Safeway reviews

3.1

40% would recommend to a friend

(10,566 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 10,566 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
May 31, 2025

It's okay

Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

You get store discount for being an employee

Cons

You work 7.5 to 8 hours a day, barely incentives for night Crew people other than store discount. Corporate doesn't care about their employees and will punish their employees regardless of employees being the "backbone" of their company. They will run you to the ground and drain you mentally and physically, and then they will gaslight you if something comes up on their end or if management is having "a bad day". The union is a joke and not a true union at all. All it comes down to is money for corporate and management. They'll cut hours of their employees if they are chasing bonuses/maximizing their profits.

2.0
Apr 18, 2025
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

Good benefits, paid vacation, if your above a courtesy clerk

Cons

Never enough staff, they want you to do the work of 5 people, the pay is horrible for amount of work, you have to be in old contract to make money, NO WORK LIFE BALANCE, if you don't dedicate your whole life to them working mornings nights mid shift all in one week your useless to them, I have personally seen employees work so hard and be treated so bad its horrible, management is so toxic and belittling, and think it's ok to sit in office and never come out (unless its time to eat)when the store desperately needs help because they run 9% labor (almost slave labor) and can't even bring pallets of merchandise out of the back room when rats are chewing holes and peeing on all the product. New management think they are superior and forgot not everyone has the same story and everyone learns different. They pay the lowest salary and expect you to sell your soul to them THIS COMPANY SHOULD WAKE UP AND SEE HOW PEOPLE ARE TREATED FOR 16 AN HOUR YOU GUYS MADE 10 BILLION PROFFITS ANUALLY. THERE ARE NOT MANY HAPPY PEOPLE IN YOUR STORES ANYMORE!! It's horrible and a pack of hamburger shouldn't cost 30 dollars

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