Valuable experience but challenging workload and hours - Assistant Store Manager Walgreens Employee Review

3.0
1 Jul 2026
Recommend
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Pros

Great opportunity to develop leadership and management skills. Fast-paced environment that keeps the work interesting. Strong teamwork and customer interaction. Valuable experience in scheduling, inventory management, and problem-solving. Opportunities for career advancement for motivated employees.

Cons

Long hours and inconsistent scheduling, especially during holidays. High workload with multiple responsibilities at once. Staffing shortages can make shifts challenging. Work-life balance can be difficult during busy periods. Performance expectations can be demanding.

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5.0
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Pros

Flexible hours, easy work, great coworkers

Cons

Pay could be set at a better rate

3.0
25 Jun 2026
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Pros

Can be a fun environment. All in whom your staff is. Operating photo was fun and building projects for the customers. Learning about pharmacy operations.

Cons

Work life balance and low pay for what is expected. Not having enough payroll to effectively run a store. My store ran FE on a 320 hour a week budget. That was barely enough to get buy and meet the expectations put out by the company. I was never able to keep a full leadership staff. When a leader called out, I had to stay. There were days I was called away from my own dinner table. SM's were forced to be in the pharmacy for more than half of their day regardless as to what is happening in the FE. I worked over 50 hours a week and barely got to spend time with my family. If I wasn't at the store I was getting a phone call and having to go back to the store.

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