I have never seen a store where that really happens. I used it at CVS to fill the antibiotics urgent care prescribed me. It's not the pharmacists fault you have problems with the clinic. We called them in morning asking about booster update, they said they had phizer, I asked if we needed an appointment, she said no just get here before 4pm. As of this evening I am done with Walgreen Pharmacy. Yes Walgreens always sucks! Funny, I NEVER have problems at CVS, which will get all of my business. However, at the same time I work for Walgreens as a pharmacy technician. 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. I am so irritated with this! I give them another chance and another chance, hoping that maybe they would get a little better at what ever they are running over there. DO YOU KNOW I CAN GET VERY SICK FROM NOT HAVING THIS MEDICATION? Walgreen's violated my privacy by discussing my business in front of a waiting room full of people. I asked what I was charged with and I literally was charged with the manager saying I said something nobody else heard. It was supposed to be on auto refill. 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. I had to use the Walmart pharmacy for years when I went to school, and just no. A little common courtesy would have been in order. I asked for my refill of a albuterol for a neubilizer. I use them for all my PRN meds. Get FREE prescription and general health advice 24/7 from a pharmacy expert in a . It is so boring. I REPORT anyone who is acting as a professional and mean to me. Hope you can get the red tape settled. It's my first retail job that includes pharmacy but I've worked in retail for 20 plus years. "Oh, have a seat, it will be about 5 minutes.". Otherwise, they dont let you know. At the end of the night, you see Amanda doing all her stuff AND the cooler. I totally agree that customers should once in their lifetime experience retail life to get a clear prospective on how stressful it really is. It specializes in filling prescriptions, health and wellness products, health information and photo services. 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! I will be reporting this to someone higher up than techs, weekend pharmacist, and weekend manager. I was without my meds for over a day (extreme pain etc) I haven't shopped WG in years - just no need. Nothing is worse than going thru brain zaps and head shifts. I was recently exposed to covid and had to take the mandatory 5 days quarantine until I got the results for my covid test as negative and my then broke my tooth off because it's old and messed up. Up to 50% off clearance. Also, every call he has to make to a doctor is a pill bottle he isn't filling for someone in line at the counter. "If you sell this candy bar, you get a nickel!" Im now saving a whopping 15 dollars a month at Costco and at Costco I have never waited. I got told the same thing by the store manager of the location I need my meds from. Otherwise, I might use them because it would just be easier for daily use. It sucks when plans fall apart. They have never gotten a prescription right! I was also told they don't know when they will open their pharmacy and the problem with that is if they already filled my scripts my doctor can not send them through again. It was a different person that asked me what I needed and I said I wanted to pick up my Rx. NEVER WILL I FILL ANOTHER Rx at Walgreens! I've been working for the company since June. Details: Walgreens is working with advisers and expects to launch a process next month, per Bloomberg. It's very reassuring to me to know other people are looking out for them. Your not alone, rude by pharmacy staff is putting is mildly. Hmmmmmmm. This one particular pharmacy (6650 Timberline Rd, Highlands Ranch, CO 80130) staff is very rude and behaves unprofessional. All I know is that I will NOT patronize their shit pharmacy that I spend thousands of dollars a year at. Ridiculous. I drop off the prescription and they tell me to come back in the morning. For more than 15 years we have helped nearly 50000 customers resolve their issues and will never stop striving to ensure further improvements on our platform for a better communication between companies and customers. There's VERY little front end support. Refill your prescriptions, shop health and beauty products, print photos and more at Walgreens. I deliver to Walgreen and they have more part time people that McDonald's! The Walgreens pharmacy on the northeast corner of Vanderbilt Beach Rd. The pay is awful and you can get better wages in my area in starting jobs in similar type of retail, and the raises do not keep up with inflation. I think the pharmacy business is different here. ComplaintsBoard.com is a leading complaint resolution website on the Internet. The previous year I was never even told there was an evaluation! 