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

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
1.0
Jan 5, 2010
Recommend
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Pros

most co-workers were quite friendly

Cons

Poverty level wages. was promised benefits in 90 day only to discover they weren't scheduling me enough hours to receive those benefits. Misrepresentation at time of hire. When I asked for the required 20 hrs per week I was denied.

1.0
Dec 8, 2009
Recommend
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Pros

I enjoyed my fellow associates

Cons

stress,exceptionally long hours including weekends and holidays,store associates run into the ground , negative corporate culture , workload increased for all associates continuously,top-down structure that does not seek local store mangement input-remote decision-making process,stores with many part time associates held to same standards as high pay union locations.

4.0
Nov 23, 2009
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

If you were hired before the 2005 major contract changes then the medical, dental, vision, and holiday salary are EXCELLENT. Pay is good and can quickly increase with promotions.

Cons

If you were hired after the 2005 major contact changes the medical, dental, vision are OK. Holiday salary is non-existent. Pencil pushers come for a visit and you have to jump through hoops for the 1 hour visit making the store look like a diamond even though everyone knows it only looks that way for that visit, and will go back to hell afterward.

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