Potential shakeup in Dow Jones as Walgreens, Verizon, and Intel face removal Walgreens Boots Alliance, which joined the Dow in June 2018, has seen its shares drop by 66% as of Tuesday. Despite a plan to boost higher-margin healthcare services and... — read more
Hmmmmm…
Anyone ever REALLY see an MIT degree for Hsiao??? And does it also only say “Hsiao W.”???🤔🙄👖🔥
0% Merit Raises This Year
I’m sure everyone at the support center (corporate) saw the email from Ginger about no merit raises this year (among other things). This is probably Walgreens way of having people leave on their own, versus having to give severance for layoffs… .. — read more
Any news on next wave of layoffs?
Asking cause I’m hoping I get cut because I can’t stand working another week at this sh-t show!
it's falling every day.........................not much left to say
Walgreens Boots Alliance Inc 54 USD −0.45 (2.05%)today
Article with some good inside info on Roz, Hsiao, and other leadership
https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/walgreens-world-hurt-its-theyre-own-fault-brittain-ladd%3F
This company is in a total dive......who would continue to work for them or why would you
09 USD▼ -0.56 (-2.45%) today 09 USD▼ -3.4 (-13.33%) past week 09 USD▼ -7.99 (-26.56%) past month 09 USD▼ -13.99 (-38.77%) past year 09 USD▼ -48.19 (-68.57%) past 5 years
Walgreens Boots Alliance share price has dropped by ~70% from its all-time high.
Walgreens Boots Alliance (NASDAQ: WBA) has had an outstanding crash in the past few years, making it the worst-performing Dow Jones company. While the Dow Jones and S&P 500 indices have risen by double digits this year, WBA is languishing at the... — read more
Hsiao next…
Hsiao W next to go word is. Wish they’d make him do a Walk of Shame out the front door in his belt and teeny tiny matching shoes. I’d pay big to see that! Tix would of course be sold on (wait for it) Stub Hub.
TIME FOR A SICKOUT
All store employees, DMs, corporate employees, etc should seriously consider organizing for a sickout. Cough-cough, can’t make it in today. Cough. How much do you make per month? Because Walgreens, the Board, Pessina- they just contracted to give an... — read more
TAKING BETS/GUESSES- WHAT WILL OR SHOULD RB’s NEW JOB BE???
Oh, this should be good…😂😂😂
CYA ROZ DONT’T LET THE DOOR HIT YA ON THE WAY OUT
Hopefully Hsiao is next! Clean house these mo--ns couldn’t run in a straight line vs run a company the size of Walgreens. Enjoy employment!
Controlled Demolition of The Company
Talks about expanding into healthcare are simply to keep-up-appearances while the man who owns 73% of all shares dismantles the company brick by brick. Look at what he has done with every company he has ever bought. This is a controlled demolition... — read more
Walgreens lay-off Thursday august 24th
Walgreens laid off thousands last Thursday in the field. Directors, district managers,beauty managers in every state. Everyone but the the CEO who is responsible for the mess they are in. Good people who were with the company their entire lives.
Getting laid off was a blessing
Except for the general anxiety of finding a new job, getting laid off from this company was the best thing ever. Upper management is incredibly disorganized, out of touch with staff, and ridiculous with demands. Can’t tell you how many... — read more
What does it take to fire the CEO and the upper management/board of director...all of them
ENOUGH YET? It's it beyond believe. Start speaking up, have you no shame yet? WALGREENS stock 32 USD▼ -1.22 (-4.60%) today 32 USD▼ -1.28 (-4.81%) past week 32 USD▼ -11.45 (-31.14%) past year 32 USD▼ -43.24 (-63.07%) past 5 years — read more
A pharmacists worse nightmare!!
The pharmacist that manages their store reports to a non pharmacist that has no clue about what a pharmacist has to deal with. The company could eliminate ALL of these individuals, as they are completely incompetent and useless.
Who would invest in this company with numbers like this, and for the ones that did , have you lost enough yet?
