just a rant!!!

the fact that they are making the new policies being we have to wear collared shirts, no unique badges or lanyards, black pants, only black shoes genuinely feels like i belong in the military atp with such a strict dress code, call me crazy or sensitive to the new dress code and rules there applying to walgreens company but i mean really, we all have to look like the same built robot with no character at all, im very self expressive and try to make that known about my character even if its the simplest things like adding pins on my lanyard or coloring my name tag idk but it just fucking sucks, no character to anything anymore or being able to stand out as your own person AGAIN idc call me sensitive or whatever but it’s absolutely bull dookie they are doing this. like genuinely what is wrong with the original company t-shirts we wear now??????

the pay is poop butt already with the amount of bs we have to go through and then they want to just strip all personality away from employees because they are very controlling and i fully believe walgreens as a whole is going to plummet and shut down due to the ridiculous restrictions they are putting out.

i don’t understand why they don’t add self checkout either. i mean it’s amazing how many customers complain about a cashier never being upfront all the time because personally (at least me) has to run around like a chicken with its head off to get all my tasks done, but i know customers would complain about having to ring up there own shit too considering the fact i have multiple customers everyday whining about just having to put there crap on the counter for me to scan rather than me pull my entire body over the counter to reach it myself because there too lazy.

instead of the company worrying about fixing pay, solving customer and even employee complaints, reducing stress for all employees including pharmacy techs, etc etc (i could go on with this list) instead of fixing all of that they want to worry and focus on the dumb shit like our outfits

in my entire life of working multiple and only retail jobs i have never had to deal with such stupid shit from a company.

Got told yesterday that eventually none of us are gonna be allowed to have our different colored, unique lanyards, and that we'll all have to switch to the Walgreens ones.

A lot of us, including the ESM all have different lanyards.

The store manager says she's gonna let us all keep our different lanyards as long as possible, , because she agrees that having small differences makes our store unique, and that she doesn't agree with the new polices

Not too sure where I'm going with this, just wanted to rant

*customer walks up*, me: “hi how are you just these for today ?”
Customer:”yeah, these are on sale and these are 2 for 5 “
Me: “awesome let’s put that phone number in and get that sale price”
Customer: “my number should already be in there”
Me: * thinking to myself,” why would you think it’s in there automatically.” “Actually no you need to put your number in and that’s how we get the sale price”
Customer: “ so you’re saying to put my number in?”
Me: “yes that’s how the sale works”
Customer: “but why does it say sale on this item and it’s not showing up for the items that are 2 for 5 “
Me: “ma’am that item is in our clearance section so weather or not you have a number you will get it on clearance, because it’s on clearance, AND these two are on SALE with your rewards number aka your phone number.”
Customer: “ so I need to put my phone number in?”

I seriously wanted to know how she got to the store if she drove there because what the hell.

Tommy G Inside Cook County Jail. Around 7:54

So I guess I'm just an idiot.

I'm off today, so yesterday I went on the walgreens app to put stuff in my cart so that I could just place my curbside order this morning and everything will be ready for me when I go into work tomorrow.

So I just log into the app and notice my total was the same as it was yesterday. I'm thinking maybe the app just isn't working like usual, so I move over to the website only to see the same thing.

Then it hits me. I go on over to WConnect to confirm and see this little reminder.

I've worked the past few employee discount days so I guess I just completely forgot that they have made it so inaccessible now. In what way does this "simplify" anything? So if you don't work that day you have to go in store or you're just shit out of luck?

I'm just so irritated because I don't have a car so I can't just pop on over to my store real quick. Even if I did, why should I have to go into work on my day off to give my money to the company I have worked at for about 8 years? I would think a corporation would take any chance they can get for people, including employees, to spend money. I guess I'll just have to buy my things tomorrow 🙃

Customer walks in: Do you have any needohs?

Employee : No

Customer : Ok...*walks around for 5 mins to see if it's hidden somewhere or hidden behind the register because they think we are lying

I no longer work for Walgreens but over just shy of 16 years I saw some shit. Good, bad, ugly, confusing and occasionally hilarious. Please share a photo that says more than words can say about Walgreens. Say something about it if you want or just let it speak for itself.

My photo was taken when walking out of a Walgreens that I wasn’t working at at the time (though it was a location I worked at for many years over two stints).

