Safeway reviews

3.1

40% would recommend to a friend

(10,562 total reviews)
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Susan Morris

23% approve of CEO

31% positive business outlook

Safeway has an employee rating of 3.1 out of 5 stars, based on 10,562 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have a good working experience there. The Safeway employee rating is in line with the average (within 1 standard deviation) for employers within the Retail & Wholesale industry (3.5 stars).

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11K reviews
3.0
Feb 5, 2016

Good benefits, poor upper management

Anonymous employee
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Pros

It can pay well if you work hard and move up. The union offers good benefits; good insurance, paid holidays etc. Some people in corporate are pretty good about listening to the insight of managers on store level.

Cons

Corporate seems pretty out of touch when it comes to motivating staff on a store level. If an entire district isn't right, it's blamed on the minimum wage employees. It creates an environment where most employees don't care about the quality of their work, and the ones that do are pushed to breaking point. Even when sales are way up, stores are berated if those ridiculous surveys aren't perfect. While it may vary from store to store, they almost expect you to be "on call," especially during holidays.

3.0
Feb 1, 2016

Used to be an ok company to work for

Anonymous employee
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Pros

Good money, for management level. Experienced store managers, approachable district managers.

Cons

New cashiers don't make enough. They never have enough help because there is never money to spend on the front end.

3.0
Jan 14, 2016

Finance Manager

Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

Management is very smart and capable.

Cons

Beaurocratic processes take a long time to accomplish things. New management under Albertsons seem much more interested in the bottom line than the welfare of its employees.

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