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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
      4.0
      Jul 22, 2008

      It's like working at a retirement community.

      It
      Recommend
      CEO approval
      Business Outlook

      Pros

      work/life balance, relaxed work hours

      Cons

      slow paced, stupid decisions, people are not challenged, extra ordinary efforts are not really rewarded, folks are generally lazy

      3.0
      Jul 21, 2008

      Old school meets 2008 and guess who loses?

      Vp, it
      Recommend
      CEO approval
      Business Outlook

      Pros

      Job stability is quite good within IT. Sure, there have been layoffs in the past, but overall, compared to many companies, Safeway does a good job in ensuring that they understand how much of a workforce they need to employ.

      Cons

      The culture is pretty old school. For some reason, Steve Burd thinks that wearing ties and suits equates to being professional and "feeling important". Unfortunately, he ignores the detailed studies that indicate the contrary. The culture also suffers from the "good ole boy" syndrome. If you've been here for thirty years and you're a VP, then you get anything you want. I also feel like I'm working at a Texas ranch with George Bush.

      3.0
      Jul 4, 2008

      The good ol' days at Safeway.

      Assistant store manager
      Recommend
      CEO approval
      Business Outlook

      Pros

      Eventually decent wages, after working there for ahwile. Decent benefits.

      Cons

      Safeway used to offer a fun relaxed working environment. Everybody was a family. They used to have event throughout the year for employees, ie. beach picnics, bbq's and an annual banquet. They also used to be one of the higher paying grocers, but their wages stopped going up about 10 years ago. They used to have an intense "Store Manager" training program, now I see them on "craigslist" looking for managers. Crazy.

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