SO I have an interview with Safeway on Friday and i didn't think to ask about the dress code, I have neon hair and two facial piercings (with plans to get more) should I be worried about that? My current job doesn't care about that but it's also a fast food job so I'm unsure.
We all know Safeway has been going downhill for years. Now it feels like it's sped up even more. Here's my theory based on the past few months. Safeway employees hate working there so much that they'll give customers a bad experience just to keep them from coming back. That's East and Mangrove. That's both gas stations. It's working too, it sure is. I dread going there now and soon enough I'll stop going altogether. Between price gouges, a serious drop in product quality (especially in the bakery), and sneaky cashiers overcharging, I've had it. Putting up with the bs isn't worth it.
Hi shoppers, I work at a Jewel Osco and my store dorector claims that im cheating the acupick system by not scanning things in right away. The way that I understand picks per hour to be calculated is total items picked divided by the amount of pick hours. For instance, 393 items picked in 4.2 pick hours is 93 picks per hour.
The store directors claim is that by scanning in multiple items at once, like collecting all the frozen items, then scanning them in it raises my picks per hour exponentially. But that wouldnt make sense given my picks per hour divided my pick hours is usually between 80 and 90. Because of his belief he says i cant use a basket while im picking even though when i do use a basket I usually average 100-110 pph.
How are picks per hour calculated?
How do I address this with him?
Quite honestly, it makes it much easier on my to use a basket as I usually collect multiple items at once anyways. It also doesnt make sense that scanning in multiple different items at once would affect my pph any different than scanning in multiple of the same item. For instance, when you scan a weight tag for apples, you input the amount of apples you are picking. Following his logic that would make my picks per hour peak. Additionally, there are people at my store who average 90-100 pph without a basket, so I dont understand what makes my pph so unbelievable.
Am I crazy?
Is there some sort of proof I can show him?
Not only are the prices extremely high, but the site doesn't even tell you clearly if your coupon applied successfully for each item. Which caused me to make several mistakes.
They also lock up you gift card balance into Safeway Cash for online orders, forcing me to spend $30+ for pickup. Then when you make any refund because they subbed an item completely different in price, they force refund Safeway Cash before credit card, forcing me to place another $30+ order. When refunding items they don't give you back the coupon or point values like other stores.
The next time I placed an order, the shopper bought 3 items for a B2G2 Free deal. I was then charged full price for all 3, more than buying 4. Then an item was changed, leading to the total dropping to $49, and removing my $5 off $50 coupon. Then they denied part of my refund request, and refunded the rest of the incorrect items yet again as Safeway cash. So now I have funds stuck in Safeway Cash, $10 lost in coupons, and $35+ in overcharges.
This is really quite unsurprising for a company that actively sues its competition with CEQA lawsuits (Vallejo, King City, etc.) or lobbies the city to prevent zoning other grocery stores (Tahoe) to maintain a monopoly. Safeway is a total fraud that should be stopped.
Title says it all, in response to u/FrozenFood ignoring the subreddit and letting spam run rampant, r/SafewayWorkers was created as an alternative community.
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Anybody else feel like being an FMC just means “congrats… it’s your problem now?” 😂
Is it just my store or is this everywhere?
I swear everything somehow becomes File Maintenance’s problem whether it’s our job or not. We spend all week trying to maintain the integrity of the store while everybody else can destroy it in 30 seconds. Plug product wherever. Move displays. Ignore planograms. Shove new items wherever they fit… then somehow it’s Pricing’s fault.Then one sign is missing or one price is wrong and everybody loses their mind. Is Pricing just chronically understaffed everywhere or is my store special? 😂 Feels like we’re expected to keep the entire store together with next to no help. I can have a 12,000 tag night and it’s just “figure it out.” No help. No backup. But the second Receiving needs help, all the sudden I’m the receiver too. Multi trained hasn’t helped me one bit. It just means I get everybody else’s jobs added onto mine.And let’s not forget I’m constantly getting summoned to go check something while there’s literally 25 people standing around doing absolutely nothing remotely helpful. 😂Everybody’s more than happy to make my job harder, but nobody wants to help maintain the integrity of the store. Then they wanna bitch because a sign is missing or a price is wrong. Like… you literally created the problem. Now we’re hearing about electronic shelf labels. I’m at a show and tell store in NorCal, so if Safeway wants to try something new it somehow always ends up at our store first. We were the pilot store for the Lexmark tag platform too. Had it for like 8 months before it officially rolled out… then it went live and like 2 weeks later we were right back to the old system. So now I’m wondering if this is gonna be another Lexmark situation. Is ESL just NorCal right now or are other divisions getting it too? How’s this gonna work with NICIs? Subscription changes? Resets that are already a complete shit show? Are we actually gonna save time or is this just gonna create a whole new list of problems for Pricing?
