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Walgreens's Company Review by a Current Employee.



Current Employee's Complete Review of Walgreens's Business Ethics, Management, Culture, Compensation, Benefits, and Training.
Walgreens
Mt.Vernon, IL
walgreens.com
F (36%)
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Current Employee's Complete Review of Walgreens
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Date Reviewed: December 12, 2009
  Years of Employment: 2008 – Present
  GreenBar
  Overall Grade: D (42%)
  General Comments: Shop here? yes Work here? this truly depends on your management -- there are stores with effective managers and those without -- and the difference is significant for your employee moral and work ethic.
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  Current Employee's Review of Walgreens's Business Ethics
  Grade: D (40%)
  Comments:
  Questions & Answers:
 
1. Is Walgreens ethical?
Oh
Yeah!
Their answer is No. No
Way!
 
2. Are you proud of the goods or services provided by Walgreens?
Oh
Yeah!
Their answer is No. No
Way!
 
3. Would you recommend a friend work for Walgreens?
Oh
Yeah!
Their answer is No. No
Way!
 
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  Current Employee's Review of Walgreens's Management and Culture
  Grade: D (40%)
  Comments: managers need to be reviewed in a way that prevent hawthorn effect to determine their true nature.
  Questions & Answers:
 
1. Does Walgreens’s management make intelligent business decisions?
Oh
Yeah!
Their answer is No Way! No
Way!
 
2. Does Walgreens’s management have a good long-term strategy to keep the company profitable?
Oh
Yeah!
Their answer is No. No
Way!
 
3. Does Walgreens’s management have an open-door policy?
Oh
Yeah!
Their answer is No Way! No
Way!
 
4. Does Walgreens’s management care about employees?
Oh
Yeah!
Their answer is No Way! No
Way!
 
5. Are you given freedom to perform your job at Walgreens without constant supervision?
Oh
Yeah!
Their answer is Yes. No
Way!
 
6. Are there ample opportunities for career growth?
Oh
Yeah!
Their answer is No. No
Way!
 
7. Does Walgreens promote from within?
Oh
Yeah!
Their answer is Maybe No
Way!
 
8. Is your job at Walgreens challenging and rewarding?
Oh
Yeah!
Their answer is No Way! No
Way!
 
9. Does Walgreens have a fun atmosphere/work environment?
Oh
Yeah!
Their answer is Maybe No
Way!
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  Current Employee's Review of Walgreens's Compensation, Benefits, and Training
  Grade: D (47%)
  Comments: my training as a cashier was non-existant. I was given a list of codes and shown how to enter cash amounts and then told to call them whenever I had a problem -- all the time
  Questions & Answers:
 
1. Does Walgreens provide good compensation?
Oh
Yeah!
Their answer is Maybe No
Way!
 
2. Does Walgreens provide good benefits?
Oh
Yeah!
Their answer is Maybe No
Way!
 
3. Does Walgreens provide training to maintain and improve your Job Skills?
Oh
Yeah!
Their answer is No Way! No
Way!
 
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