Safeway reviews

3.1

40% would recommend to a friend

(10,566 total reviews)
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Susan Morris

23% approve of CEO

31% positive business outlook

Safeway has an employee rating of 3.1 out of 5 stars, based on 10,566 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have a good working experience there. The Safeway employee rating is in line with the average (within 1 standard deviation) for employers within the Retail & Wholesale industry (3.5 stars).

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3.0
Mar 5, 2010
Recommend
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Pros

Overall a good company to work for and represent. I had no prior job experience and got the job offer right after the interview.

Cons

Pay was miniscule for amount of work done. Raises were rare and very little unless you had worked there for 10+ years. Management constantly changing. Labor Union fees were outrageous! Probably not good in long run for career if you are hired recently.

3.0
Feb 28, 2010
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

- good coworkers - lay back - can take glasses to exceed in your job - free membership to 24 hour fitness

Cons

- no mobility - very political - under paid for skills - must suck up to get a promotion....must know the right people

3.0
Feb 26, 2010
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

Safeway was great. Started as a bagger, left as a Manager in Pleasanton Corp. Office. You can advance if you just follow directions and have half a pulse. Decent non-expensive cafetaria food at Corp. Pleasanton. Lunch is cheap there becasue they don't want you to leave the building. If from the store, you earn some of your stripes already. Healthcare benefits decent.

Cons

Pay not competitive nor near market rate for your position compared to other big box companies. Some of the Mgmt. don't get it (literally), very shallow. I'm a hard worker putting in at least 10 hours a day becasue ppl depend on me at corp. just like customers depend on me in the past to check out quickly. Some mgrs don't even realize what level of work product you produce. I bet employees at Corp. will not get a raise for FY ending 2009, But Safeway have an increase of cash on hand ready to pay out the execs. for their options.

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