Walgreens will no longer give many of its retail workers paid vacation time for Thanksgiving, Christmas and other major holidays, as the company looks to cut costs under new owners.
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Walgreens didn’t respond to requests for comment. Sycamore declined to comment.
That’s fine we started avoiding them when they let pharmacists refuse to give birth control and hormone therapies. They have sucked long before the new owners
Wait not giving people their PTO sounds illegal. Im sure it’s not cause thats the states though.
Not giving them earned PTO is illegal, but that’s not what they’re doing. From the second paragraph of the article:
The pharmacy chain eliminated six paid holidays
Our Walgreens is basically a shell at this point. I almost never see more than one person working on a given day. No idea how they keep functional
There’s always money in the CEO budget. I mean banana stand.
Glad I quit that job. Fuck Walgreens. Always understaffed as well.
Have an upvote for the arrested development reference.
it was acquired by private equity firm
Has that ever ended well for the employees or customers?
Private equity firms are literally the cancer for businesses and indirectly, humanity.
They continuously grow, take everything they can get, and kill anything in its path
It makes stockholders money and that’s all that matters. Line must go up.
it was acquired by private equity firm
Has that ever ended well for the employees or customers?
No. Ask RadioShack as well.
Do I have to give them my phone number first?
Well, it’ll be out of business in 3 to 5 years.
In Pretty Woman? Even then it’s been so long I don’t remember if the employees were saved, or just the business overall.
Well I’m sure that tanking employee retention will help with the problems they have (massive lines at their understaffed pharmacys and one person working 3 counters inside).
They don’t give a fuck they are gonna sell everything for parts after it’s “proven unprofitable”
Tbh I’m not sure how the business model of “being on every single intersection corner across from our identical competitor, selling items at just above dollar store quality” was ever a profitable plan, for either of the two stupid companies.
Is there a better pharmacy to use that treats their employees better…
If you still have a local non-chain pharmacy use them until they go out of business. They will eventually because the chains have a stranglehold on pricing and are actively raising costs for independents, then offering to buy the business as it founders.
Mark Cuban’s Cost Plus drugs is my refuge from pharmacies. It’s cheaper than the chains even if you have insurance, but I can’t be my Adderall through them.
I’m stuck with corporate pharmacies, unless I want to drive 45 minutes one-way.
As we head into a world-wide recession, job opportunities are dropping. Employers will no doubt take advantage of that to further exploit workers. I’m afraid things are going to get much worse before they get better.
Several years back I got totally fed up with cvs and Walgreens. It was impossible to get ahold of anyone on the phone, and they were always backed up in the store because of lack of employees. It was a huge hassle because I take care of my grandparents prescriptions, and there are like 15 medications per month.
Switched over to a local pharmacy. Every time I go in, they have tons of friendly employees working, I’ve never had to wait more than a couple minutes to be helped, and I call and someone answers the phone within seconds most of the time. And the prices are about the same.
I second the local. If you have one, they would like your business. Grab some candy and an emergency birthday card while you’re there.
Find a local one if you can.
So is it more ethical for me to boycott them or should I go out of my way to shop there and pay more for their employees they stifle out of wages?
The employees are even less motivated to prevent shoplifting, if it’s any consolation
