Walgreens

For those of you who recently received your tech license, I strongly don’t recommend you to work in this pharmacy. This pharmacy is a joke. Despite the store itself is located in a ghetto neighborhood where you are expected to deal with the rudest druggies everyday, the pharmacists here are garbage, you will not get to learn too much from them. They are simply not good at coaching new tech. They are not very knowledgeable in insurance coverage, most of the time they need to rely on those techs who had been in this industry for awhile to resolve insurance issues. Even though you’re new to the pharmacy, they expect you to know EVERYTHING! Before you begin to work here, they’ll send you to another Walgreens pharmacy for training, however, the training is very minimal, you won’t be able to work as a good tech with this. You’ll need to pick up all the necessary skills on your own, otherwise, those moron pharmacists will consider you incompetent and will do things to get rid of you.
Team members in this store are not helpful at all. None of them are willing to help you. If you ask other tech member questions, they’ll just do the work for you and won’t bother to explain anything to you. They are either not very knowledgeable about what they do or they are insecure that they don’t want you to do well.
The worst is that if the customers were not able to get the medications they want (due to their insurance coverage), they will put all the blames on you and even file a complain on you. The pharmacy manager will even use this to go against you and remove you from schedule, such a horrible experience!!!
Save yourself the time and effort to go work at other pharmacy. Screw Walgreens!

This review is for the pharmacy dept. only.
I used this pharmacy for one year and every time I went to pick up my prescription, which I had ordered online, there was a 15 to 30 minute wait.
There is usually only one pharmacy tech waiting on customers. No matter what time of the day I went there, there was always a long line of customers waiting.
I’m switching to another Walgreen’s that is further from my home but a longer drive is better than standing around here.
As far as the neighborhood, it’s not that bad. I moved to Richmond (Atchison Village) from San Francisco last year. I feel safer here than in many parts of SF.
Some reviewers of this Walgreen’s mention the people panhandling. I’ve only had one woman approach me once here. In SF, it’s a constant in pretty much every neighborhood.

I went to this Walgreens on 02÷03÷14 to buy some Loreal Advanced Conditioner which was on sale for $ 3 each. I had a $ 5 off coupon on any 2 Loreal Advanced products. When I got to the register, neither cashier would let me use it, they didn’t even try to scan them. Walgreens policy does not state that I cannot use coupons on clearance items, I’ve done it before. The store is reimbursed for the value of the coupon anyways so really what does it matter. I’m very disappointed in their lack of knowledge on their own policy.

The customer service is always awesome!!! Those poor pharmacy techs get a lot of mean people, the only reason I’m not giving 5 stars is because they always seem understaffed.

Terrible part of town. But the flip side is the store provides a needed service for those local to it.
Don’t go after dark unless you want to participate in Survivor: The Ghetto.
The store is crammed full of stuff and is kinda overload to the eyes when you walk in. Staff is fair enough though. And… there is a Redbox inside.

This location is not in the best area and I would never find myself here at night. Located at a corner in a plaza, it’s easy to find and there is plenty of parking. Be careful when walking into the store, as there will be homeless people or just a bunch of sketchy people in the front.
The signs and staff are helpful with finding what you need. At times you’ll notice that boxes are open and a lot of the merchandise looks old or used. That has a large factor to do with the clientele in the neighborhood and customers who go in just to destroy items.
Occasionally there are coupons that offer $ 5 of $ 25 and on one occasion, a friend and I bought many things to make the balance over $ 25. After buying a package of Dayquil and taking it home, I realized that there was only one week before the expiration date.
There’s also a photo section here at Walgreen’s which makes it convenient when ordering photos online that could be picked up.
When checking out at the cashier, there is a high chance of being suckered into purchasing chocolates. They will try to sell you a candy bar for $ 1. Being allergic this doesn’t appeal to me, but if with a friend or someone who has a chocolate craving, then I will go ahead and purchase it once in awhile.
Recently Walgreen’s started a Balance Rewards card, which helps to earn points and get rewards. It also allows you to get discounts on items. When in need of something at a drugstore, such as medication, lotion, make up, a greeting card, etc. I know I can find it at this location.

Please consider getting your prescriptions elsewhere. The staff is pathetic!

This walgreens is a mess but its possible to find what you need. The workers are pretty friendly well some of them are… but they will show where the item is located. Only thing is that you have to brave the ghetto out side. and I mean ghetto people hanging out side begging for extra change or hustlers trying to sell knock off stuff. If you can survive that your A ok. lol…