Walgreens will no longer give many of its retail workers paid vacation time for Thanksgiving, Christmas and other major holidays, as the company looks to cut costs under new owners.
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Walgreens didn’t respond to requests for comment. Sycamore declined to comment.
it was acquired by private equity firm
Has that ever ended well for the employees or customers?
No. Ask RadioShack as well.
Do I have to give them my phone number first?
In Pretty Woman? Even then it’s been so long I don’t remember if the employees were saved, or just the business overall.
It makes stockholders money and that’s all that matters. Line must go up.
it was acquired by private equity firm
Has that ever ended well for the employees or customers?
Our Walgreens is basically a shell at this point. I almost never see more than one person working on a given day. No idea how they keep functional
Hear that everyone? Walgreens employees are going to give even fewer shits about shoplifting!
So is it more ethical for me to boycott them or should I go out of my way to shop there and pay more for their employees they stifle out of wages?
The employees are even less motivated to prevent shoplifting, if it’s any consolation
Buy only loss leaders. Stand in front of high-traffic areas failing to make up your mind. Find ways to waste their time then tip them generously for their “help.”
Make sure they make more money doing work that isn’t profitable for Walgreens than they make doing work that is profitable for Walgreens, and they’ll start prioritizing unprofitable work. Incentivize goldbricking.
That’s fine we started avoiding them when they let pharmacists refuse to give birth control and hormone therapies. They have sucked long before the new owners
