Good Ole Boy Network Rules - Anonymous employee Safeway Employee Review

2.0
Feb 18, 2010
Anonymous employee
Recommend
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Pros

Some of the people I worked with were wonderful depending on the department! My experience with Safeway in different capacities at the Deer Valley campus was inconsistent and varied greatly depending on the upper management staff running the show. For a time had a visionary upper management staff that truly cared about their employees success, development, and value. Unfortunately i left the company for good due to empty promises and a demonstrated lack of value placed upon employees and their abilities. Repeatedly saw poor behavior rewarded and good behavior ignored. Too bad...they are losing some outstanding people!

Cons

Old school method of basing EVERYTHING on seniority instead of performance - Lack of valuing employees - Lack of recognition - People in positions that do not suit their abilities and skills - Don't promote or reward employees based on seniority alone - Lack of salary increase year after year

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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, 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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