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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
      4.0
      Jul 22, 2008

      It's like working at a retirement community.

      It
      Recommend
      CEO approval
      Business Outlook

      Pros

      work/life balance, relaxed work hours

      Cons

      slow paced, stupid decisions, people are not challenged, extra ordinary efforts are not really rewarded, folks are generally lazy

      3.0
      Jun 29, 2008

      The Good, Bad, and the Ugly

      Pharmacist
      Recommend
      CEO approval
      Business Outlook

      Pros

      Work enviornment and colleagues are good. At Safeway colleagues all know eachother well and even spend time outside of work together (specific for pharmacy crew members). Store manager interference with pharmacy opperations is next to nothing. I would have to say, upper pharmacay management aside, that the work environment is awesome. Safeway does treat it's employees very good when it comes to time off when needed and picking up overtime.

      Cons

      The biggest downside of working for Safeway is that you never get a straight answer from upper pharmacy management. You seem to get one thing from a manager and the next day a colleague says that they got something completely different from the same manager. There seems to be closed door deals with management that are frequently reneged on. When it comes to moving from one place to anther look out for empty promisses. If you can find a spot where you can just go to work and never deal with upper management (good luck) you should take it and you'll be happy.

      1.0
      Jun 16, 2008

      Safeway, not the best place to shop, but an even worse place to work

      Vice president
      Recommend
      CEO approval
      Business Outlook

      Pros

      Strong consumer grocery brand and Fortune 50 company that will certainly carry weight on a resume. Great place to work if one needs a job and not necessarily a career or for someone who is interested in 'doing' rather than 'thinking'.

      Cons

      Surprisingly poor leadership and top down oriented culture - do as leadership does, or else, don't do and certainly don't voice. Very male dominated, white shirt and tie culture. Lacking fairly rudimentary business best practices. Highly political and not merit based at all. Nearly shocking culture of mediocrity. Safeway is the antithesis of google in so many ways.

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