I am furious over this. As of this evening I am done with Walgreen Pharmacy. Pharmacy Hours: M-F 9am-1:30pm, 2pm-9pm, . I sit at the table find a movie on my laptop and go to work. Extra 15% off $40+ vitamins. Avoid like the plague!!!!!!!!!!! And Walgreens is one of the few pharmacies that has stores open 24 hours a day. The time it would take to drive somewhere else, pick up the meds, and come home, I would still be in the drive thru waiting for my walgreens refills. They want their customers to be happy, so they know they need to keep lots of employees. By the way, Tony and Lugo are real assistant managers and these are real instances that happened with them. Also, many cell phone can record and take pictures. It took Walgreen pharmacy in Highlands Ranch Colorado "only15 days" to transfer my prescription from another store (King Soopers) and then mess it up at the end by telling me that they only can fill in one month prescription. This topic is now archived and is closed to further replies. She hadnt read anything. They say go to Walmart. Always leaving costumers with out medication. I Hate Walgreen's. 230 likes. Every time I get a prescription filled there, it could be 8 hours later and they still won't have it ready. Those are the kinds of prices I like to see. Gas went down to $2.99 this last week, a big drop that happened slowly this year. To have them fire me shortly after suffering from a misscarriage. The pharm never seemed to understand that there was anything wrong with their violating the man's privacy. 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. It is no different than making sure you have insulin if you have diabetes. I went to college and realized relatively quickly Walgreens wasnt going to be my career so I insisted on the break. He found the lying sack manager to be the worst of people previously. I'm pretty fed up with them. Hmmmmmmm. Not at Walgreens, for sure. At this pace I could have taken the first dose and began to start feeling better. 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. The previous store manager gave her an award to show her recognition for doing such a great job. Are you kidding me,waiting 5 days for a prescription and shes looking at last years dateso I ask to speak to pharmacy manager JOEtell him whats going on and i also say im putting my experience review regarding this negligence on behalf of Walgreens and I said facebook Walgreens well Joe sat laughing and laughing Walgreens fb laughing stillI meant to say their website page and he sat laughing and belittle me for at least 3 min..and finally says come on Collleen listen to yourselfis this how a Walgreens Pharmacy Manager treats a person with a major issue with them on a needed medsand it could have effected me with hospitilization due to their negligence. Instead of giving the hardest working person in Walgreens a transfer and keeping her in the company, they let her quit. I'm over fifty and unemployed with a L3, L4 and L5 disk that is buldging out and I need my medication. Walgreens is clearly a pimp. All of my medications but one (a schedule 3 pain pill) are free. I do take things that are not the brand I have used. Walgreen was understaffed, but also once they hired people, they didn't do anything to make them want to stay. Their was also a HIPPA violation today. I hate filling them. 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. Your doctor could have easily added refills to your prescription via phone or fax. Wegmans' number one priority is customer service. isn't that strange? This will surely increase the credibility of your complaint. It is the one a friend gave me. She was very sweet and gave me 5 pills to last until I got that appt scheduled and got my refill. And I know this location is not a busy one, especially on a Tuesday evening in a rainstorm. What do you do with a company like that? You got your emergency 5 day supply. Its not a laughing matter Joe and is your tech apable of beig behind the counter with the negligence she bestowedYour lucky I didnt wind up in the hospital..get your act together before you kill someone! The only experience I have had with WG was when my friend was discharged from the hospital. My grandmother called and told them if I had a seizure or anything happened to me, she'd sue their asses so bad their heads would spin. Butand this is a big but the pharmacy staff has always impressed me by being helpful, cooperative, and smart. She ran the photo lab better than anyone I have ever seen. Today, I was at a big box and saw it was otc. 12230 Atlantic Blvd Jacksonville FL 32225 (904) 221-1546 Claim this business (904) 221-1546 Website More Directions Advertisement Refill your prescriptions, shop health and beauty products, print photos and more at Walgreens. Took a few days to get Lamictal XR from them, they had to order.However, I bet few take this formulation. My Walgreens is really good too. [censored] that pissed me off. She didnt say anything. "Oh, have a seat, it will be about 5 minutes.". This is the first time Ive ever spoken publicly. I've learned that it is absolutely NOT an option to miss meds. kylie,There are still local, family owned pharmacies here, too. The app is useless! I asked to speak with the manager and the manager never showed up. Instead of losing out on having two people work photo for 1-2 weeks, they lose thousands more when the new person breaks something, has photo business non-existent for 2-3 days and the cost of having a technician come out PLUS the new parts. Then you see them smoking outside ten minutes later. that's very incompetent. Its not ready. I asked on May 3-4 and kept getting a reply to soon to fill? My insurance company uses only Walgreens. It apparently does not update the stores contemporaneously. At the very least, he needs to cross it off your list of possibilities. This is why Americans ask what the price of something is when IT'S RIGHT THERE IN FRONT OF THEM. The only time I dealt with walgreens was when my pdoc faxed a rx for zyprexa to the walgreens across the street from the CVS I use. My daughter uses the Flonase too, it works great for her. 