Does Walgreens pay their employees well?

According to anonymously submitted Glassdoor reviews, Walgreens employees rate their compensation and benefits as 2.8 out of 5. Find out more about salaries and benefits at Walgreens. This rating has decreased by 1% over the last 12 months.

How satisfied are employees working at Walgreens?

33% of Walgreens employees would recommend working there to a friend based on Glassdoor reviews . Employees also rated Walgreens 2.8 out of 5 for work life balance, 2.8 for culture and values and 2.9 for career opportunities.

What are the top reviewed jobs at Walgreens?

Pharmacy Technician (4111) , Customer Service Associate (1988) , Certified Pharmacy Technician (1618) , Shift Lead (1600) , Cashier (1360) , Pharmacist (1159) , Store Manager (1078) , Customer Service Representative (823) , Shift Leader (737) , Sales Associate/Cashier (680) , Sales Associate (596) , CSA - Customer Service Associate (595) , Assistant Manager (577) , Senior Certified Pharmacy Technician (511) , Pharmacy Manager (468)

What are the pros of working at Walgreens according to real employee reviews?

"Good benefits but they were changing these as I was leaving not sure they are still good." ((in 1852 reviews)); "It is great for people who enjoy multitasking and some of the people who work there can be pretty great." ((in 1403 reviews)); "I was lucky and had great pharmacists and coworkers who made the job feel easier." ((in 1325 reviews)); "The hours are flexible and they will work with you on what days you are available." ((in 1187 reviews)); "The best reason for working here was flexible schedules and you had an annual raise depending on your performance." ((in 613 reviews))

What are the cons of working at Walgreens according to real employee reviews?

"Also very low pay and you won't receive your pay raise even when promised after the one year mark." ((in 2443 reviews)); "Poor management some associates basically ran the store because the managers can't seem to do their jobs!" ((in 1950 reviews)); "Bad managers will just make it seem like a job you have to make money." ((in 955 reviews)); "Poor upper management and no desire to invest in the company" ((in 540 reviews)); "back hurts leg hurts draining no work life balance not worth the stress for the pay" ((in 483 reviews))

What are employees saying about Walgreens layoffs in 2026?

Explore Glassdoor’s employee reviews to understand what current and former employees are saying about Walgreens layoffs and their outlook for job security at Walgreens in 2026.

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3.0

33% would recommend to a friend

(37,123 total reviews)

Mike Motz

23% approve of CEO

24% positive business outlook

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Walgreens has an employee rating of 3.0 out of 5 stars, based on 37,123 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have an average working experience there. The Walgreens employee rating is in line with the average (within 1 standard deviation) for employers within the Einzel- & Großhandel industry (3.5 stars).

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37K reviews

2.0

Nov 3, 2018

Only care about shareholders and stock price, all at the expense of the happiness of their store level employees.

Store manager

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

Good coworkers. A strong push on development of employees (albeit with no payroll to do so combined with poor training resources).

Cons

Upper management (anyone above DM) only cares about looking good and trying to get promoted, and as a result have completely unrealistic expectations of the DMs and store level positions given the resources we have. Constantly cutting payroll and still asking of the same expectations. They want their cashiers (!) knowing about and talking to customers about things like: Medicare D, Flu Shots, and any other company initiative that comes down. Store Mangers are held accountable if any of the ridiculous amounts of things we are expected to make the cashiers/technicians do are not done - i.e., sell flu shots, talk to seniors about Med D, ask every patient to sign up for digital services, etc.

3.0

Oct 23, 2014

Used to be good place to work

Assistant manager (mgt)

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

Decent pay, paid vacation, sick days, 401k, employee discounts, flexible hours/days, somewhat able to transfer from store to store.

Cons

This used to be a great company to work for. However, in light of recent company restructuring, hours are cut constantly, and positions are continuously being revamped. Employees are expected to be robots with forced greetings. You are always being pushed to sell something and expected to meet certain sales quotas.

2.0

Jul 30, 2014

Unappreciative Company...

Asm

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

Once you "make it" within the store, as in a Store Manager position the pay is great. Benefits aren't bad. Profit sharing is a nice added bonus, however it isn't like it used to be.

Cons

Where to begin... horrible pay for anyone less than a Store Manager or Pharmacist! The company as a whole is so focused on becoming a fortune 50 company that they do not care about their employees or what they do to get them there. The number 1 focus of the company is customer service, great....but that should be number 2! Take care of your employees and they will provide great customer service! The expectations at the store level are merely not feasible. WAYYYYY too many dumb acronyms...ECC.... trust me, the employees feel ignorant saying "thank you & BE WELL" or "how may I help you get, stay, and live well today?" seriously... let us be friendly with the customers and have a normal conversation with them... stop making us sound like robots. Back 5 or 6 years ago this company actually made the employees feel like they were somebody and like they cared... now we are just a number and they could care less what you have done for them. They never say thank you, its always..."but you should have done this or that". Too many chiefs and not enough indians! Work-Life balance... I work 5.5 days a week...between 45-60 hours. In the month of december I get 4 days off...they rest are full days sometimes from 7am-8pm...I have no life outside of this company.Training... a new employee is lucky to get an hour on the register training before they are left alone the rest of the day... why?!? Because we are completely understaffed because corporate gives us NO HOURS! Management literally has to do everything... granted I make decent pay after the decade I have given to this company however, when I am an ASM, beauty advisor, cashier, photo tech, pharmacy tech, stocker, vendor receiving, customer service rep, and janitor for clean-up in aisle 6 at the same time... I should probably make twice the pay! You expect me to do all those tasks at the same time..with a smile on my face and wear a god awful vest that is hot.... and provide the best customer service ever to keep the customer coming to us rather than CVS or Wal-Mart.... oh and I forgot... BE WELL!

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