Safeway 401K Plan

matching amount is low low low but is because it has a pension plan

Provided a retirement savings account, but the employer match by Safeway was pitiful, and only full time employees were eligible at the time

Indefrent i dont use it but feom what i saw in contract is standard match

If you are highly paid, do not rely on the 401-k plan to build up much for retirement. There is no match (Safeway contributes just 2% of your salary to the "retirement plan", but nothing to the 401-k, giving little incentive for many to contribute. This makes the plan "top-heavy" according to IRS guidelines, and anything beyond about 8,500/yr which you would like to contribute in order to lower your horrible Federal and State taxes (especially in Oregon and California), will be refunded to you just prior to the mandated deadline in the spring of the following year, so it counts as income. If you all banded together and demanded a better plan, perhaps top management would listen, but as of right now, requests for restructuring the 401-k to provide incentives for lower-paid people to contribute (ie true employer matching) is falling on deaf ears.

Could really use the 401k program, for I plan to stay with Safeway, till i retire.

But need to call corporate and set up a plan

Safeway only matches the employee up to 3% of what the employee has deducted for 401k.

I have had no problems and feather enjoy the.401k plan that is offered it was easy to set up the people were nice and help ful over all a plesent .experance

Never properly informed on it. Most part-timers are not even expected to hang around long enough to actually benefit from it anyways.

Based on store employees' conversations