Walgreens benefits

[dpharmacist]

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Can some body please throw some light on to Walgreens benefits for full time pharmacists (floater). any info is appreciated...401k, health, vacation, holidays etc ...thanks 🙂

 

[scottygonzo]

Retirement = profit sharing, Walgreens matches $1 with every $1 put in by employee up to 4% pay. At the end of the year, all of the profits come back in addition to the dollar that Walgreens put in, so last year I think it was like $1.40 to every $1 put in by employees.
Health = New private health exchange system that lets you select different types of insurers and different plans..Walgreens does offer a voucher through whatever plan you choose to make it cheaper.
Sick Time/Vacation = Now lumped into one sum, that is earned by PTO accrual method. Pretty much you get 15 days of accrued time in your first year of work
Holidays = a little more tricky, I've never understood it, but you are compensated somehow for working holidays. Somebody else may be able to explain it.

As a floater you will be traveling, so they do mileage reimbursement once you hit 30 miles away from your home store to and from your destination

Anything else?

 

[dpharmacist]

Retirement = profit sharing, Walgreens matches $1 with every $1 put in by employee up to 4% pay. At the end of the year, all of the profits come back in addition to the dollar that Walgreens put in, so last year I think it was like $1.40 to every $1 put in by employees.
Health = New private health exchange system that lets you select different types of insurers and different plans..Walgreens does offer a voucher through whatever plan you choose to make it cheaper.
Sick Time/Vacation = Now lumped into one sum, that is earned by PTO accrual method. Pretty much you get 15 days of accrued time in your first year of work
Holidays = a little more tricky, I've never understood it, but you are compensated somehow for working holidays. Somebody else may be able to explain it.

As a floater you will be traveling, so they do mileage reimbursement once you hit 30 miles away from your home store to and from your destination

Anything else?

Thank you so much scottygonzo for taking the time out to explain this.
So, how does the profit sharing work for a floater? And good that you pointed out the mileage reimbursement, I can clarify that with the DM (if he has time 😵 ). And as far is I know he said one week of paid time off...so I guess 15 days of accured time that you mentioned could be
7 days sick/vacation plus 8 days holiday.

Who do you think would be a good resource to talk to about this ( except the supvervisor ofcourse, coz if they explained this I wouldn't have to post it here ) ?

 

[jfm5958]

Here is a benefits overview that was sent to me when I was considering a position with Walgreens.

Also, the pharmacist I had a rotation with highly recommended the "silver" plan for health insurance from the new exchange. He said he ran the numbers and under no circumstances could he find a reason that the "gold" or "platinum" plans were better/cheaper.

 

[Robdawg678]

Retirement = profit sharing, Walgreens matches $1 with every $1 put in by employee up to 4% pay. At the end of the year, all of the profits come back in addition to the dollar that Walgreens put in, so last year I think it was like $1.40 to every $1 put in by employees.
Health = New private health exchange system that lets you select different types of insurers and different plans..Walgreens does offer a voucher through whatever plan you choose to make it cheaper.
Sick Time/Vacation = Now lumped into one sum, that is earned by PTO accrual method. Pretty much you get 15 days of accrued time in your first year of work
Holidays = a little more tricky, I've never understood it, but you are compensated somehow for working holidays. Somebody else may be able to explain it.

As a floater you will be traveling, so they do mileage reimbursement once you hit 30 miles away from your home store to and from your destination

Anything else?

When can you start receiving these benefits? 30 days of working? 90 days?

 

[Wheresmyaricept]

When can you start receiving these benefits? 30 days of working? 90 days?

Might depend on the state but I believe it is 90 days.

 

[triton2010]

How to get the transportation benefits?