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      Safeway

      Part of Albertsons Companies

      Engaged Employer

      Safeway reviews

      3.1

      41% would recommend to a friend

      (10,553 total reviews)
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      Susan Morris

      26% approve of CEO

      32% positive business outlook

      Ratings by category

      3.5

      Diversity & inclusion

      2.8

      Culture & values

      2.8

      Work/Life balance

      2.8

      Compensation and benefits

      2.8

      Career opportunities

      2.6

      Senior management

      Safeway has an employee rating of 3.1 out of 5 stars, based on 10,553 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
      2.0
      Oct 10, 2015

      Store Manager

      Manager
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      Pros

      -great place to work 20 years ago -Union positions offer good pay at top tier and good benefits. Non Union benefits are so so.

      Cons

      -no work life balance. Mangemnt is severely underpaid compared to other companies w similar positions. Everyday is a fire drill, too many #1 initiatives, disorganized Senior Management makes job harder than it is by running around in circles. Terrible place to work in last 10 years since employees are no longer valued. Most senior employees leave due turnover and the lack of hours to get Dept to meet company standards. Used to be a fun work environment, now just a stressful work environment.

      4.0
      Sep 26, 2015

      Being a floater pharmacist with Safeway in the Olympic Peninsula region of Washington state...

      Float pharmacist
      Recommend
      CEO approval
      Business Outlook

      Pros

      As a floater, you get to see lots of different scenery-both on the road and in the various store settings! You have the opportunity to learn lots of different approaches to being a Washington state pharmacist. You also have the chance to learn various management techniques and have the chance to piece together your own personal practice style from things that you are exposed to on the road. It's a fabulous learning opportunity-to learn the region, the landscape, and the king of pharmacist you are aspiring to be!!

      Cons

      Going to many different stores is a great learning opportunity but it is also quite challenging because you have to learn the way each pharmacy likes things done. No two sites have done things exactly the same. It can get tough because you may be at a store long enough to get comfortable with the way that site prefers things to be done and then you may not go back to that store for a month or whatever and when you return to a site you've previously visited, you have to relearn their style and preferences in a matter of hours. Also, the travel is challenging because you could be scheduled to work at a store that's a two hour drive from your house and you're expected to work a 12 hour shift so with the commute it can end up being a 16 hour day. You are compensated for mileage and drive time but the hours can get brutal.

      1.0
      Sep 4, 2015

      Which way you going Safeway or Albertsons??

      Assistant store manager
      Recommend
      CEO approval
      Business Outlook

      Pros

      Not very many. If you don't mind getting treated poorly by upper management and belittled this is the place for you to work

      Cons

      Too many chiefs and not enough indians. The merge with Albertsons awful..The Operatons Specialists awful...Dis

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