In the beginning, I was told of the various benefits I would gain (like the only reason I considered this job), turns out you have to work a certain amount of hours consistently in a row. And they only way to get said amount of hours is to become a full-time worker. I was never told this, I had to ask my trainer person about it later and she revealed to me this so yea... A depressing lack of hours, no joke you'll be lucky to even get any hours at all. Oh, and if you're lucky to get hours, they'll usually be night shifts (we're talking like 3:45-12:15) So despite the fact that I stated my availability to be 5/7 days a week, I would maybe get 16 hours in total (in a 2 week period....). The person who organized the scheduling for everyone, just offered me to be a stand-in at another Safeway because I was "a dependable and really good employee...", when I had only worked for less than a week and in no instances has this person ever saw me bag groceries. They were just saying that cause they knew I was desperate for hours. The other 3 options to get hours are: having your day rudely interrupted by Safeway calling you an hour before the shift they want you to cover begins, go through an extremely arduous process of switching shifts with another co-worker, finally having a manager creepily watch you clock out only for them to confront you to stay longer. Training wasn't helpful at all, was quickly told what buttons to press and was immediately dropped into a shift the day after my training. Learning how to scan multiple of the same item, I had to teach myself (cause this pretty important button was never told me at all). Some of the co-workers are the most: selfish, scummy, stupid and cruel, people you will ever meet, ranging from treating you like your brainless because your the new guy, berating you for your inexperience (when you've only worked less than a month, when some of the scumbags there have worked for over 10 years of there pathetic, miserable lives). So if you enjoy: getting berated by customer and co-workers, slowly waiting for seniority so you'll actually get hours and get a lackluster benefit then this is the right horrendous place for you.
