Good Company, benefits, etc - Pharmacy Manager Safeway Employee Review

4.0
Sep 16, 2016
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

Reasonable hourly salary for a pharmacist in the state of CA. I have a lot of respect for SWY as they are fair in terms of pay and work environment. I appreciated the experiences, people, and patients I had the pleasure to serve while in SWY's employment.

Cons

High stress labor models are a danger to public safety, especially in the context of being required to give injections on demand, not to mention the legal aspects. Stop allowing the definition of success to be equated to the absence of failure. Pharmacists are dynamical health care professionals, not "robots." Why don't you value the pharmacist-patient relationship by increasing the pharmacy technician hours? You'll grow from good to excellent if you do, in my opinion.

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5.0
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Pros

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Cons

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1.0
Jul 5, 2026
Recommend
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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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