Etc., etc., etc.. may they burn in hell along with their inattentive district/regional manager in Ft Myers and those POS supervisors of theirs who are perpetually in a meeting while their spouses no doubt fornicate with farm animals and the local population of ex circus folk. She ran the photo lab better than anyone I have ever seen. At this pace I could have taken the first dose and began to start feeling better. I am currently applying to other jobs because I don't see me making it to the 6 months mark. I dont know where they get these pills from but they dont work like name brand at all. "I put in a note to get it refilled." Their was also a HIPPA violation today. They are definitely bad news, very unethical. OMG Walgreens is the worst; they can't get anything right I'm dumping them and going over to Safeway or Walmart! Ridiculous. Just realized my 2-year old son's liquid antibiotic was short by two full doses. But in any case, it is too late to make it right for me. A anonymoose410 Full Member They train you with someone for maybe two days. It will help lower your stress about dealing with the nurse and dodging appointments and getting refills on time. I waited in their crowded little waiting area for that 30 min and another lady asked me my name and if i was waiting, I said yes, she said ohh they are almost done filling the Rx. Walgreens Pharmacy is a widely-known provider of pharmaceutical services across North America. You folks would do well to open your eyes and see that you have competition in the market. Very short. NEVER WILL I FILL ANOTHER Rx at Walgreens! The previous year I was never even told there was an evaluation! There are no contests, awards given or any recognition given to good workers. I was shocked he did that. Thats 3 visits for one prescription. I always had nothing bad to say about Walgreen's, but familiarity does breed contempt. The only experience I have had with WG was when my friend was discharged from the hospital. Oh and the drive thru. And they did it right away. They gave you pins years ago but they stopped doing that to - gasp - save money! I hate them. The pharmacist is restricted by state laws. Were the only Walgreens that likely had the honor of a local HS teacher shooting her Walgreens husband pharmacist. Can't go to the bathroom unless we're on break? That pharmacist was bound by law and could have lost their license over handing out unprescribed drugs. Your company is really pissing a lot of people off! I use some very inexpensive ones from Walmart. Walgreens is clearly a pimp. This all should just be automated at most pharmacies to save everybody involved from immense suffering. They have stolen my benzos and committed insurance fraud and shorted my husband by two thirds of his inhalers putting him in the hospital with an exacerbation! When you use your free Rx discount card at Walgreens Pharmacy, a participating retail pharmacy of AARP Prescription Discounts provided by OptumRx , you can save on all FDA-approved medications. PS: You are going to discuss that antibiotic with your doctor, right? I would be using another pharmacy/drugstore after all that. No thanks.I'll just come back in a couple of hours.For many years I used the Target pharmacy at my small local Target. I was a customer before I decided to work for the company and all I can say is it's the worst decision I've made in the entirety of my existence on this earth. Photo is expensive. Every time I go there - drive-thru or going inside - there is always a long, long line, and it takes about 10 minutes just for someone to finally get their medicine. YES! Even whe I call and ask before heading to the store. It's beyond me why they can never handle filling my prescription on time. I think that twat needs medication her damn self!) And I know this location is not a busy one, especially on a Tuesday evening in a rainstorm. I was told that was 1-26 of 2022! Details: Walgreens is working with advisers and expects to launch a process next month, per Bloomberg. In ending their contract with Express Scripts, Walgreens faces potential losses of $5.3 billion in annual sales[9]. None of the other employees read the employee handbook so they had no idea. Otherwise, they dont let you know. Well, except for the one pharmacist and the one cashier. Yes, that is so much cheaper. That was a big mistake. Ive seen managers cut buy one get one free packages open to sell them as individual items at full price. They are interfering with my medical care, and I am thinking about suing. At the end of the night, you see Amanda doing all her stuff AND the cooler. Walgreens is right by work, I pass it every day whereas the nearest mom and pop is out of my way. No person ever waits under 15 minutes for a transaction. MD's themselves should be very well-versed on what their patients are taking, and understand thoroughly what each new prescription means to the patient. By the way, Tony and Lugo are real assistant managers and these are real instances that happened with them. They have never made a mistake in filling any of my meds. I had to use the Walmart pharmacy for years when I went to