Not a good job to have anymore - Anonymous employee Safeway Employee Review

4.0
Mar 14, 2021
Anonymous employee
Recommend
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Pros

Good benefits Paid Vacation Sick Pay on your first missed day

Cons

- Most of the managers are terrible - Top managers will almost always take the side of the department managers - This was a good job to have at one point, but the union has slacked massively on getting us more benefits - You get paid holiday's but what Safeway will do is cut your hours so that you don't get to benefits from that holiday pay. - Usually short-staffed because they want to cut hours so they run on a skeleton crew so that the Store Manager can bonus - Related to short-staffed - they make you feel as though you need to do the job of 2 + people so that they can get more work out of you than is reasonable - Barrier to entry to this job is so low, so you're not really working with quality people (not trying to be rude) - They give you JUST enough to survive on and it makes it hard to leave and get another job

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Safeway Response
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We appreciate you taking the time to share your feedback. I’m sorry that you aren't having a great experience. My email address is kelly.brown@albertsons.com if you would like to chat about how we can create the best possible experience for our team. Thanks again and have a wonderful day!

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