Minimum Wage but with pay increase every 500hrs - Deli Clerk Safeway Employee Review

3.0
Mar 9, 2026
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Pros

Job is easy and you have a union so you get decent benefits like getting a pay increase of 10 cents every 500 hours worked, Dental, eye/vision care, and pharmacy insurance, and other perks.

Cons

You start at a minimum wage of $15 per hour and you only get at most 32 hours per week. The maximum wage you can get is $22 per hour but It would take you years to get there. This is only for the Deli clerk position, other departments have different hours and contracts.

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5.0
May 11, 2026
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Pros

job was near my location

Cons

non flexible, shift-based, and compressed hours.

1.0
Jul 5, 2026
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Pros

Nothing at all, only work at Safeway if you're about to be literally homeless

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, and answer external phone calls. Customers rightly get frustrated at the complete lack of care by corporate, and take it out on employees.

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