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 . How heartless is that? The doctor's office is closed until Monday. Walgreens has made me go without my meds for an entire weekend now twice. 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. Perfect every time. This pharmacy is been changing staff who do not doing well and professional job. When you make a phone call it's worse, you will hold until you decide to hang up. Press J to jump to the feed. I drop off the prescription and they tell me to come back in the morning. Walgreens is mulling a sale of its pharmacy automation business iA, which could fetch up to $2 billion, Bloomberg reports. I waited patiently again in the small waiting area and after 45 min went and asked if it was done. There is only one employee covering the front desk line (6-10 deep), the drive thru (5 car minimum) and the telephones (at least 10 on hold). They try to keep their employees happy so that they won't leave. Worst pharmacy,screwed up prescription 3 times in a row.They suck. Walgreens 62 reviews Claimed $$ Drugstores, Cosmetics & Beauty Supply, Convenience Stores Edit Closed 8:00 AM - 10:00 PM See hours See all 24 photos Write a review Add photo Save Location & Hours 1620 1st St Livermore, CA 94550 P St & O St Get directions Edit business info Amenities and More Health Score PASS Powered by Hazel Analytics And the poor techs dont get paid enough which leads to low quality techs being hired. 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. This sounds stupid because it is. Refill in a snap by scanning your barcode. CVS And Walgreens employees hate when you do a l'il gross cough right into their face: For real. There's already a sign up saying the sale price but you have to put another sticker UNDERNEATH the sign that's already up because there's no room to put it. She got nasty and said come back at 2pm. Why it matters: The future of pharmacy services is murky, with Walgreens, CVS and Amazon all pursuing disparate strategies. Being pissy with the triage nurse (and your medical providers) is not in your best interest anytime. I had to use the Walmart pharmacy for years when I went to school, and just no. For me I can't even miss one dose. The other issue is the management. We expect to receive the J&J vaccine and begin administering it in the coming days. use them. 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. New comments cannot be posted and votes cannot be cast. They are grossly understaffed! As we were leaving she got loud an said sarcastically you all have a nice day extremely rude. But desperate people do desperate things. Most stores give you one. Are you still on 30 mg of Paxil, 5 mg of Zyprexa?" Some states allow a small leeway for urgent situations. Think of all the hundreds of thousands of pills they count out each day. I have so many bad stories to share. So I tell her, "I'll sit right here and call them." If you ask for more time, they say they will talk about it and don't. I hate walgreens.. I've been working for the company since June. Now my wife will not have a Rendezvous with me. PS, as a nurse I've been on the "other side" myself, and have dealt with ppl without having to insult their intelligence or pontificate to them, and guess what, it really works!!! I'm not really sure exactly what that judgment was, but I got the feeling he thought I was some crack head trailer trash bimbo who was trying to scam him (I was really very sick and needed a refill of antibiotics for my daughter who takes antibiotics every day for the asplenia that accompanies her complex congenital heart disease. Sue,I DID! It means: answering questions promptly and courteously, making service agreements and plans clear and easy to understand and use, promptly returning phone calls, updating information correctly into the database, treating customers with respect despite their own prejudices, not making unwarranted judgments about clients, sending medications in a timely manner, and communicating with the nursing companies they contract with, among other things. Same story. She also says we will look at the tape to see then who picked it up! I complaint to a store manager and told him exactly what happen. Wait until Walgreens gets someone in there who hasn't had their major major meds for awhile and they refuse an emergency supply and when they come back and murder everybody in the place, they'll all cry about how senseless it was. I just quit walking except to go to the bathroom! I however enjoyed meeting new people but overall do not recommend this place as a career. Photo is expensive. Walgreens pharmacy is the laziest, rudist most non professional employees I ever had to deal with. helpful. Is it me or do other people have the same problem? Before I moved, I was getting it filled at a different Hy-vee and my pharmacist there filled one mixed and gave me three powders to mix myself. Because they involved the police they made me plead to a nothing to cover for the corporation and police. Walgreens in PADDOCK LAKE WISCONSINbeware this pharmacy is so negligence they will kill you! If pharmacists get so stressed because they are short staffed, company should do something about it. On top of that, I like some of the repeat customers and I dont feel like harassing them to buy a candy bar every single time that I see them. Thank you for letting me