Pros
Nice Corp HQ in the Tri-Valley Area (Pleasanton, Dublin, Livermore)
Kontras
Fake Corporate Social Responsibilities - Each employees are "required to volunteer" (oxy-moronism) for a social cause and clock in those "voluntary hours" in a common CSR bank. If you don't "sign-up/get involved" you are ousted by your dept and/or manager. I am all for helping and giving my time and money for social causes; but that is for my private & personal satisfaction. Not for Safeway to take on my voluntary hours in order to claim and take credit as "Safeway's employee voluntary program". Prior to my employment at Safeway, I've been a major financial contributor and volunteered many of my time for many known social causes. Now Safeway wants to claim my efforts and call it their own. Backstage is operated akin to Nazi Germany (Totalitarianism) - Iron fist loyalty to Safeway (if you shop your groceries anywhere else( i.e, Target, Raley's, Wal-Mart, etc) and you bring in a competitors brand into the building you'll be asked to dispose of it or remove it from the property; then get lectured or reprimanded by management. politics (fake bond/friendship with upper management, bum-kissing to save ones job or squeeze someone out of theirs), Cronyism / Nepotism, scare tactics (i.e. putting you on Performance Improvement Plan) if you don't comply to upper management's narcissistic thinking, fit in or play their political game, undermine other departments( to deem them incompetent) and then go in to conquer their projects...i could go on and on! Bad Quality of Produce/Product at the store. Constant rotting/old organic (and exotic) fruits & vegetables (sfwy_organic.jpg). Expired (or very near to expiration) dairy products, breads, sauces/gravy envelopes. Safeway (Backstage) is all it in for themselves and not truly for the customers. Safeway relies on their own employees to be the customers...or else.