Walgreens bumps starting pay to $15 hourly amid U.S. worker shortage
Walgreens bumps starting pay to $15 hourly amid U.S. worker shortage
By Angelica LaVito | Bloomberg
Walgreens Boots Alliance will boost the starting wage for its U.S. employees to $15 an hour, becoming the latest retailer to sweeten compensation amid a hiring crunch.
The company will start gradually increasing pay in October and expects to fully implement the new rate by November 2022. The Deerfield, Illinois-based company operates about 9,000 drugstores across…