Safeway reviews

3.1

40% would recommend to a friend

(10,565 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 10,565 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
Apr 25, 2013

Courtesy Clerk

Anonymous employee
Recommend
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Pros

Customer Service, Meeting people. Getting to know the other coworkers. finding who's really nice behind the break room. Watching younger employees getting a chance at there first job.

Cons

Management bullying and fellow employees who's really just mean. I truly believe if you don't like your work you shouldn't work there especially longer than 5 yr.s

3.0
Apr 24, 2013

Easy job to do/get

Anonymous employee
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

Easy job to do, easy job to get. Management leaves you alone if you do your work

Cons

Very low pay with low pay increments ($0.25/hr increase every 6 months or so if you perform)

1.0
Apr 23, 2013

Soul Sucking

Anonymous employee
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

-You learn how to deal with a high volume of angry customers. -They raise a decent amount of money for charities -You will learn to work really hard without needing the incentive of a reward.

Cons

-From the top down, no one cares about the employees. -You barely make enough to pay the rent, and if you have any issues with the management they cut your hours. -The union SUCKS because they are not proactive, and the reps are always on vacation. -Secret shopping is like standardized testing for adults, and we all know how well that's working out for our kids. -They are also a hugely wasteful company. It's difficult to work and barely make enough to buy your own food and then see them throw so much away. They don't discount anything, they just chuck it in the garbage. -You don't know your next week's schedule until a couple days before it starts, so balancing life and work, or another job that you probably need in order to pay your bills, is difficult. -Many of the customers have been hearing 'the customer is always right' from this company for too long, so they can be extremely rude and entitled. - You often have to work in other departments during your shift, but are still expected to get everything done in your department. They are always short handed so they can keep the hours down and pay less wages. Profit is their only goal, and you are their work monkey. The more they realize you can do, the more they will give you extra.

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