Slaveway - First Assistant Store Manager Safeway Employee Review

1.0
Jun 12, 2008
Recommend
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Pros

the health benefits are comprehensive. when a store is well run it isn't a bad to place but too often having to deal with the clutter that comes from on high only interferes with getting the job done.

Cons

management pay is horrible at the assistant level. Food clerks average more an hour than an assistant. Employees who work in the depts. make far less than journeymen food clerks. There is only so much work one person can complete but more and more work is added including useless paperwork that must be checked and rechecked and meanwhile hours are cut week after week.

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Cons

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Pros

Nothing at all, only work at Safeway if you're about to be literally homeless

Cons

Genuinely hellish work environment. Management is lazy and absent, customers are the most disrespectful and clueless I have ever encountered. Complete unrealistic labor allocation and expectations. As a PIC, I have to run 9 SCO robots, unlock cases for customers, perform transactions at Customer Service, and answer external phone calls. Customers rightly get frustrated at the complete lack of care by corporate, and take it out on employees.

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