school, and just no. Walgreens Pharmacy - 702 MILITARY RD, Benton, AR 72015. If you work under a certain number of hours a week, you lose your health insurance. It sounds icky to me, but I did it. You deal with her once every few months. Yes Walgreens always sucks! EVERY month my prescription is delayed. Joe refused to answere any questions with my concern and after his disrespectful comment and gesture in this matter ,I requested to speak to the store manager 3xs and he refused to connect me stating he is the pharmacy manager,yes but you are UNPROFESSIONAl .I called back spoke with store manager and filed a complaint with corporate. Stay on track with Pill Reminders to help you manage medications day-to-day. To fix the issue I request that they expiated the correct dosage and have it . There are no normal hours and no normal holidays so, unless you are a top executive, there is no real reason to work here as a career. I plan on transferring all my meds to other pharmacies including mail order. They not only know my name at CVS, they greet me with a smile and if they are out of my meds, they will immediately call another store for me. It's your Walgreens - shop and manage your prescriptions. New comments cannot be posted and votes cannot be cast. The pharm told me, "we're allowed to use the medication again if the consumer doesn't pick it up." She says smugly. It seems so much organized. I told him that i run out of my medication and i need them today. The pharmacist at Walgreens 45549 HWY 27, Davenport FL 33897 is a very unprofessional and rude person. Just dont take the break." Joke profession. One person told me that a particular manager liked to sit and watch us on camera and then pop out when we were standing still. Also every time I go there, in St Paul, a patient is always disgruntled and frustrated. I use them for all my PRN meds. Lets face it- they are legalized drug dealers who treat you like some kind of ho. So, now it is Saturday and I have to wait until Monday to get a refill. Each package had almost two pounds in it, so I got almost eight pounds of beef for $22.20. I have to drive there and wait 20 minutes every time I go. refused to give me meds after covid ..lucky i didnt wind back up in hospitalor a lawsuit. This is why my priority is making sure I have enough refills and/or another appointment. Surprisingly, all the full time employees work one or two hours under the required number of hours to receive health insurance. When Mr. Lugo works, I do aisle 10 and my other 4 aisles. walgreens pharmacy tech | Student Doctor Network AMCAS Tracker Live for 2022-2023 Cycle If you are applying to medical school this cycle, you can see how long AMCAS is taking to verify applications with the AMCAS tracker, based on updates from AMCAS and previous cycles. resident-of-the-week-who-rotates-thru." Just adding that I agree Walgreens bites the big one, I prefer small privately owned pharmacies myself but I have to use RiteAid for the most partthe people at walgreens are very rude and judgmental to say teh least, it think it is a qualifications. Walgreens is running a BUSINESS that deals with PATIENTS who rely on them to be HEALTHY and while they should not break any laws, they do have, in my opinion, a responsibility to be courteous and helpful and perhaps take some pride in having good customer service. Walgreens covered it all up. But I think increasingly, physicians are pushing off all cross-checking of drug interactions on the pharmacists, rather than doing the work themselves, as they should. This topic is now archived and is closed to further replies. So, now it is Saturday and I have to wait until Monday to get a refill. I told her I'd have her ass fired. People pull up and start buzzing like crazy. If someone was having you do something that could be illegal and make you lose your job would you do it? I just don't happen to go to one. I had my medications transferred to UHC Optum service. She was supposed to be at 2.5 mg. For 2 months, she was taking double the meds. I agree that being on the other side of the phone/window/counter, dealing with 50 needy un-medicated people can be stressful, but I am also of the opinion that it takes TWO to tango and a little courtesy and respect on BOTH sides of the counter should just be done, no matter how crabby you are or how long you've been without meds. I hate Walgreens. Walgreen sucks to no end. Stood forever in a line that didn't move, trying not to pass out, all the while listening to a true-blue BITCH of a pharmacy clerk YELLING at elderly ppl for waiting till last minute to call in for their refills. I called them, scheduled the appointment. Walgreens on Sumter and Price in North Port, FL CVS And Walgreens employees hate when you do a l'il gross cough right into their face: For real. Its not ready. Press J to jump to the feed. The pharmacist said nothing is wrong and it is still not filled days later! You have to take your vacation days before and after holidays, even assistant managers. I am calling my doctor to see if there is another service I could use, but I doubt there is. As for Walgreen'sthey completely