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. Document as much as possible and talk to an attorney. And, with meds for kids, that is unconscionable. Big box was too far away and I was tired. It apparently does not update the stores contemporaneously. He looked down at his DAMN desk and saw my paper sitting there and said, Oh it wasn't placed into the system, that's going to be another hour. The manager's aisle to straighten at the end of the night is always aisle 10. This is a community for Walgreens Stores. I am not supposed to go any days without those medications. As we were leaving she got loud an said sarcastically you all have a nice day extremely rude. I asked on May 3-4 and kept getting a reply to soon to fill? I think I'm lucky with my local Walgreens. That's terrible service. On Firday night, what am I supposed to do, with 6 tablets that I'm supposed to take 1 every six hours? You folks would do well to open your eyes and see that you have competition in the market. 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). For hundreds of people, every single day. The co-workers vary but, out of all the management, a few or several will have bad attitudes. How come they gave me an emergency supply 30 days ago but today could not? I had to open a workers comp claim due to a dog biting me at my weekend job. What food deals or any deals have you found. 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. The other issue is the management. I asked to speak with the manager and the manager never showed up. FUCK Walgreens!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! makes customers come back a lot sooner than "How are you? I take generic Mucinex which is guaifenesin. Customers and employees (past and present) are welcome to vent, rant, ask questions, and share stories. Because I said the way we were treated wasn't right. my wife died of esophageal cancer last year and i had similar experiences with Walgreens. If pharmacists get so stressed because they are short staffed, company should do something about it. More like they care about your wallet. Investigation by the California State Board of Pharmacy finds that a Walgreens . Walgreens wastes an untold amount of money in man hours and in paper posting up three signs saying the same thing. do you have any idea what that did to my confidence? Knowing that I could not receive it. When she came to live in my town, the new physician caught the error from her old dr transferring her records. I was in a neighborhood where the skin color is not mine. As a manager, you will have to work third shift in a 24 hour store at least once a week. Oh, and the manager is a jerk. (I've been on the other side of the phone/window). Yes, pharmacists know what the job entails. Then I'm done for good. The app is useless! I had no other income and already was raising my 8 year old son on my own and I didn't even have health insurance for my son or myself not to mention that I didn't qualify for help from the state, Walgreens also decides to dispute my case when I tried to apply for unemployment. I hate Walgreens!!!!!!!! Just search for your medication and we will show you the cost at various pharmacies near you along with free coupons to save you money. Numerous xs they have made mistakes but this one has me speak with corporate. Janet,No, I would not sit for 90 minutes, either! I feel bad for the immigrants who work super hard thinking it will amount to anything. Almost 4 hours after my Doc called in a prescription Its still NOT READY. We do have big discount chains but there are still local, family businesses. Pharmacist (Former Employee) - Phoenix, AZ - February 12, 2023 They work you to death and don't have enough help, very stressful. Just now, I had Tommy tell me what I told the doctor. It sounds icky to me, but I did it. I think every Walgreens is different and you can't generalize over the hundreds of locations they have. The employee evaluation is completed on a form online but you dont discuss your performance unless you ask to do so. No. Hate I can ask questions there and interact with a real pharmacist. I had my medications transferred to UHC Optum service. Yeah because putting 40 pills in a bottle is a tough, time consuming job. Tommy has a Sam's Club Membership. Is it me or do other people have the same problem? The Walgreens my . Its 11 PM and Ive already sat in your store for almost an hour and you tell me I have to wait another, due to your irresponsibility? Then I still didnt get my break until I called the district manager. I worked in a office some years back but my position was downsized so I came back to retail big mistake. I told the other employees that if no one said anything, then nothing would ever change. They have even called my insurance company when they tried to limit my dose. Got prescrips and other goods at Rite Aid for 15 years. Same story. But desperate people do desperate things. In ending their contract with Express Scripts, Walgreens faces potential losses of $5.3 billion in annual sales[9]. In a statement to CNN, the company said it. But it won''t be ready until tomorrow. They lovingly put me in with a half-retarded resident that will leave in 2 months like always. I tell them every time I am here to please put it on auto refill and they always say they will. He asks for an emergency supply. I have to believe that anyone with any