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      Safeway

      Part of Albertsons Companies

      Engaged Employer

      Safeway reviews

      3.1

      41% would recommend to a friend

      (10,549 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 10,549 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
      Aug 12, 2008

      Management needs a complete re-fous and training.

      Store manager
      Recommend
      CEO approval
      Business Outlook

      Pros

      The friendliness of fellow employees who express caring and sincerity amongst thier peers.

      Cons

      Long hours, very poor quality of life, totally uncaring senior executives that are only interested in placating stockholders while coninually treating employees poorly.

      4.0
      Aug 7, 2008

      Great Work Like Balance

      Anonymous employee
      Recommend
      CEO approval
      Business Outlook

      Pros

      Great work life balance and work content is quite interesting. The job is what you make it. You can coast or you can really work hard and make a difference in the organzation. People who do not have impressive educational backgrounds can really excel in this environment as many of the coprorate employees started in the stores and worked their way up through the ranks. Recently, Safeway has made a push to hire people outside the company who have diverse work experience (many new Directors and VPs are former consultants). Safeway also has a strong committment to the envronment and local communities.

      Cons

      Opportunities to advance are more limited compared to companies of similar size. Our medical and dental benefits are probably not at par with many other Bay Area companies or even companies outside the CA Bay Area. In addition, the vacation given to new corporate employees is only 2 weeks which is definitley less than the customary 3 weeks of vacation that corporate employees typically earn. However, people within the organization seem especially sensitive to personal or medical needs. Every company has downsides and Safeway's downsides are probably similar to many other companies, especially retail companies where the margins are relatively low.

      4.0
      Aug 1, 2008

      Boring

      Systems integration analyst
      Recommend
      CEO approval
      Business Outlook

      Pros

      Position offers "work life balance". A lot of people have great "work life balance" some might not even work 40 hours a weeks.

      Cons

      Grocery industry is not very exciting. My posisiont does not offer any excitment making it hard to be passionate about my work. Currently, as with most employers I would assume, the amosphere at Safeway is very foggy. Everyone is on their toes and a bit overwhelmed with work.

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