and undeniably SUCK and they also really, really BLOW!!!! Cheryl,The big box was $9 ish while Walgreen's was $20.45. Thanks, Walgreens. Ugh! I can only hope the people whom they have made suffer from their idiotic run around to fill prescriptions prescribed by a freaking oncologist from a large cancer treatment center, that they get that back ten fold. Ok bye bye walgreen. So keep up with regular appointments. Punch out and tell SM the step 3 above. Much cheaper. Lazy as in they get a list for themselves and pawn off a bunch of their work onto you. It's like shopping at a pharmacy 100 years ago, with a white-aproned clerk pushing around a ladder to grab your tinctures and tonics, except now it's a minimum-wage cashier with a key ring. One,I kept thinking things would get better or at least not worse! The transfer pharmacy had 3-month prescription, but somehow Walgreen could only accept one month. Don't sign anything. And thanks, non-existent anti-trust law. Sucks. There is nothing to do but be your own watchdog, I'm afraid.Plus, so many doctors just leave their prescription details to the pharmacist. A little common courtesy would have been in order. I'm over fifty and unemployed with a L3, L4 and L5 disk that is buldging out and I need my medication. But desperate people do desperate things. Janet,No, I would not sit for 90 minutes, either! I hate filling them. "If you sell this candy bar, you get a nickel!" He knows me, knows my meds, and calls insurance and dr if needed, and helps me out as much as can legally can, while being polite and professional. The manager also never talks to you in person about your performance but youre supposed to check off on it online as if you have discussed it or "be taken off the schedule." They may ask how you are, pause and then either give you a long list or ask how the list is going. In the past Walgreen's has: given the prescription for someone else, handed me paperwork for another customer, given me the wrong dosage by two and insisted all I had to do was cut it in half and could not understand that half of 50mg does not equal half of 15mg. I am so irritated with this! Took a few days to get Lamictal XR from them, they had to order.However, I bet few take this formulation. Even though they pay me 8 bucks an hour, it's wrong for me to hurt company profits by getting an iced tea for a quarter. More like they care about your wallet. There is no positive reinforcement. Nothing is worse than going thru brain zaps and head shifts. I finally had to leave. New comments cannot be posted and votes cannot be cast. Refill prescriptions online, order items for delivery or store pickup, and create Photo Gifts. I finally was blessed and was 3 months into my pregnancy that I so much longed for when boom in the middle of a recession they fired me without warning. Walgreen's is a disgrace to the pharmacy business. They just lost us as a customer permanently. I noticed there were only 2 meds as opposed to the 3 written by my doc. Enough said. Part of me thinks that working a stint in retail or in the food industry should be mandatory for all consumers, just to add perspective and build empathy for what those workers endure to provide what is so often taken for granted.. Walgreens unfortunately is not my first retail job. Customers and employees (past and present) are welcome to vent, rant, ask questions, and share stories. CVS doesnt seem to have these issues. If I sell a 100 of these, I make five bucks. Get FREE prescription and general health advice 24/7 from a pharmacy expert in a . Mentally ill people are treated like SHIT!!!!!! Finally, 4 hours later, I get a call that they approved it. I try to do 6 weeks at a time as I really dislike filling those trays! Go to a private pharmacy or Rite Aid. No 2-weeks notice. The store manager did not even know this. I worked in a office some years back but my position was downsized so I came back to retail big mistake. And their Option Care Service has also earned an ultimate FAIL. I would not care if it would not be for the fact that very few pharmacies are allowed to carry my meds (DEA regulations) and my prescriptions can not be filled partially. Walgreens ranks 15th among Vitamins & Supplements sites. I learned photo through the books, internet and help line. The Walgreen Company is an American company which operates the second-largest chain in the United States of America behind CVS Health. EVERY month my prescription is delayed. Then you have to cut out pictures of the ad saying the sale price. It's my first retail job that includes pharmacy but I've worked in retail for 20 plus years. The cost of the medication is out of the business's pocket and giving an emergency supply on a pending authorization from an MD doesn't necessarily mean that the money will be reimbursed. But some pharmacist don't care that much about controlled substances, that is probably who filled your script with-out verifing it. The one good bogo at Publix this week was for McCormick gourmet spices. Urspo,Actually, I think one WG I go to is very! You cant go to the bathroom unless youre on break?? I wouldnt be able to use