Safeway reviews

3.1

41% would recommend to a friend

(10,559 total reviews)
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Susan Morris

25% approve of CEO

31% positive business outlook

Safeway has an employee rating of 3.1 out of 5 stars, based on 10,559 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
Jul 13, 2011
Recommend
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Pros

Schedules are pretty flexible, and management is usually good about letting you have time off as long as you plan ahead and request it at least 2 weeks in advance.

Cons

This is the lowest-paying job I have ever had. Everyone gets paid just 7.35 starting out, regardless of how much experience they have and raises are offered only after you have worked a certain number of hours. I am an older, much more experienced employee who works hard, but I deeply resent being paid the same as some of the lazy, inexperienced people I have to work with. Also, there is A LOT of favoritism that goes on at my store. Courtesy clerks get sent on special errands to get food for management, taking them away from doing REAL work. Cashiers always have to pick up the slack. Plus, on top of the normal customer service keys (the things we have to ace if we are mystery shopped), sucking up to the "Elite Customers" is just obnoxious.

1.0
Jul 13, 2011

Awful

Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

Getting to meet new people Part time job that barely pays the bills some schedule flexibility I have mimimum guranteed hours

Cons

No opportunities for raises. You have to work 5000 hours for a quarter raise complete micro management which can seem intrusive

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