Traci sent an email out this morning, 145 more employees to be laid off.
Just keep paying and paying, this unethical company does
MONTPELIER, Vt. (AP) — Walgreens has agreed to pay a $275,000 fine to settle allegations that some of its Vermont stores temporarily closed without notice, had untenable working conditions for pharmacists and made medication and vaccination errors... — read more
Walgreens is not a Dividend Aristocrat any more
Barron's: Fastenal Is the Newest Member of the Dividend Aristocrats. Walgreens Is Out. At the same time, Walgreens WBA 50% Boots Alliance, which recently slashed its dividend by 48% to 25 cents per quarter, was given the boot. “It’s... — read more
HMMMHMMMM Walgreens to explore sale of Shields Health for over $4 billion - Bloomberg News
Let me guess to give employees a nice raise or could it be they are selling everything(that they even just recenty got) because the ship is sinking bigtime and money is needed. HMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMm It is all so obvious. Get out of this sinking... — read more
22.00 USD▼ -3.71 (-14.43%) past month....WALGREENS STOCK
In an effort to boost investor confidence, Walgreens Boots Alliance CEO Tim Wentworth recently purchased more than $240,000 ... This guy isn't even a good investor either. This stock is falling again under his so called leadership, and the stock... — read more
Any news on return to office for support center?
After pushing it back three times, which is great, and spending $15 million to get the building back and restock it with monitors, chairs, etc. after ripping it apart (id--ts), are we still returning mid February? I hope it gets pushed back again… I... — read more
Short staffing is the issue
Working for a call center that supports the store pharmacy, it seems that many of our pharmacies are in chaos mostly due to short staffing. Lots of dissatisfied callers asking to speak with over-worked and burned out pharmacy staff. Pharmacy does not... — read more
Winter Weather Store Closings?
How many stores will not open due to the winter storms? I used to always make sure my store opened during winter weather but frankly the fact this company doesn’t care about any of its employees this will be the first time I really don’t give a fu-k... — read more
Oh, goodie!!!
Now WBA has agreed to pay Humana $360 million dollars for overcharging for Rx reimbursements. Lovely.
Par for the course, the titanic continues
Walgreens stock plunges after dr-gstore chain slashes quarterly dividend nearly in half. It also marks the company’s first dividend cut in nearly five decades
CVS is just the same
I was going to apply and then I checked their page on here and what I found is that they have pretty much all the same issues that we have. I don't have any other choice where I live, so that means I'm kind of screwed or I have to add at least 90... — read more
Tim’s No. 1 focus?!
I was hoping it would be making money in order to not layoff more employees. But at least Tim, Ginger, and Tracey can feel all warm and fuzzy inside with a higher ESQ score. They’ve already cut our raises and bonuses despite the COL going up, but we... — read more
2024 will be no better
If you're smart and have options, now's the time to leave. With our current management, things can only get worse, not better. I've been searching for a new job for just a few weeks and I found that there are plenty of opportunities available. I... — read more
All I Want for Christmas Is For Tracey B To Be Fired
I’ve never met such an incompetent and uninspiring executive.
Scrooge
Did they really have to send the return to the office email today of all days??? The 1/2 day before Christmas??? Nobody cares! We don’t want to go back! Everyone will be sitting there with noise canceling headphones. I hope people start leaving in... — read more
No Christmas this year…
I just broke the news to the kids over the weekend Santa won’t be coming to our house this year. What are you cutting this year with no bonus and no raise to make ends meet?
Hiring freeze
Does anyone know when the hiring freeze will get lifted at the support center?
How Pathetic
hen Walgreens abruptly ousted then-CEO Rosalind "Roz" Brewer a little over three months ago, she walked away with a golden parachute that allowed her to keep tens of millions in compensation for just 2½ years of work running the troubled pharmacy... — read more
Walgreens needs to return to its roots.....
Step 1: Let's admit it, the Boots Alliance Healthcare merger (reverse take-over) was a complete failure. Boots has done nothing to help Walgreens, in fact the stock has only suffered since they merged. Dump them, go back to being a national company... — read more
Please explain.....
How Tracey Brown still has a job at Walgreens. There can be no logical reason for keeping her....none. How unfair and inappropriate given all the talent Walgreens has released or chased away. The entire Board should be ashamed of themselves....and... — read more
170 layoffs Jan 8
It's on the WARN site.
Amazon
Walgreens is going to be sold off to Amazon. They will be closing many stores while keeping select stores as filling and shipping hubs to move to the online model while reducing overhead. A brilliant move by Amazon.
Sound the alarms
So the leadership continues to make extremely questionable decisions - the 200 building was in agreement to be sold. They have paid $10 MILLION to buy it back. The joke - the seller won’t give the parking included so we will be paying to lease the... — read more
Mr. new CEO, how has the stock done under your watch in your first month or so.....
86 USD▼ -1.63 (-7.54%) past month Give him time some will say. I say it's all the same. Stock down almost 8% ..impressive . This walgreens company is sinking faster and faster and faster and faster. SO many are finally leaving, and it's... — read more
EV's at Head office
Get this if you have an electric car you can plug in your car at head office and charge your car for FREE! that is right Free no one is paying for my gas, so why are we paying for their charge.
Tracey Brown
What has she actually accomplished at Walgreens?
Walgreens Paves Way To Revive Boots Sale With Pension Deal
"Dr-gstore and medical care giant Walgreens is preparing to pay $1.25 billion in order to discharge its responsibilities for U.K. pharmacy chain Boots’ pension scheme, according to a report in Britain by The Sunday Times." - Forbes Love the use of... — read more
Enter the next phase... more layoffs & quiet cutting
"Giving staff the sack is expensive...This is where “quiet cutting” comes in. This unofficial process is for companies to get workers out without firing them. Workers are intentionally made to feel uncomfortable and guided towards the door without... — read more
Return to the office update
Need to unpack this communication further. So let me get this straight it seemed the rumors were that the main corporate campus building 200 wilmot road was in contract to be sold. We moved out months ago and everything was turned off to prep for... — read more
Post with care
If you criticize TB, TLO takes it down. Noted.
ahhhhhhh
Walgreens to close ‘nearly all’ of its stores and pharmacies for Thanksgiving, for the first time in its history
BUH BYE HOLLY
Another one of Roz’s friends is out the door. Too bad she didn’t take Tracey B with her.
Walgreens’ billionaire chairman caught in ‘very awkward’ legal tussle as dr-gstore giant’s problems continue to pile up
Problems are piling up at Walgreens — not least among them a bizarre, $200 million legal tussle with one of the dr-gstore giant’s vendors that has become “very awkward” for the company’s 82-year-old chairman, The Post has learned. Billionaire... — read more
Coffee talk with Tim
Did anyone from the support office attend this mondays session or todays session at the OPO at 830am? Would like to know what was covered.
What about DEI?
Has anyone explained what the DEI target was for the prior fiscal year and how it was missed? 10% of bonus for corporate staff was to be based on DEI.
Profits over people
This organization continues to disappoint with how out of touch leadership is with reality. Today they must have spent a nice portion of salaries saved from the 267 people laid off last week on an unnecessary vendor summit with awards. The... — read more
How impressive, what a management
Walgreens Stock Is on Track for Its Lowest Close Since 1998
Last week WAG layoff on IL WARN site
IL WARN site https://www.illinoisworknet.com/LayoffRecovery/Pages/WARN%20Layoff%20Search.aspx WALGREEN CO. 940 S Frontage Rd Ste 1900 Woodridge, IL 60517 Scheduled Layoff 97 - WTF???? Where are 267 people who were let go last week from corporate?