Managers should be REQUIRED to work in the deli department for at least 2 weeks every year. - Deli Clerk Safeway Employee Review

2.0
May 23, 2014
Recommend
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Pros

The time goes by so fast. The only reason I look at the clock is for hopes of there being more time left on my shift to get all the work done.

Cons

There is way too much expected for the deli department employees. No one in our store wants to work in the deli department because the stress is so much, the pressure is immense. If you can be in 3 or 4 places at once, then sign up because that is what is expected. The managers don't have a grip on reality. They walk around the store and blat out that "you need this and that in the grab n go" while we are running around waiting on lines of customers at the hot case, cold case and sandwich bar and trying to cook food. Do they offer assistance at these times? NO! They look at us as incompetent peons and that we just aren't doing good enough, and why can't we be dishing up several Shanghi meals, make sandwiches, fry food for the hot case that is getting low, and be on the floor to fill empty spots all at the same time!!!!! And also why didn't you get your production work done before the end of your shift. PS why did you go over 5 minutes-NO OVERTIME!!!!!!

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Pros

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