Pharmacy Call Center is run like an Industrial Age sweatshop - Pharmacy Care Center Pharmacist Walgreens Employee Review

2.0
22 Jan 2014
Recommend
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Pros

Decent pay for pharmacists (for now).

Cons

At the call centers (pharmacist employee): Weekly coaching over issues like, "don't forget to close with 'Be Well" or why your calls are averaging a few seconds more than the target 2 minute length.." No time allocated off call queue for ANY RPh training important for improving patient care or staying current. No quality/service improvement effort is done as a group. Management by directive is the model employed here. Ideas for improving operations go nowhere. In general, pharmacists are managed by entry-level business managers making half an RPh salary at best. In this mundane job, your limited scope of responsibilities (data entry of prescriptions, counseling patients in under 2 minutes), will quickly turn your brain to mush and does not help with job security outside this job. Oh, and if a call doesn't come in right after your last one, you're very lucky for the moment (it won't last). You'll do 200+ calls in a single shift. So this is what 6+ years of college gets you? Good luck. You may opt for a slightly less paying job that allows you to use your brain.

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5.0
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Pros

Work with your schedule if you are in school.

Cons

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2.0
31 May 2026
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Pros

pay was decent I guess

Cons

no promotions, no good management, a lot of people in positions that do absolutely nothing, very cliquey, constant checking in 1:1's, no growth in your career, favoritism, toxic environment.

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