Canada Safeway – “An A- Company.”

Pros

Good working environment, flexible hours, relative high salary. If you are a full time employee of Safeway, you will not be rejected of working in one place just because the manager doesn't like you personally. Safeway's salary as compared to other similar retail pharmacy chains including Shopper's Drug Mart, London Drugs, Wal-Mart, Superstore, etc. is higher. Also Safeway is located throughout America so people who worked in Canada may have a chance to transfer to American chains to benefit from lower income tax.

Cons

Not very great chances for promotion and difficult to get in in the first place. If you want to work overtime and get 1.5x payment, you would probably have to work in some remote areas where it is difficult to staff.

Advice to Senior Management

Replace the cash bonus benefit with the employee's shares of stock benefit.