you like about working at Walgreens?

"The team is very friendly and informative. They provide help when necessary and we joke casually with each other."

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

"They are a very stable employer and open-minded when it comes to their employees. I don't mind reapplying to this company in the future."

What don't you like about working at Walgreens?

"I have no complaints, I have not had any issues with the company policies."

What suggestions do you have for management?

"I have none, she does a great job with customer and employee concerns."

"Walgreens is a good place to work with."

What do you like about working at Walgreens?

"Job security. Nice people, lots of opportunity. Compensation is reasonable based on local living cost."

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

"We usually only do one time on-site interview, so get well prepared."

What don't you like about working at Walgreens?

"Too much procedure now in IT to follow. May take 10 days to just get a UNIX ID."

What suggestions do you have for management?

"Simplify the procedure and get the job done. We need a better quality offshore team."

What do you like about working at Walgreens?

"I enjoy working at Walgreens because of all the new and interesting people that come in, as well as my fellow employees."

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

"It's a good job, but each and every store is different."

What don't you like about working at Walgreens?

"It's not the type of job I find myself staying at for very long, due to how vastly different it is to my degree."

What suggestions do you have for management?

"Be caring to your employees, and don't look down on them."

What do you like about working at Walgreens?

"I would say vacation days and employee discounts, and helping patients."

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

"Do the best you can, we're only human. Good luck."

What don't you like about working at Walgreens?

"Pressure to meet expectations that are unrealistic at a store level. Stores are understaffed and are given so many duties, which causes so much stress which may cause many health issues."

What suggestions do you have for management?

"Make sure that my employees feel like they hold value to the company and not feel like just a number. Undercover bosses at a high volume store is a great opportunity to really understand the reality of how the stores are being run with so much stress and such little staff and now pay decrease."

"This is a good retail outlet. Staff is friendly and helpful."

What do you like about working at Walgreens?

"This was a great company to learn managerial skills, and develop a base for a professional environment."

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

"This is a good retail store to work for. The tasks are often physically tiring, and the thanks are seldom, and far between."

What don't you like about working at Walgreens?

"The hours are very irregular, and the position requires most if not all weekends. It is very rare to find managers that will take an interest in allowing individuals to assume responsibilities that will expand skills and lead to promotions."

What suggestions do you have for management?

"There is a lot that upper management can do to better train people for advancement in the company."

"A very rewarding experience but almost no possibility to move up."

What do you like about working at Walgreens?

"It has its priorities clearly laid out and it is a very fun company to work for."

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

"Great place to work, very rewarding, very little room to move up in the company."

What don't you like about working at Walgreens?

"I love helping customers but I'm not in a position that challenges me and meets what I'm good at doing."

What suggestions do you have for management?

"It's a pretty polished and fleshed out system they have and there's very little room on improvement that they have control over."

What do you like about working at Walgreens?

"After the years I've given, I know my customers, I am able to provide better service to them. I challenge myself by knowing names and faces, and now, I keep tabs on how they're daily lifestyle choices affect their health."

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

"Bilingual is a plus, but be prepared, you'll be expected to provide translations constantly, especially in Boston. Speaking Spanish is a massive plus."

What don't you like about working at Walgreens?

"The most stressful part is the immature bunch of middle aged women that I work with who prefer to gossip instead of do their jobs. The entitled women who constantly tell me I don't know how to do my job, when in reality, I'm doing a better job than they are, according to our managers. I'm not respected for my work there."

What suggestions do you have for management?

"I'd assure that all other employees would understand the flow, and based on the talent of each employee, I would create the best system to reduce wait time for prescriptions, and therefore, stress. I'd make time for each employee a week to discuss what I see as strengths and weaknesses so that we can improve the efficiency of our work."

What do you like about working at Walgreens?

"The people I worked with were friendly some of the time."

What don't you like about working at Walgreens?

"The management and their ability to handle the staff. Also the compensation."

What suggestions do you have for management?

"To actually do some work, and not relay on your staff to put out all fires."