Don't get into management - Department Manager Safeway Employee Review

1.0
Oct 2, 2022
Recommend
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Pros

Nothing the pay isn't even worth it

Cons

0/10 Department managers are constantly nagged at. Weekly manager meeting are basically to tell us everything we are doing wrong. No matter how good you are doing they will find something to bring you down. You can be up 20% LY but they will write you up for forgetting your name tag. The store managers act like you need them. As if there aren't thousands of jobs out there.

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Cons

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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, 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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