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 (738) , 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

(37,121 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 37,121 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

Aug 30, 2013

Progressively getting worse

Pharmacist

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

Very competitive pay and benefits (especially 401k/profit sharing plan); more technologically advanced than other chains; locations all over the US making it easy to relocate or work where you want; flexible schedule depending on your store/location

Cons

Over the years the company has gotten more and more concerned with its bottom line than making its employees and customers happy. Pharmacies are woefully understaffed, leading to longer wait times and customer dissatisfaction. Seems like all we do is try to crank out as many prescriptions as we can without any time to counsel patients. Company keeps pushing new responsibilities on its pharmacists (flu shots, MTM, health checks, etc) without providing adequate staffing or training. Management will not hesitate to throw its own employees under a bus in order to placate a disgruntled customer.

2.0

Nov 1, 2019

Unfair and Toxic

Pcc supervisor

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

* Very open door policy and decent employee engagement activities.

Cons

* Poorly managed. If you have a true concern that you bring to your superior and/or management it either goes unheard, or is never solved. This includes bullying, discrimination, and toxic situations that affect not only you, but your peers, agents, and most importantly the patients. * Favoritism for those who make it their sole purpose to wreck and destroy others that do their jobs well based purely on jealous and insecurity within themselves. * HR shares private information, and therefore allows for the environment to feel unstable and unsafe. * The culture is preached and stressed by TInyPulse activities, suggestions, focus groups, meetings, etc,, but at the end of the day the culture is to put others down that are doing well, strive to be "cool" and be "liked" versus really completing and enforcing the tasks of your role, and so on.

1.0

Apr 9, 2018

A bad joke

Anonymous employee

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

Corporate finally adopted remote working so not having to be on campus full time is pretty great. Some nice people trying to do the right thing despite executives.

Cons

No direction from executive team. They all bend with the whims of Stefano on any given day. Majority of the leadership is foreign and just doesn’t understand the U.S. market.

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