vent. Walgreens wastes an untold amount of money in man hours and in paper posting up three signs saying the same thing. Boss make a dollar, I make a dime, thats why I poop on company time. And emergency supply is a courtesy, not a policy. I screamed, Noooo! The constant badgering to sell the item of the month. Walgreens buys the store two months ago. However, at the same time I work for Walgreens as a pharmacy technician. Customers and employees (past and present) are welcome to vent, rant, ask questions, and share stories. I had to insist on it. Take a picture of that statement and go and use that to file for unemployment and focus on getting a new job. The online system is horrible and inaccurate. It is absolutely *fabulous*. I take 10 prescriptions and my life has become driving every day to Walgreens to pick up prescriptions they dont have in stock. Just now, I had Tommy tell me what I told the doctor. The Walgreen Company is an American company which operates the second-largest chain in the United States of America behind CVS Health. And they really push the health insurance. 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. Knowing that I could not receive it. Just dont take the break." Can't go to the bathroom unless we're on break? 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. Also, let's say you want to invest in this company and make it a career. Meanwhile I run out of Paxil. I heard Walmart was cheaper so I started going there. I think that twat needs medication her damn self!) Part time people up the Ying Yang! are killing me right now and I'm short with my kids. I've been working for the company since June. Walgreens has a way better system of filling their prescriptions. Thats 3 visits for one prescription. Got prescrips and other goods at Rite Aid for 15 years. Seems like the doctors themselves should be watching their own patients/prescriptions more carefully!Forgive me if I've already mentioned this, but I used to take Flonase (Fluticasone) until it just plain stopped working for me. Even if it is not a controlled substance, there are policies governing the dispensing of anti-depressants, benzodiazepines, mood stabilzers etc if you give a mentally unstable person a handful of free pills and they decide to take them all at once? CVS and Walgreens employees hate when you leave your receipts all around the store because you think other people can use them: I am waiting for a heart transplant and the only thing keeping me alive are the meds.This is the usual procedure I go through every month. To Jack W: The Pharmacist has the right refuse to fill any scrip for any reason. Well, except for the one pharmacist and the one cashier. It's not the pharmacists fault you have problems with the clinic. Aside from creating potential conflicts of interest, the industry presence . At long last, the bitch called my name to pick up my meds, which required waiting in the same fucked up line all over again. Empty shelves, fewer selections, iffy prescrips. You never get your prescription on time, we wait for over 45min, at one stage we even went to sleep in the car because we had enough of waiting in the store. Finally, 4 hours later, I get a call that they approved it. Ghetto! Or she claimed not to know it. WTF. I volunteered to pick up her RX. They don't train people. I hate Walgreens with a passion. I got my Paxil and hopefully will feel better but the withdrawal affects, brain shocks, and black spots I keep seeing (aren't those visual hallucinations?) The pharmacy techs can never find anyones prescription. 12. Rude and ruder. They shift around shifts so the problems just aren't visible. I am so so so so so so so sick of this company using and abusing us. I asked for my refill of a albuterol for a neubilizer. I always pee on company time. Sorry you had such problems.I know several who use that and they all get it OTC.Glad you are feeling a bit better. Today I called and waited over 10 minutes before giving up and driving to the store. They may ask how you are, pause and then either give you a long list or ask how the list is going. I have so much much proof and even more stories (with witnesses willing to come forward). Consultants working on a corporate report were told to drop safety complaints. That means the pharm has to look up your records and reconcile all your prescriptions and their interactions. The one good bogo at Publix this week was for McCormick gourmet spices. I had to print out the store policy for breaks and bring it in and show them. I hate Walgreens. By My husband has terminal cancer. Even after they changed to CVS. It is a complete disaster. FUCK Walgreens!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! This one particular pharmacy (6650 Timberline Rd, Highlands Ranch, CO 80130) staff is very rude and behaves unprofessional. None of us work for the company anymore and thats the only reason we feel comfortable coming forward. They are defysleazy. I went back to Walgreens with the bottle and complained about their lack of respect for the person's privacy. (The psych triage nurse and I do not get along and I refuse to see her in person. Hope you can get the red tape settled. 