- Company: Walgreens
- Location: Watervliet, New York
- Salary: Pay not listed
Walgreens at a glance
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SEC filings mentioning "Walgreens": 10,000+ — search EDGAR
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OSHA safety record: 5 confirmed violations across 3 inspections — via OSHA Establishment Search
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Source: Wikipedia
CUSTOMER SERVICE ASSOCIATE - TEMPORARY at Walgreens in Watervliet, New York
Role Overview
The role of a Customer Service Associate at Walgreens is to model and deliver an exceptional customer experience. This involves registering sales on assigned cash registers and providing customers with courteous, fair, friendly, and efficient checkout service.
<h2-Core Duties- Greet customers and patients upon arrival
- Offer assistance with products and services as needed
- Resolve customer inquiries and concerns in a timely manner
- Evaluate and address customer needs to enhance their shopping experience
- A friendly and professional demeanor
- Excellent communication skills
- The ability to work effectively with customers from diverse backgrounds
- Attention to detail in handling transactions accurately and efficiently
Walgreens is a leading pharmacy retail company, known for its commitment to customer service. As part of the team, you will be contributing to our mission of making healthcare accessible and convenient.
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What people say about Walgreens
No employee-review scores in DATA. Linked discussions include pharmacy-cost and card-product threads on Hacker News (inhaler pricing, Magic Coin Card) plus local news about stores and labor payouts—not store-level culture ratings.
- Why I Had to Buy My Wife's Inhaler on the Dark Web
- I Waited 19 Months for the Magic Coin Card and It Was a Big Disappointment
- CVS Health Quits U.S. Chamber Over Stance on Smoking
- Out of control San Francisco shoplifting forcing Walgreens to close 17 stores
- Google Wing Launching US Drone Deliveries with FedEx, Walgreens
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Recent news
- Brooklyn Walgreens, Astoria coffee shop workers among 1,600 getting payouts in Mamdani labor crackdown - amNewYork
- Man charged after firing gun in Granger Walgreens parking lot - WNDU
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- EPD: Pedestrian hit by vehicle near Evansville Walgreens - 14 News
- Affidavit says former Marine was shot, killed on Walgreens floor - El Paso Times
Aggregated from public discussions and news; opinions are the authors’ own.
Working in Watervliet, New York
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Role is on-site in Watervliet, New York, New York (display: City of Watervliet, New York, 12189). No commute, housing, or amenity detail in DATA.
🇺🇸 Relocation safety for US: Exercise Normal Caution — via Warnely, CC BY 4.0
National unemployment rate in US: 4.2% — via World Bank
Private-sector wage growth (year over year): 3.1% — via FRED
National quits rate: 2.0% — via FRED (BLS JOLTS)
Weekly initial unemployment claims: 199,000 — via FRED
GDP per capita in US: $90,027 — via World Bank
Consumer price inflation in US: 2.9% (annual) — via World Bank
Real GDP growth in US: 2.2% (annual) — via World Bank
Average hours worked per year in US: 1,800 — via OECD
Cost of living in New York: 7.9% above the national average — via BEA
Minimum wage in New York: $17.00/hr — via FRED
Real GDP per capita in New York: $94,702 — via FRED
Home prices in New York (year over year): +6.1% — via FRED
Median household income in Albany County: $83,149 — via US Census ACS / Data USA
Average commute time in Albany County: 21 min — via US Census ACS / Data USA
Most common commute in Albany County: Drove Alone (67%) — via US Census ACS / Data USA
Households with home internet in Albany County: 91% — via US Census ACS / Data USA
Nearby history: Ohio Street Methodist Episcopal Church Complex, listed 2005 (131m away) — via National Register of Historic Places
Typical climate: average high 59°F / low 39°F year-round (summers around 82°F, winters around 18°F) — via NOAA 1991-2020 Normals
Walkability: Most walkable — via EPA National Walkability Index
Typical rent nearby: $1,417/mo · $1,702/mo — via HUD Fair Market Rents
- Elevation 8m (26 ft)
A day in this role
As a temporary Customer Service Associate at a Watervliet Walgreens, expect floor and register work: greet guests, run sales and returns, keep drawers accurate, and hand off pharmacy or product questions to the right teammate. O*NET-aligned transaction habits—counting cash, logging sales, issuing receipts—fit busy retail shifts more than bank vault duties.
About this role & career path
Temporary CSA work builds retail service and cash-handling skills. O*NET maps the occupation to teller-style transaction titles; related labels include Tellers and Branch Operations Specialist. Next steps often stay in pharmacy retail or broader customer-service roles.
Traits that fit this role
- Cautiousness
- Integrity
- Attention to Detail
- Dependability
Source: O*NET Work Styles (Distinctiveness Rank).
Typical preparation needed: Job Zone 1-2: Very Little to Some Preparation Needed. Usually requires a high school diploma or GED, though some occupations may not. — via O*NET
Source: O*NET (public-domain bulk data)
Salary & compensation
Workers in Office & Administrative Support occupations earn a national median of $39,669 — via US Census ACS / Data USA
Build the skills for this role
- HubSpot Academy — Customer Service Fundamentals — free
- Alison — Customer Service courses — free to learn
Free & low-cost learning resources
- HubSpot Academy — Customer Service Fundamentals (free)
- Alison — Customer Service courses (free to learn)
- Walk through a hard customer fix (wrong item, wait, refund) and how you stayed calm.
- Explain how you balance speed, accuracy, and cash-drawer discipline.
- Show flexibility for temporary scheduling at a pharmacy-retail store.
Watch & learn
Video via YouTube.
Strong match if you like face-to-face retail help, cash accuracy, and short-term Walgreens store support in the Capital Region. Thin on pay and culture scores—judge fit from the temp schedule and customer pace.
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Listing facts
- Role Customer Service Associate (Temporary)
- Employer Walgreens
- Location Watervliet, New York
- Type Full Time
- Pay (from listing) Pay not listed
- Posted August 11, 2026
- Apply by September 11, 2026
- Country United States
- Overview Full job description on this page (183 words)
Facts above come from this job record on Get A Job.AI — not copied from third-party review sites.
Typical work in Customer Service Associate
Independent occupational context from O*NET (U.S. public-domain labor data). This is about the occupation, not a rewrite of this employer's posting.
- Balance currency, coin, and checks in cash drawers at ends of shifts and calculate daily transactions, using computers, calculators, or adding machines.
- Receive checks and cash for deposit, verify amounts, and check accuracy of deposit slips.
- Monitor bank vaults to ensure cash balances are correct.
- Cash checks and pay out money after verifying that signatures are correct, that written and numerical amounts agree, and that accounts have sufficient funds.
- Count currency, coins, and checks received, by hand or using currency-counting machine, to prepare them for deposit or shipment to branch banks or the Federal Reserve Bank.
- Enter customers' transactions into computers to record transactions and issue computer-generated receipts.
Public discussions & open sources
Attributed public threads and profiles — not employee reviews or star ratings.
- Hacker News — Why I Had to Buy My Wife's Inhaler on the Dark Web
- Hacker News — I Waited 19 Months for the Magic Coin Card and It Was a Big Disappointment
- Hacker News — CVS Health Quits U.S. Chamber Over Stance on Smoking
- Hacker News — CVS Health Quits U.S. Chamber Over Stance on Smoking
- Hacker News — Out of control San Francisco shoplifting forcing Walgreens to close 17 stores
- Hacker News — Google Wing Launching US Drone Deliveries with FedEx, Walgreens
Cached public sources (Hacker News, Dev.to, GitHub, etc.).
Employer website
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