I know I hate change 😂 and the fact that we have to switch to the honeywell touch screen guns. I love my old school gun. Anyways. End of rant. Would love to hear from other FMCs because I’m really curious what everyone else is seeing in their stores
Why did my Safeways make everyone sign a paper saying they will drink plenty of water as to not get dehydrated yet don't allow the bakery staff to have a bottle of water in the department. So you now have to leave your department walk all the way to the back of the store get a drink and come back. Then they complain that work isn't getting done because of all the water breaks. I get not having it in the production areas or around the baked goods but in a shelf in the dishwashing area isn't going to contaminate anything. I also would understand coffee/fountain drinks not being allowed but a bottle of water with your name and date would seem harmless. Please make this make sense.
I am a checker and have been for 4.5 years. The last year or so, maybe a bit more than that, the customer surveys have been at the forefront of managements mind every single day. I feel like at first, checkers didn't mind the surveys, management made a competitive game out of them, it was okay and we didn't think this would go on forever. Now here we are, all this time later, and the surveys carry even more weight than before and checkers and customers alike are sick and tired of it. There's zero motivation and incentive for us to get them, esp when we aren't even treated all that well as workers. We also obviously know its all a bunch of phony bullshit, the scores are only for management and corporate to get their bonuses and look good, it doesn't benefit us in the least. I've been thinking about this a lot, esp with how management yells at us everyday about getting our scores up and asks every 10 mins how many surveys we have. My question is, are surveys REALLY a part of our job? Esp given the fact that I was hired 4.5 years ago and back then there was no surveys. I didn't sign on with that being part of the job, you know? Is there something about them in the handbook? If there isn't, how can we get in any real trouble if we really just don't do them anymore? If we were to get in trouble, wouldn't we just call our union rep and that would be it? Thank you so much.
Im not the brightest but when I worked at safeway we were told that there was no lunches on a six hour shift because u take a break every 2 hours. I found out that we are legally obligated to a lunch if working more than 5 hours but it can be skipped if my manager and i approve. I was never informed that I had to approve anything and the only thing I can recall to those days was signing something that i was told that related to my time clock. I wasnt even asked to skip lunch before hand. My schedule would be like 1-7 . please correct if im wrong.
Edit: My question is: Was my lunch skipped for the time I worked at safeway and it there anything I can do if so?
CALIFORNIA
I cannot access my schedule online through the employee resource center site. I get the message 502 bad gateway.
Anyone else have any success accessing their schedule online?
Sincerely appreciate any advice or input. Thank you.
Hey all, I’m sure we’ve all seen the person who spams this subreddit with negative posts and comments about Safeway/Albertsons and its employees. It’s exhausting honestly, and frustrating that we can’t have an actual community for employees here. The sole moderator, u/FrozenFood is rarely active and does nothing to moderate this subreddit. Is there another subreddit we can post on? I’ve given up on this one, unless u/FrozenFood wants to let literally anybody else mod this sub. I’ve messaged them about it before, they don’t seem inclined to do anything.
Hey everyone,
I’m currently working as a pharmacist at CVS and recently interviewed for a staff pharmacist position with Safeway.
I’m really hoping I get the job, but I wanted to hear from anyone who has made a similar transition.
For those who have worked at Safeway/Albertsons, how difficult was the switch from CVS? Is the pharmacy system fairly easy to learn quickly, or does it take a while to get comfortable?
Also, how does scheduling typically work for staff pharmacists? Are weekends usually rotated, required every other weekend, or does it depend on the store/district?
Any insight on workflow, staffing, expectations, and overall work-life balance compared to CVS would be appreciated. Thanks!