16 WALGREEN STOCK PRICE USD▼ -42.05 (-60.76%) past 5 years Now over 60% LOSS the last five years..... why would anyone invest in this company? Seriously.... and if you did or do, why? Like losing money? Where are the questions like this to... — read more
This says it all
During the nine-month period ending May 31 (its most recent earnings report), the company has spent the following: $7.1 billion on acquisitions and business investments. $5.2 billion on debt payments. $1.6 billion on capital purchases. $1.2 billion... — read more
SO LONG CFO
In a wild Q4 turn of events finance either forces or Me Kehoe chooses to leave Walgreens along with several other high finanical team members. Burn baby burn I guess?
There’s a lot of work to be done
Walgreens has allowed employee morale to deteriorate for years through poor compensation and unrealistic demands on it's workforce. It seems cost-cutting has been management's go to solution for turning a profit without consideration for how this... — read more
Story on layoffs
Hi everyone, My name's Yowei Shaw and I'm a journalist working on a story for the podcast This American Life (www.thisamericanlife.org) about layoffs, after getting laid off myself from NPR... — read more
Too high expectations from employees
I'm exhausted. The fact alone that I'm still here makes me feel drained and miserable. Does it shock you when, in addition to everything you already do, they try to add even more to your plate? They just don't know when enough is enough.
Regional Consolidation Coming in the next 45 days
Job cuts are not even close to being done! They will be consolidating regions and will eliminate regional staffs!
E-commerce warehouse in Edwardsville, IL closing
They will close on August 28. https://www.thetelegraph.com/news/article/edwardsville-distribution-center-400-jobs-cut-18179850.php
They now are saying they don't know what the future is for walgreens on cnbc
"Significantly lower demand for COVID-related services, a more cautious and value-driven consumer, and a recently weaker respiratory season created margin pressures in the quarter," said CEO Rosalind Brewer. "Our revised guidance takes an... — read more
Walgreens continues to fail on so many fronts but none more than the following.....
Train people well enough that so that they can leave, but well enough so that they don't want to. Take care of your employees and they will take care of your business. Loyal employees are assets NOT liabilities. Walgreens has no clue how to treat... — read more
How much longer can this company continue and continue with its so called Leadership
June 9 (Reuters) - Walgreens Boots Alliance (WBA.O) has agreed to pay $500 million to New Mexico to settle claims that its pharmacies helped fuel opi--d addiction in the state by failing to stop illegal pill sales, lawyers for the state announced on... — read more
Walgreens Sued by Ex-CEO for $200 Million Over Broken Contract
Nice going ,,,,,this company keeps getting amazing press and it just doesn't stop. When is there going to be a change in leadership before it's too late. This so-called leadership has done nothing. It's just amazing. What do they do every day? ... — read more
How much more are you getting paid after leaving here?
Sometimes I find it hard to believe when people say how much more they are paid in their new companies. It seems that we are underpaid quite a bit here.
Unionize!
Times like these are hot glowing reminders that there is power in numbers and collective bargaining. We create their products! We provide their services! We maintain everything! What do they do but put on a facade of "expert decision making" that... — read more
Hope everyone finds a much better job
I was really surprised when I found out about my colleagues who got cut because they always did a fantastic job. If it means anything to anyone in this stressful period, I don't know anyone who didn't get a much better opportunity after Walgreens... — read more
DM Next in line for layoffs
If your a DM start looking for a new job. Ever since they remove the metrics. DM position became irrelevant.
Lost institutional knowledge
I am still trying to get over the fact that so many fantastic employees have been told they are no longer needed here. What is the future of this place without such talents? I want to leave here as soon as possible.
Entire Division Gone
After 12+ years of hard work, dedication, and loyalty my husband just got RIF’d from Walgreens Corporate in Deerfield. They eliminated his entire division. Important projects now up in the air, not to mention other IT initiatives that could... — read more
Asset Protection Solutions Inevitable Demise
I empathize deeply with the affected individuals in the APPs. It is evident to anyone with even a modicum of foresight that the current cuts in the APPs were a foreseeable outcome. This situation directly reflects the inadequate management under the... — read more
We're still not done
I think there'll be more cuts in the coming weeks/months. Things have started to go downhill and I don't see that things will be getting better any time soon. I expect that layoffs will be the norm, sadly. I'm considering finding a way out, while... — read more