Working at Safeway in Pleasanton, CA: 21 Employee Job Reviews by Real Employee working in Pleasanton, CA Area

"the company is good to work for."

"It is a great company at the intersection of digital transformation, the transformation seems to also bring in a lot of challenges with it. One of the major issues for the transformation is a lack of clarity on what specific path to take."

"Management and reality are not regular friends. Management and truth are completely un-acquitted."

"Merger with Albertsons is an on-going blood bath with many layoffs. Stay away, don't join, leave if possible."

"Safeway is great, was good to me and I established life long relationships with my peers."

"I've worked for Safeway for over 6 years and Safeway has been a great company to work for."

"It was fun and a great learning experience."

What do you like about working at Safeway?

"The growth opportunity was always there, and they have resources for you to learn."

Do you have any tips for others interviewing with this company?

"Just be yourself, you gotta love working in the retail sector."

What don't you like about working at Safeway?

"Our purchasing software system could improve their efficiency, and the speed could be faster."

What suggestions do you have for management?

"Keep a positive attitude, encourage and motivate and challenge the workers to higher efficiency."

What do you like about working at Safeway?

"I enjoyed the people I worked with and the work-life balance,"

Do you have any tips for others interviewing with this company?

"I would suggest that they look somewhere else unless they need a paycheck. Ask HR about the frequency the targeted bonus is paid. Fully understand what the benefits are and what restrictions are placed on them,. The key for the interview is cross-team collaboration and customer service commitment."

What don't you like about working at Safeway?

"I didn't have enough challenges. After a while, all the projects became repetitive. I thrive on challenge.The CIO was inconsistent and prevented his direct reports from doing their jobs. Yet he provided no directions or guidelines, assumed no risk, and quickly blamed someone if he didn't like what they were doing."

What suggestions do you have for management?

"The company focus on cost cutting by eliminating office supplies and continues staff reduction. I would hire a season Chief Marketing Officer to develop innovate ways to attract and retain customers. The business units need shared objectives to align their focus on the well-being of the company not just their LOB. IT would need to differentiate itself by agile and quality delivery or be outsourced."

"A status quo culture, with no strategic direction."

What do you like about working at Safeway?

"Work-life balance, opportunity to learn new technology, peer relations."

Do you have any tips for others interviewing with this company?

"Stress a consensus management style. Avoid coming across as a risk taker."

What don't you like about working at Safeway?

"Culture of indecision, contention between business and IT groups, work in silos."

What suggestions do you have for management?

"Replace the CIO who has been in place for 20 years."

What do you like about working at Safeway?

"Working internal investigations and using sophisticated surveillance equipment to catch employees stealing."

Do you have any tips for others interviewing with this company?

"Understand sub-rosa and the tools required to conduct covert investigations."

What don't you like about working at Safeway?

"No upward mobility. I have no other complaints about working for this company."

What suggestions do you have for management?

"Change the policy of no arrest and only payback for stolen items"

"It is hard to work for this company if you work at the store."