Micro-Managed to Expiration - Anonymous employee Safeway Employee Review

3.0
Jun 2, 2013
Anonymous employee
Recommend
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Pros

Pay is worthwhile once at the Store Manager and above levels...alot of great people work for this company - but it's the few not so great ones that result in the loss of some of the most valuable employees

Cons

Work/Life Balance is promoted but never truly achieved --- Also, extremely micro-managed, but not in an effective way...new program rolled out, problems arise, so another new program to fix the original program...neither beneficial in terms of labor or cost savings

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5.0
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Pros

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Cons

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1.0
Jul 5, 2026
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Pros

Nothing at all, only work at Safeway if you're about to be literally homeless

Cons

Genuinely hellish work environment. Management is lazy and absent, customers are the most disrespectful and clueless I have ever encountered. Complete unrealistic labor allocation and expectations. As a PIC, I have to run 9 SCO robots, unlock cases for customers, perform transactions at Customer Service, and answer external phone calls. Customers rightly get frustrated at the complete lack of care by corporate, and take it out on employees.

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