Safeway reviews

1. Little hours: some months I only start out with 4 shifts total for the whole month. I endure this traumatizing experience at the end of every month. I feel sick to my stomach when given my "schedule". It is pathetic. Safeway should put a hiring freeze on float staff so that hours can build up again for those who have been working with them longer. 2 Beware of back office mistakes: every time I was given a promotion, the corporate office failed to update my hourly pay rate. My benefits discounts for being healthy were also overlooked. I had to monitor my paychecks closely and go through a huge hassle to get my pay and benefits updated. Thankfully they do fix things retroactively and give the retro pay that is due. 3. Salary is not competitive: many people I know in the business have done their homework and found that Safeway is on the lower end of salary for retail pharmacists. Little hours and less pay than my colleagues. Not ideal. 4. They keep cutting down on pharmacy support staff: I am burning out! They have this thing called "real time" scheduling. Hours and script counts are monitored on a daily basis and technicians are sent home if the counts aren't up to goal. Where did they get their algorithm from? They are going to wear the pharmacy staff down so much that patient safety may be at stake.

Management is very poor, lots of them micromanage. Growth is minimal and salary is low. Raises are very minimal and when given it's not even a raise. Too many levels of upper management, and you need to phase away the poor management and methodology. HR doesn't protect their employees, they sound like they do when you have issues. Ultimately management and HR work together to get rid of employees. SMH. Spent over 10 years here working retail then moving to corporate, a complete waste of time. They dont appreciate what you do for the company.