Ok but not really a career for driven individuals - Head Clerk Safeway Employee Review

3.0
7 Dec 2011
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Pros

I started working here when i was 16 and by 18 i was promoted to head clerk which is a low level management position making about $20/hr. They are so desperate for people to step into management position because nobody wants to work here. Upper management treat their employees like crap and are constantly trying to cut their pay, benefits, hours, etc. It pays decently if you go into management but be prepared to work 10-12 hours a day, with a changing schedule each week that can range from starting at 6 am to starting at 2pm along with getting split days off. Its relatively easy to get into management cause they are so desperate like i said. Just do a good job for a few months, maybe less and ask. Its that easy. Pros: -Easy to get into management -Minimum number of hours is required to be given to employees set by the union. -Easy to get into management -Decent pay if you top out pay scale or enter into management -Good benefits package

Cons

Cons: -It takes forever to get raises as they are based on amount of hours worked. I believe it takes like 7400 hours total to top out which will take several years -Management continues to under value its employees and try to cut pay, benefits, etc -Not really a career for those with a degree and are driven -Often times people in management are not very smart, many have been fired -Its a union job so everything is set in stone in terms of raises, so dont expect performance based raises of bonuses. the idiot working next to you will be given raises in the same manner as you and its often irritating -Each time a new contract came out with the union it just keeps getting worse and worse for the employees -Schedule changes each week often with split days off - Very repetitive and leaves you feeling unaccomplished

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Seniority was definitely a thing. I was expected to take shifts that the other people didn't want until someone newer came along, and then I had seniority over them. Upper management for the store was also the worst. They would take credit for our department's hard work and shift blame onto us for oversights or actions on their part. Once I got promoted to admin, I saw how little they cared about their employees. They would make passing comments and openly admit to giving certain employees who were "problem people" bad shifts or deny their requests for days off. I was in charge of making the schedule and would be told not to give certain people the days they wanted that week, even if they were within their availability, just to make things difficult for them. They also don't promote from within. I was asked to be the interim manager when our manager went on maternity leave. I stepped up and took on manager duties despite not getting a pay raise. When my manager decided she wanted to move stores, she was hoping I would be given the role permanently. Instead, they decided to bring in someone from another store, and I had to train her to be a floral manager at ours. They did eventually promote me to store admin, but my passion was working in floral. I agreed on the promotion as long as I could still work in the floral department, but they eventually phased me out of that role. Literally tricked me into taking a promotion and then falling back on the terms we agreed on.

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