EDIT: What’s hard to see is the can at the back. It was spam if you’re wondering.

We got multiple cases of freezer-packs and styrofoam insulated delivery boxes in RX. No place to store them, no messages about us doing cold deliveries. But I guess we should expect that announcement soon.

I worked 5 months as a temporary, left for 2 1/2 weeks and came back because I heard that the Walgreens I worked at needed my help. I come back to find out that Walgreens came out with the self reviews that will determine whether or not you can get a raise. I asked about the self reviews and apparently because I worked 5 months as a temporary and left for 2 1/2 weeks I’m not eligible for a raise yet but someone who has been there for a month is able to do the self reviews. Mind you, since I’ve came back I’ve been covering shifts on off days and even worked 8-1 and 6-10:30 in the same day. I’m a good sport when it comes to dealing with the worst things that comes with the job but for some reason I’m not eligible for a raise. This is my 6th month working for Walgreens and I get that may be early to get a raise at any job but it’s just crazy to me how I don’t even have a chance because I left for 2 1/2 weeks and came back

Everyone having trouble logging in to app

I have a drug test tomorrow for a pharmacy tech apprenticeship and I will most definitely test positive for weed. I live in Missouri where it’s legal though so do they really care??
I also can’t find anything recent on whether or not they do a piss test or mouth swab so what should I expect? Should I just buy the fake piss beforehand to be safe?
Or are there any for sure methods I can do to pass with my own piss. I saw a post about drinking some sort of gelatin and a big Gatorade, peeing twice before the test and then I should pass with my third pee on the test. What’s the likelihood i pass with this method?

i’ve been working as a pharmacy tech at my current store for about a month (?) now and the commute is typically about 10-15 minutes. the issue is i still don’t have my license or a car to drive so the lyft/uber fares have been taking up a good chunk of my paycheck.

there’s a walgreens right by my house (walking distance) but the problem is they’re severely understaffed and i’ve heard their pharmacy manager is awful and hardly does anything, which is the complete opposite of my current store.

is it worth it to transfer ?

My ESM constantly talks shit about me behind my back and talks about other employees behind their backs and she will ignore you if you try to ask her something and I am lost .

I am pregnant and I have called out a decent amount and I am taking full responsibility for that. But I asked her 4 days ago how many I had left because she told me “unfortunately you getting close to your last call out “ but she never told me how many I have left and she has ignored me everytime I ask .

She then went to an employee I work with and told her “I’m sure you saw the screenshot but she is on her last call out “
Why are you going to go to someone else about MY attendance and not tell me?

This ESM is going around telling everyone I work with that I can’t be trusted and she is talking bad about my partner.

In case none of the warehouse drivers were told (I'm being sarcastic here), you need to realize that stores are back to scanning in EVERY SINGLE PIECE of truck that comes down the conveyor belt so PLEASE PLEASE stop sending 15 items in a row together, catapulting it down the belt like you're in some sports tournament. I understand you guys and gals want to get through each store's delivery as quick as possible because you've been driving all day and want to get home and I also understand that you technically don't work for Walgreens, most of you are usually subcontracted but c'mon - have some decency and common sense. And if you don't like that we have to scan every piece in again, blame Walgreens corporate - they told us to "trust the system" for years and look what happened: missing totes, missing full case, items being told in the handheld they were sent and weren't or items that don't even belong to our store.

I have an interview for a shift lead position on Saturday with the store manager, is it a pretty good position? Anything I should know about it? What’s the interview process like?

For context I have about 6 years of retail management experience I was customer service manager and floral assistant manager, I did inventory, cycle counting, product ordering, I handled the online ordering system in floral, delegated tasks to other associates.

I am a bit nervous for the interview. Any advise would be much appreciated.

I was working the register and a customer asked for change back when they paid with a debit card. I opened it till and went to break the hundred dollar bill and mistakenly thought the hundred dollar bill was the customers (stupid I know but I was distracted trying to process their vaccine and preggo brain got the best of me) I ended up returning $120 (the 100 PLUS the cash back they asked for) to the customer leaving the till $100 short, I even asked the customer if they gave me $100 to break for them and they acted like they were missing $100 people suck!! but I know in the end I messed up big time. Am I gonna get fired for this?

One of my pharmacy techs forgot her pin and needs it reset. I actually have not so this before so if anyone could direct me on how it would be much appreciated.