Walgreens pharmacy is paying me a settlement for changing my schedule. Floaters pay attention
Hello all, semi niche post as this is a NYC policy but I think important for all to know
I originally worked at Walgreens from June 2022-December 2024. I took the two year contract in December 2022 after becoming a licensed pharmacist and floated the whole time. It sucked. The management, the stores, the hours, the teams. Obviously there were a few gems that were better than others but I had no stability as a floater. Constant schedule and store changes. I told myself to just suck it up but towards the end they were getting really brazen. I was used to my schedule getting changed a day or two prior and just dealt with it. But Walgreens typically expects you to work every other weekend which I did but one weekend I was not scheduled to work on the Saturday and I kept checking my schedule but nothing popped up. I had enough hours to meet my base salary so I just saw it as a win. The morning of a different DM messaged asking me to go another district and I said no I made plans (I didn’t but I didn’t like the idea of being told to work somewhere with a 1 hr notice) and I’m not on call. We went back and forth and tried to say I was because I’m a floater which we are not. If I was I would get paid went whether I work or not, I’d have a base rate for being on call.
Anyway he said he’d tell my dm. I was hoping my dm would back me up but he unfortunately did not, he doubled down even after I shared the fair work week policy and that was the last straw. I knew the minute my contract ended I’d leave and I’d make a complaint with DCWP.
I’m actually back at Walgreens but I work as remote pharmacist now but I’m getting a several thousand dollar settlement due to me not being afraid to do what’s right.
For reference they have to tell you at least 72 hours before the schedule is posted of any changes for retail workers in NYC.