influence at Walgreens does not read any of these complaints / complements. Instead of giving the hardest working person in Walgreens a transfer and keeping her in the company, they let her quit. Worst case scenario, they realize that Amanda is better as a floor person because she works hard enough for three people and will never promote her because of that cost-saving hard working personality she has. If you really care then do something about it! Sell IT!" Every time I walked in the office, he was eating and/or talking on the phone to his friends or girlfriend on speaker phone. Just wanted to switch tomorrow since new year is starting. You have to take your vacation days before and after holidays, even assistant managers. I worked For them for 15 years. If someone was having you do something that could be illegal and make you lose your job would you do it? I strongly prefer and recommend a small family owned practice. 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. It seemed expensive, so I left it and decided to try to get it at Walgreens. Even doctors don't want to deal with Walgreens. And they really push the health insurance. More than likely if you choose to go to another pharmacy, either they will treat you worse or it will take just as long. I heard Walmart was cheaper so I started going there. Walgreens has a way better system of filling their prescriptions. She insist and even gives me the time I picked it up! If the script is a controlled substance then the laws are different in every state. But the worst thing was she said I could pick up the perscription that night. It's beyond me why they can never handle filling my prescription on time. We got there (Friday) 1:08 and we were promptly told come back later we are closing for lunch. I will reiterate the fact I cannot take it. I told her I'd have her ass fired. I hate Walgreens with a passion. This will surely increase the credibility of your complaint. Ever! I really hope by "medicine clinic" you don't mean emergency room. Lets face it- they are legalized drug dealers who treat you like some kind of ho. This topic is now archived and is closed to further replies. They train you with someone for maybe two days. Like how lazy are they? They waste your time telling you that their automated system will call you back (when it doesnt) or finding excuses why their system went down. Id offer a bit of levity about going down, but theyre ugly enough at that location that - like their filled prescriptions - no one gets it. I always see customers shaking their heads with disbelief, and I ask myself why do we go through walgreens for prescription refills? I finally blew up! Walgreens in Kissimee FL Prescriptions. I hate that some don't open easily enough. Well, I was so sick I just believed them. If you are in the number one photo store in the district, most managers let you just take care of photo but you always have the crazy ones who still expect you to wait on photo customers every five minutes, take care of their photo orders AND stock the cooler AND stock the shelves AND whatever list that is neverending. EVERY month my prescription is delayed. I saved a whopping 10 bucks a month off my prescription by going there AND every time I have gone, I have either had no wait or waited five minutes at most. Well another post saying how horrible their pharmacy is ran. OMG Walgreens is the worst; they can't get anything right I'm dumping them and going over to Safeway or Walmart! Thats 3 visits for one prescription. Next time I am going to CVS. HELLOOOOOOO!!!!!! Nationwide chains like Walgreens, CVS, and Rite Aid have provided customers with vaccinations, COVID tests, and. Not only a new person hired, two new people hired within the month. Boss make a dollar, I make a dime, thats why I poop on company time. They offered me to contact the doctor and get additional prescription after 15 days of messing around. This RX had been called in by the hospital prior to her discharge. She also says we will look at the tape to see then who picked it up! 12. 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. Fuck this place. Now I'm writting this because I'm so mad they gave 6 tablets instead of 60 and I paid $11.99 co-pay, thats a lot of money for 6 pills. He is having heart trouble today and I am currently in line at the pharmacy trying to pick up a prescription. I WAITED 45 MIN for them to tell me it was EXPIRED ARE YOU KIDDING ME? I will not shop there again because every time I enter those stores, they make it very unpleasant experience. To fix the issue I request that they expiated the correct dosage and have it . They switched the generic brand of Paxil they carried, which I started taking and promptly realized that it wasn't working. Pharmacy Hours: M-F 9am-1:30pm, 2pm-9pm, . I just moved to the area and changed my prescriptions to go to Walgreens Pharmacy Store #6898, 3701 N KINGS HWY, Myrtle Beach, S.C. 29577. I said Id pick it up in the morning. Id find another job. CVS And Walgreens employees hate when you leave your receipts all around the. 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