good people, but corporate does not care about them - Meat Clerk Safeway Employee Review

2.0
Feb 10, 2014
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

honest, hard work. nice focus on customer service. good experience working with general products, food preparation, and occasionally irate customers.

Cons

company intentionally sets all hourly pay for new hires extremely low to increase turnaround. the union does not help, because their weekly dues are so high that they eat up any pay increase an employee has earned.

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Cons

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Pros

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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, answer external phone calls, and move freight. Customers rightly get frustrated at the complete lack of care by corporate, and take it out on employees. Management in the morning all skip out on the evening management early every single day, a luxury the closing staff are not allowed.

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