Safeway reviews

3.1

40% would recommend to a friend

(10,568 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 10,568 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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11K reviews
1.0
Jan 31, 2026
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

-Weekly Deals -Employee Discount -Good customers (most of the time) -Good for people with no job experience -Free food in the breakroom on Saturdays

Cons

-Shifts can suck if you have lazy coworkers -Coworkers often waste time vaping or going on smoke breaks -Coworkers often abandon their posts and hide in their cars while scrolling on ig reels -Training doesn't cover bizarre customer interactions or how to clean human feces off the bathroom walls -Often interact with chemicals with minimal protection

1.0
Jan 29, 2026

Corporate Nightmare

Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

Never had to worry about money and when I quit and got paid out my vacation I felt rich because there was never any time to take it.

Cons

Wish I would have used my hundreds of hours of sick pay before I left.

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