Safeway reviews

3.1

40% would recommend to a friend

(10,564 total reviews)
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23% approve of CEO

31% positive business outlook

Safeway has an employee rating of 3.1 out of 5 stars, based on 10,564 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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1.0
Mar 2, 2014

IT USE TO BE A GREAT JOB!!!!

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Pros

NOT MANY!! Been with the company over 30yrs. Union job, good pay for old timers. Use to be one of the best jobs around. I LOVE MY JOB! I dislike this company and how they treat us.

Cons

So much pressure put on employees. The stores look like crap. Management knows and gets the same pressure. Vons used to be such a great store until Safeway took it over. They have no clue how to run grocery stores, or treat their employees. The old timers that really care, get so depressed that they can't do their job the way it should be done. Never enough time. If we get a new employee that is good; they never stay because of the $8.00 hr. pay. Everybody is part-time and it would take them 5yrs. to make full pay. But they would still be part time. It only took me 25 yrs. to make full-time. That was by the grace of god; not because they gave it to me willingly. It's a revolving door of new employees. Young ones, old ones, not many that know what there doing or really care. Just looking for a paycheck. That puts all the pressure on the old timers to pick up the slack!

3.0
Feb 26, 2014

employee treatment

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Pros

union based, close latest at 9pm, weekends close 5pm, seniority.

Cons

limited hours, seniority, some staff are rude, unhelpful, old computer system.

3.0
Feb 25, 2014
Recommend
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Pros

I make $20.00 an hour with 5 vacations. mostly thanks to the Union

Cons

the work shifts are terrible, after two decades I don't have any set days off, or not even 2 days in a row off. Work real early, then real late in one week.

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