Just saw on news
What happened?
Remember when Walgreens was a great company that people actually enjoyed working for? What happened?
Not Layoffs just new partnerships.
TW will announce a new strategic partnership with WPRE and Doordash this Friday 1/31. Field leadership will NOT be laid off but instead be given New opportunities to transition into new roles within the new WPRe agreement. WPRE has been instrumental... — read more
WITHOUT CHANGE AND SUPPORT from Leadership........
positions, toxic workplaces are more likely to change you, than you are to change them. LEAVE.
Walgreens to close 500 stores before August
All of the 1,200 stores will not be closed in 2025. Instead, roughly 500 stores will close in fiscal year 2025, which ends in August 2025, Walgreens said. In the company’s first quarter, from September to November, 70 stores were closed. They plan... — read more
Confirmed +200 Layoffs on 1/31
Good news is affected heads will be on temp paid leave to comply with WARN, bad news is cuts are sweeping across departments under major reorg
Does not having a buyer: speed up store closings? slow down store closings? or would store closings be the same either way?
Does not having a buyer: speed up store closings? slow down store closings? or would store closings be the same either way?
IL WARN Notice
Public information. Look it up and you’ll see under the October 2024 report that Walgreens plans to layoff 255 workers beginning December 2024…
HEADLINES: "Walgreens's corporate management made choices that caused these millions of violations of federal law."
They should all be gone NOW.
Simply Connect and BCG
Why are they still here?
Fire the Entire Board
They all must go. They have been an epic failure- Jan Babiak, Valerie Jarret, Stefano, Ginger, etc. fire them all!!!!!
Walgreens Stock Stumbles Amid Legal Challenges, Throwing Cold Water on Hopes for a Rebound
no kidding
Tim said no more layoffs in TB's town hall
Do we believe him?
ROUND TWO
Walgreens already made a multibillion-dollar settlement over opi--d prescriptions two years ago. It agreed to pay $5.7 billion over 15 years, and now it could be facing another fine. Now the DOJ is alleging that since 2012, Walgreens has been... — read more
Walgreens opens the lowest in the market............
25 quote price arrow down-1.27 (-10.11%) Amazing crickets going on from the so call CEO. Being sued and the market gets it. No leadership at all, get rid of them all.
January 31
10 days away. The company did layoffs this time last year/ what will happen now?
Make your voices heard
Frustrated with repeated news of unethical business practices at Walgreens? Feeling helpless as hardworking employees about what is happening at Walgreens? Make your voice heard..... annual shareholders meeting is next week. All Directors are up... — read more
WOW what great headlines this morning all over the place on TV and all over online....crooks
Walgreens sued by DOJ, alleging it knowingly filled illegal prescriptions, including 'dangerous' opi--ds Suit alleges the company 'systematically pressured its pharmacists to fill prescriptions. Unethical and beyond sad. Who is losing their jobs... — read more
Is there a more unethical and fraudulent company than Walgreens
I THINK NOT, and it's not even close. It's just nonstop and nothing is ever done about it. But they sure worry about the employees doing anything wrong now don't they.
We are a joke
Insane, hilarious situation going on at Walgreens right now: Walgreens replaces 10,000 fridge doors with giant computers Signed 10yr contract w/ vendor Screens su-k. Glitch, catch fire Walgreens tries to end contract Vendor bricks computer... — read more
Well...Well....Well Mr. CEO, Board of Directors........the ethical company just keeps it up......
The U.S. Department of Justice has filed a lawsuit against Walgreens Boots Alliance (NASDAQ:WBA) in Illinois federal court for dispensing millions of unlawful prescriptions over a 12-year period, driving Walgreens (NASDAQ:WBA) shares sharply lower in... — read more
They keep coming....
https://www.cnbc.com/2025/01/17/doj-sues-walgreens-prescriptions.html
Massive ReOrg
When is this happening, and does anyone have solid info?
Who'd have thought...
Walgreens CEO says anti-shoplifting strategy backfired: ‘When you lock things up…you don’t sell as many of them’ After reporting a 52% increase in shrink, or lost inventory, in 2020 and 2021, Walgreens invested in increased security that proved to... — read more
Nickel and diming workers on their way out
Writing this message to confirm Walgreens is clawing back the cash reward "bonus" we received in December for employees that are leaving prior to August 2025. The initially said it was "possible" you would have to pay this back if you left prior to... — read more
Earnings aftermath
Now that earnings went so well (lol) - are layoffs still happening January 31/sometime in near future?
Putting lipstick on the Walgreens pig today
Look at the facts while Walgreens PR is working overtime. Stock price a year ago was $24.68. Even after the price increase today the stock is still down more than 50%. No other company in S&P 500 performed worse. Company continues to lose money. Net... — read more
We are on a sinking ship
We don’t need an earnings report to find that out. This year will be worse than the last, and it’s obvious that nobody is even trying to turn the ship around. Don’t wait for the axe to fall. Be proactive and prepare for whatever comes your way. Who... — read more
Q1 Earnings Press Release
YIKES. https://investor.walgreensbootsalliance.com/news-releases/news-release-details/walgreens-boots-alliance-reports-fiscal-2025-first-quarter
Tomorrow
Just saw rough numbers for tomorrow’s call. Worse than expected is all I will say. 100% more store closures are being announced and corporate layoffs will follow.
It begins.........
Walgreens announced it was closing a dozen stores in San Francisco because of what it called "increased regulatory and reimbursement pressures" in the latest round of retail store closures in the city.
Impressive job performance Mr. CEO and board of directors for 2024. I imagine you will get a raise ey'
Walgreens is set to report earnings Friday morning. The pharmacy chain was the worst-performing stock in the S&P 500 last year, falling more than 60%..
People love to catastrophize
What do you get from scaring everybody with vague posts that most likely won't come true? I'm genuinely interested to know.
Alot is about to happen, be ready
Look for options and jobs. Soon ...... even faster that most of you think. Be proactive for your career, not reactive when they do what they are about to do.
Layoffs
My department has recently partook in “business continuity” planning, they are basically having us put together a training book on how to do our jobs, anyone else think this will just be used to train our replacements overseas?
Layoffs
Do directors know layoffs are coming? If I am a manager, does my manager know what is going on? I just do not understand how everyone is acting normally when we ALL know layoffs are coming. Especially with these 6 Agincourt Deep Dive sessions -... — read more
2/6 town hall
Key business update… is it possible for the buyout?
I like it here
Once you figure out how to play the system, working here becomes fun! I used to give it my all. Work hard, help everyone, come in whenever I was needed... but all that got me was more work and no recognition. Now, I just kiss up to my boss, make sure... — read more