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? It also takes time to bring the new stuff in and, in the mean time, the customers are very unhappy that photo is down. they screw them all up!!!!!!! Yes, that is so much cheaper. Plus, I think techs do a lot of the work. Walgreens is the worst in every way possible. I know this is no exception, but I am just asking people to try to be more patient. One lawyer and poof the fake felony case was gone and they were offering a misdemeanor without even a fine to cover up the false arrest. Walgreens - Pharmacy at McLean Virginia on Chain Bridge RD, Walgreens - Covid vaccination Pfizer not available, Walgreens - Incorrectly putting in my refill dates. More like they care about your wallet. Pharmacist (Former Employee) - Phoenix, AZ - February 12, 2023 They work you to death and don't have enough help, very stressful. Tommy offered to let me use his Flonase. Ha! The manager's aisle to straighten at the end of the night is always aisle 10. I stopped WG a few years ago as the pharmacy seemed to be in general less 'helpful' and just a pill dispenser. Its definitely illegal to deny people breaks. Flonase. You can talk to us, sternly look at us and leave up angry signs about "This is your job. DO YOU KNOW I CAN GET VERY SICK FROM NOT HAVING THIS MEDICATION? It's my first retail job that includes pharmacy but I've worked in retail for 20 plus years. Pharmacies in the U.S. have been vital in the fight against the COVID pandemic. I finally had to leave. Maybe they know how to change a roll of photo paper but, generally, that is all. One night, I searched my room to no avail. EVERY month my prescription is delayed. They did not care how much pain (actual physical pain) they made me suffer. She had moved 45 minutes away and was working two jobs. The problem with Walgreens, as with many companies, is that they only care about money. We have another ham for Tommy to cut up for the freezer. Please DO NOT add attachments that contain your or other peoples personal information, if you dont want it to be visible to the public. Walgreen's violated my privacy by discussing my business in front of a waiting room full of people. Pretty sure that its illegal for your boss to not let people use the restroom when they need to go. Even whe I call and ask before heading to the store. Pharmacy's fault. I just don't happen to go to one. We had to go around and sit in line once again. Ok bye bye walgreen. Ive had a manager tell me that I was hurting their profits by using coupons to get products for almost nothing. I will reiterate the fact I cannot take it. If the script is a controlled substance then the laws are different in every state. Your pharmacist and the pharmacy can lose their licenses for violating state law, regardless of how shitty your head feels. Come on, what is that? Pharmacists are just licensed drug dealers that get off on their own power because they went to school for 1 billion years just to count tablets. People pull up and start buzzing like crazy. It is so frustrating that people I should be able to trust cannot get their heads sorted. I had to open a workers comp claim due to a dog biting me at my weekend job. I was told they had just given me three bottles. 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. EVERY month my prescription is delayed. I come back in the morning and get a Partial. I am very much done with Walgreens and will not give them another chance after so many tries. They are just paid a lot of money to guard the corporate drug stash and make sure people arent popping the merchandise. I don't tie them up with phone calls, I use the web page. Your pdoc really does need to see you in person so that he can talk to you and visually see how you are doing. I hate getting shots but the pharmacists who administer the shots are always professional and give them painlessly. I tell you, the antibiotic was making me so ill. Tommy was back to getting everything I needed. Current Walgreens Pharmacy Prices and Discounts. Lazy as in they get a list for themselves and pawn off a bunch of their work onto you. It's beyond me why they can never handle filling my prescription on time. I learned photo through the books, internet and help line. I said no, it says Walgreen Nasal Spray. I worked For them for 15 years. 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. I suppose pharmacies are all like that now, not places you feel like they know you. Recall that on the phone many conversations are recorded. 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 go to pick it up. 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." What a great business move! If they did, something would be done about the ridiculously poor service and attitudes by the pharmacy staff. I was without my meds for over a day (extreme pain etc) Then I leave after calling the pharmacist a few choice words. Ok, enough venting. Ugh! I'm sure the corporate scumbags are doing just fine! I had tried the mail once before and received an incorrect RX. It is supposed to be a two sided evaluation with the employee completing a form on their own service and the manager doing it as well but, of course, the store manager claimed an asst manager, Victoria, told us to complete the form before the deadline and she never did so the only performance evaluation that was completed was the manager's version of your performance alone. It's your Walgreens - shop and manage your prescriptions. Chimpanzees can be trained to do a better job (although I have too much compassion to ever subject one of them to the Walgreens environment ). 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. Janet,No, I would not sit for 90 minutes, either! leadinglady, December 15, 2008 in The Health Care System Sucks! I am very unhappy. Again, they tell me I need to schedule an appointment and they WILL NOT give me an emergency supply. Walgreens filled my mothers BP prescription at 5 mg. So then I found out Costco was cheaper. SUCKS. 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! They want you to mop, take out the trash, stock the shelves, put up signs, help the customers and run photo. This RX had been called in by the hospital prior to her discharge. Walgreens covered it all up. 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