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Q&A With Walgreens Employees
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How employees describe working at Walgreens
Some of the private label brand products we offer really need to be improved upon. Especially, private label food items.
Review from Marketing Dept
It is a Good Company. Mostly Fair. I would like to see management working with the Digital Scheduling system to better schedule as it is not his strong point. Have a good system it just needs to be better utilized. My manager really should delegate scheduling to his Assistant Manager who's suposd to
Review from Customer Support Dept
It would be ok I would say. Wish they would stop making us stay open on the holidays like Christmas and Thanksgiving. Would be good if nobody shopped on Christmas and Thanksgiving.
Review from Sales Dept
Raises based on moving to busier stores
Review from Operations Dept
It’s not that great. They push you through training very quickly, which is just a bunch of videos and assessments and throw you into whatever job you’re doing. The little help they do offer is telling you that’s the best way to do it, j
Review from Customer Support Dept
What it's like to work at Walgreens
- Walgreens employees generally work 8.6 hrs a day
- Employees at Walgreens report the work pace is extremely fast
- On a typical day, employees at Walgreens have 0 meetings
- 74% of Walgreens employees look forward to interacting with their team every day
- Walgreens employees most often take 0-10 paid vacation and sick days each year
- 51% of Walgreens employees report they are happy with their work life balance
- Walgreens employees typically get valuable feedback on how to improve at work Every Week
- 56% of Walgreens employees call their work environment positive
Q&A With Walgreens Employees
IDX: 25 TOT: 119
How do you feel about Walgreens's future?
Surprise
They are making great business decisions that will keep them at the top of the industry among investors and consumers. Unfortunately. They continue to reduce help in store locations, remove benefits from employees and continue to ask more of them for less.. especially in their pharmacies. This increases stress, exhaustion and turnover. It will eventually increase medical errors.
What are the team outings like at Walgreens?
What team outings?
Competitive, insincere and a waste of company money especially when you consider the number of employees that have lost homes etc in fires and hurricanes.. yet Area, regional and support office drops thousands on "team building" activities while Employee benefit fund is nearly depleted.
What is the best advice you could give someone during their first month at Walgreens?
Be prepared to sleep as you spend hours reading
Ask questions and avoid gossip from other employees. Most stores are using "Frontier" to share ideas and solve problems as a team. Listen and contribute. Often fresh ideas work well.
What is the pay range for Certified Pharmacy Tech?
10.00
About 12 an hr
What do employees at Walgreens think about their benefits?
From what I hear they think the benefits are ok. I don’t take advantage of them so not sure what to think
They think they deserve better benefits
What's the interview process like at Walgreens?
Be prepared with all the answers from where you are headed to how you handle all types of situations
It's not that long probably 30 minutes and they mainly want you to talk about how you helped other people
What's the office vibe like at Walgreens?
Hard to say. I guess that depends on you.
Lively
How much diversity is there among employees at Walgreens?
A lot.
Enough
In your opinion, what are the most common interview questions that Walgreens asks?
Situational questions. What would you do if?...
Where do Isee myself in five years
How flexible is your work schedule at Walgreens?
Decent
It is not flexible and you have to find your own coverage for vacations.
What kind of people succeed at Walgreens?
Dedicated people
Driven, skilled individuals
How do I do well in an interview at Walgreens?
Just make sure that you give examples of you helping people when they need you the most. Going abovery and beyond
Show up on time
How long do the interviews usually take at Walgreens?
Hour
45 minutes
How would you compare interviewing at Walgreens to other places you've interviewed?
Same
fast and convient
What part of Walgreens's business is growing fastest? What part is having difficulties?
Partnerships with service providers is growing Walgreens healthcare outreach. Creating a one stop shop for all healthcare needs (vision and hearing screening, clinics etc) as well as FedEx and Sprint partnerships
the pharmacy
What's one thing you wish you'd known before joining Walgreens?
Nothing
I wish the pharmacy manager had been more transparent about how busy the store I'd and that it does over 600 scripts a day and is always understaffed by at least one, with over half the patients not speaking English.
What unique perks and benefits does Walgreens provide?
There aren't any
Employee discounts On campus gym
What's the office layout like at Walgreens?
Cluttered. Not enough space required to have a comfortable setting.
I've worked at 3 different Walgreens locations, and the office all looks very similar. Just a rectangle room, with counters on 3 walls of the room, about waist high. 3 computers, 1 right about the safe for when money is collected and counted. Storage cabinet in one corner for managers supplies. That's about it.
How’s the morale in the office?
If you are a supervisor its high..... A CCR morale is low.
Decent
What are some of the best things about your team at Walgreens?
They don't get down to what is really happening in our part of Walgreen's .
Some are friendly and helpful.
Do you have team outings? are they fun?
Sometimes
Yes. No.
What's the Sales team like at Walgreens?
I’ve only interacted with sales associates and they are usually dedicated.
What skills do you need to be successful in the Sales department at Walgreens?
People personable, charismatic, sincere, sympathetic, caring,and have the ability to sell anything successfully!
What do people at Walgreens think about the CEO? What do they do well and what can they improve?
The CEO only cares about his compensation and does nothing for the people working. If he can get them to work for free he will. That’s why Walgreens is like a sinking ship
How common is it to switch departments or teams at Walgreens?
Not too common
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Should I work at Walgreens?
22% of Walgreens employees would encourage their friends to become coworkers, whereas 20% are neutral and 58% would not recommend working at Walgreens to their friends.
| 22% | Promoters |
|---|---|
| 20% | Passive |
| 58% | Detractors |
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