Walgreens Boots Alliance
Walgreens Boots Alliance Careers and Employment
The people make it
The people are great, flexible working is ok dependent on the team that you are in. Management varies. There is a distinct lack of data which can make the day to day job challenging.
ProsStaff discount, staff shop, flexible working
ConsDisorganised, salary, management panic at end of year review time
What are people saying about the leadership at Walgreens Boots Alliance?
60%
of employees approve of CEO’s performance
CEO Approval is based on 264 ratings
what you learned
The organisation is very hierarchy focused.
Each unit/function blindly focuses on it's own goals so collaboration is very difficult to foster. No function can succeed without working with other supporting departments and 3rd parties.
To get anything done, you need to escalate all issues all the way to the executive team to resolve, it would be far cheaper and quicker if everyone understood they work for the same company and collaborated at the junior levels.
Very entrenched in waterfall style of structured work that working in an agile fashion is almost impossible apart from small inc ... - less
Each unit/function blindly focuses on it's own goals so collaboration is very difficult to foster. No function can succeed without working with other supporting departments and 3rd parties.
To get anything done, you need to escalate all issues all the way to the executive team to resolve, it would be far cheaper and quicker if everyone understood they work for the same company and collaborated at the junior levels.
Very entrenched in waterfall style of structured work that working in an agile fashion is almost impossible apart from small inc ... - less
ProsOn-site parking
ConsConstant firefighting of issues that could have been closed off
What are people discussing at Walgreens Boots Alliance?
Top questions about Walgreens Boots Alliance
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