it." Walgreens is mulling a sale of its pharmacy automation business iA, which could fetch up to $2 billion, Bloomberg reports. So, bascially, for two years I paid $180 more a year for my prescription and always had to wait in line. Well, a friend gave me four new bottles since he had too much. This particular one feels dirty, and the cashiers don't seem to have ten IQ points (or teeth) among them all. Mr. Lugo is one of those "special" managers though who likes to talk on the phone to his friends all night and claim he was busy with customers so I have to do his aisle plus the long list he gave me. I hate using chains. Thank you and Fuck off. Aside from creating potential conflicts of interest, the industry presence . Thanks. I had a witness and a missing tape that was stolen by the manager and still got screwed out of my settlement. All authorized vaccines have been deemed safe and effective by the FDA, and as part of the Federal Retail Pharmacy Program, CDC provided Walgreens with allocations by jurisdiction to ensure equitable distribution across the country. People's lives are in jeopardy. I don't do ANY business at Walgreen's anymore; they pissed me off a number of years ago, and I filed a complaint with the pharmacy board in the state in which that Walgreen's was located. If you work photo, you are pretty much a slave. I literally saw Tony outside smoking a cigarette while another girl, I called her Amanda because I have no issues with her to reveal her name, did his work. I also got tired of the mile long lines. They tried to charge all 3 people hundreds to thousands of dollars for each prescriptions. When she came to live in my town, the new physician caught the error from her old dr transferring her records. I hate getting shots but the pharmacists who administer the shots are always professional and give them painlessly. This is a huge problem! Cant find your insurance and then they delay everything until you call, talk to a supervisor (who is the pharmacist) who apologizes and gets it corrected (usually). Powered by Invision Community, The Orion Spur, or if you want greater specificitythe Pacific Northwest. I worked for the company for 6 years, I worked overtime spent time away from my son taking on responsibilties that didn't corresspond me all to make my pharmacy manager or district pharmacy manager look good and for what? Walgreens has made me go without my meds for an entire weekend now twice. I tell them every time I am here to please put it on auto refill and they always say they will. Pharmacy Hours: M-F 9am-1:30pm, 2pm-9pm, Sa 9am-1:30pm, 2pm-6pm, Su 10am-1:30pm, 2pm-6pm Photos Hours Mon: 8am - 10pm I was without my meds for over a day (extreme pain etc) Your pdoc really does need to see you in person so that he can talk to you and visually see how you are doing. CVS has their share of problems, but Walgreens is just unbearable . . This review was chosen algorithmically as the most valued customer feedback. Let me guess. I totally agree that customers should once in their lifetime experience retail life to get a clear prospective on how stressful it really is. They switched the generic brand of Paxil they carried, which I started taking and promptly realized that it wasn't working. "Oh I don't know if we can do this. I do hold some hope. My last store actively avoided a minor who was being sexually harrassed by another employee and when I said it wasn't okay and nothing was done I reported it to HR and suddenly management was finding every reason to complain about me and when I complained about this store my SM said "Your old store warned me about you and I still gave you a chance and you're trying to throw us under the bus." I am sort of desperate for this medication. You will miss holidays with your family no matter how good of a worker you are. There are bound to be mistakes, which is why you must watch your prescriptions as carefully as you already do. If you don't like where you receive services, I'm sure there are private psychiatrists you could use. [censored] that pissed me off. So then I found out Costco was cheaper. Then I'm done for good. None of the managers know anything about photo. They always notify me by email when my Rx's are in and follow up with a phone call if I forget to pick them up. The Walgreens pharmacy at 13301 Strickland Ave in Raleigh, NC is horrible. Now, the official word is that he was having an affair - but unofficially, the city all believes that its because she decided to kill herself after waiting forever for a prescription that they never got around to filling - likely busting a cap in his malingering [censored] for making her wait . They swatted me for telling them "never mind, you are lying to me, just give me my script card and I will go elswhere and this will be reported" and stole the tape to cover for it. Well, its time for me to draw a pentagram, burn some candles, and make a sacrifice of sorts since another prescription is supposed to be ready this month (fat chance of that). Oh I do aisle 10 and my other 4 aisles ill people are treated like SHIT!. 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