Safeway has horrible wages, corrupt employees, and and bad priorities. - Courtesy Clerk Safeway Employee Review

2.0
Mar 3, 2013
Recommend
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Pros

Decent environment, helpful coworkers, high mobility of employment, Uniforms were free (in my case), food to eat during breaktime is conveniently right there.

Cons

The wages are a notch above minimum...before you factor in union dues. Union dues are ridiculous and poorly allocated, management treats workers as numbers. They have draconian work schedules, workers are corrupt at every level.

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Pros

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Cons

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1.0
Jul 5, 2026
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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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