It is a job - nothing more - Anonymous employee Safeway Employee Review

3.0
Jul 4, 2011
Anonymous employee
Recommend
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Pros

At some locations there is good compensation and getting laid off will never happen because the company appears extremely stable. People have to eat so like any utility business model, it is unlikely to evaporate.

Cons

Company focuses on customers over employees. Employees must be happy for guests to be happy. There is no incentive to keep employees motivated. They are very corporate and make decisions that seem strange, wasteful, or poorly executed

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Pros

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Cons

Genuinely hellish work environment. Management is lazy and absent, customers are the most disrespectful and clueless I have ever encountered. Complete unrealistic labor allocation and expectations. As a PIC, I have to run 9 SCO robots, unlock cases for customers, perform transactions at Customer Service, answer external phone calls, and move freight. Customers rightly get frustrated at the complete lack of care by corporate, and take it out on employees. Management in the morning all skip out on the evening management early every single day, a luxury the closing staff are not allowed.

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