on R.I.P. at 02:28 01/09/2009 as a reply on the comment by Nik2007

I work for Walgreens and just heard this news today, from another employee. They are asking district employees to step down. If not enough employees step down, they'll be forced to cut people. However, they've assured us that no store-level employees will be cut. Anyway, a few months back, Walgreens massively cut expenses for store managers. This largely meant watching how many hours you were scheduling each week. I know at our store, employees tend to work more then there scheduled hours. This is now a big no no. 15 minutes here and there adds up. Also, stores are being asked to cut hours out of there budget. For some stores, this meant getting rid of employees that weren't pulling there wait. However, most stores just cut employees hours. I know at my store it didn't really matter anyway. Most of the college kids were happy to work less hours.