Horrible outside of union - Anonymous employee Safeway Employee Review

3.0
Oct 29, 2013
Anonymous employee
Recommend
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Pros

opportunities for advancement in a good variety of departments, there are many locations across the country, offers 10% employee discount on store brands

Cons

disorganized within the company, standards between locations greatly vary, low pay, job expected to come before family, outside of union territory the benefits, pay and quality of work environment are less than satisfactory

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Cons

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