Don't Work Here! - Assistant Manager (MGT) Walgreens Employee Review

2.0
18 May 2010
Recommend
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Pros

Acquiring management experience, having a job in this economy, having benefits, not being unemployed, that is pretty much all I can say...

Cons

No personal life due to "fair scheduling" that makes everyone rotate and no holidays (retail). Assist. Managers basically are the abused members of the staff... they unload trucks, maintain the warehouse, stock shelves, clean bathrooms, cover breaks, clean vomit, do price checks/customer service on aisle #, in addition to merchandising, cleaning, getting back up in the pharmacy (which is most of the day), returns/exchanges, money handling, complaints plus running the store as a "manager". It is sad that I was lured to Walgreens at a college recruiting fair, told I would be in management, had to have a degree to work there, and I was cleaning public restrooms. I did not invest four years of college to do this job. I just got my MBA and hope to leave very soon!

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Pros

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Cons

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2.0
19 Jun 2026
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Pros

Gave me decent pay. Bought us little gifts and food at holidays.

Cons

Gave away one of my paychecks to another employee and refused to reimburse me because of issues with "their bank." My RxM created a hostile work environment showing clear favoritism for employees. Eventually, HR got involved, and I was no longer scheduled with him. I did not ask for this change, and actively resented it, because now I had fewer hours, meaning less pay on top of the $500 corporate had already stolen from me. They had no interest in training me or anyone else to become certified as promised. Over and over again, they hired people, ran out the time on their licenses, and let techs choose between paying to get certified elsewhere, or losing their jobs. The only thing Walgreens was passionate about was convincing patients that they couldn't even provide their regular medications to get vaccines. Often unneeded. The "patient care" calls are blatant and illegal marketing for vaccines, since Walgreens makes it next to impossible for a patient to opt out of it. I would NEVER get my medications here after seeing how poorly everything is managed, how unethical company policies and patient health were regarded, and how mistreated the staff were.

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