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      Safeway

      Part of Albertsons Companies

      Engaged Employer

      Safeway reviews

      3.1

      40% would recommend to a friend

      (10,571 total reviews)
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      Susan Morris

      22% approve of CEO

      31% positive business outlook

      Ratings by demographic groups

      Safeway has an employee rating of 3.1 out of 5 stars, based on 10,571 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
      Nov 13, 2013

      A great place to get entry level experience

      Promotions specialist
      Recommend
      CEO approval
      Business Outlook

      Pros

      - Very kind and energetic people to work with - Good work/life balance - Many company perks like proprietary brand discounts, campus gym, free products to try - Great resources in HR for mock interviews, company courses, training on Microsoft programs

      Cons

      - Your success depends on who you work with and if they're willing to train you

      3.0
      Nov 12, 2013

      It's okay

      General clerk
      Recommend
      CEO approval
      Business Outlook

      Pros

      You get an employee discount plus special coupons and free items every once in a while. It's pretty hard to get fired from there, you could be the worst employee ever but as long as you show up for the shifts they probably won't fire you. They are willing to work around your school schedule, and will generally give you all the days off that you ask for. You get paid every week. You get overtime if you work more than 8 hours in one day, a lot of companies only do overtime if it's more than 40 hours a week. If you are a good employee, you can ask for a merit raise and they will likely give it to you.

      Cons

      Not allowed to ask for holidays off. Schedule is only posted once a week, almost impossible to plan things in your personal life. Schedule can be completely random depending on what job you work. You might open at 4:45 a.m. one day, and the next day you will be on a closing shift and there until midnight. It's really hard to get a raise at Safeway, and the raise is only 10 cents. You have to work over 1040 hours to get the raise, and it's pretty hard to get that in less than a year, unless you are lucky enough to actually get 40 hours a week. If the minimum wage gets raised, you lose any raises you might have earned. For example, I started at 7.35, was there for a year and earned a raise. Minimum wage became 7.65. Instead of bumping me up to 7.75, I was back to making minimum wage like all the new hires. This happened to me 2 more times.

      3.0
      Nov 11, 2013

      Corporate Environment

      Manager
      Recommend
      CEO approval
      Business Outlook

      Pros

      Personality wise, I worked with some of the best people. Also, the compensation, in terms of pay is better than other organizations in the industry.

      Cons

      Unfortunately, the corporate culture is behind the times. Advancement is not based on an individual's job performance, credentials or ability to complete the job. Too many people are promoted based on being in the "in crowd". In general, moral is bad.

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