For some context I've worked at a Safeway for just about 2 years now and back in October of last I was diagnosed with Sacroiliitis which causes a lot pain in my hips and lower back. Despite this I work in the bakery department and My main job is stocking our sandwich bread wall, which consists of a lot of bending over, moving, and lifting decently heavy crap. My schedule is pretty tuff on my sleep as well (4am-12 or 3am-11 for the most part). Pay is alright especially for my area (The Central Valley) but I'm honestly just tryna make more money and certificates or places that will pay more ($17.50 an hr)

I am currently working for Safeway, but I plan on leaving since I am not getting enough work hours. For context, I am 19. At my current job, I stock shelves, take cake orders, clean and I helped with balloons for one day for Mother's Day. I also need to update my resume.

I have spent the last couple for years trying to get one in social studies. Working in other fields of education.
I got the job AND after 15 rejections with no interviews from there I can proudly say I'm employed! I'm now a manager at Safeway! Woo hoo!
In all seriousness it was down the wire and I was about to give up on education entirely and find some other career path. But, I was employed by the school I wanted to work at and the staff seem great, the class sizes are less than 15, and it's in a good area. I'm very happy and lucky.

Are you or someone you know looking to rent out their house?

TL; DR: I'm looking to rent a house for under $1,500 a month starting at the end of June. Are you or someone you know looking to rent out your property?
I'm looking to move at the end of June. I've lived in a shitty Seattle studio for the past three years and I'm ready to upgrade to a house proper, especially as most properties I've seen charge as much in rent as the aforementioned studio does. I'm already looking on all the property rental sites, Craigslist, etc. but I figured I'd cast a net into the murky waters of Reddit in case anyone can toss me a house-fish. I'm posting this in several of the subreddits devoted to various Washington communities as, honestly, I'm not picky about where I move to, so long as it's not Seattle or Tacoma.
For some background information, I work full time at Safeway (which means a high likelihood of being able to transfer to a nearby store) and make about $3,200 a month after taxes. I have no evictions, felonies, or late rent payments. I've never had a credit card, so I either have no credit score or a perfect credit score, and I have three years' of excellent rental history. I'm self-sufficient, low-maintenance, and quiet. I'm open to work-for-rent arrangements -- landscaping, odd jobs, whatever.
I'm looking for a property under $1,500 a month, with washer and dryer hookups, no roommates, and ideally some space for a garden. Otherwise I'm not picky. It could be a concrete box with exposed wiring that was the site of several violent murders and I'd be cool with it so long as the blood stains aren't too visible.
EDIT: I do not own a car so somewhere close to bus lines is preferred.
Reply or PM me with anything you've got. Thanks, kids.

TL; DR: I'm looking to rent a house for under $1,500 a month starting at the end of June. Are you or someone you know looking to rent out your property?
I'm looking to move at the end of June. I've lived in a shitty Seattle studio for the past three years and I'm ready to upgrade to a house proper, especially as most properties I've seen charge as much in rent as the aforementioned studio does. I'm already looking on all the property rental sites, Craigslist, etc. but I figured I'd cast a net into the murky waters of Reddit in case anyone can toss me a house-fish. I'm posting this in several of the subreddits devoted to various Washington communities as, honestly, I'm not picky about where I move to, so long as it's not Seattle or Tacoma.
For some background information, I work full time at Safeway (which means a high likelihood of being able to transfer to a nearby store) and make about $3,200 a month after taxes. I have no evictions, felonies, or late rent payments. I've never had a credit card, so I either have no credit score or a perfect credit score, and I have three years' of excellent rental history. I'm self-sufficient, low-maintenance, and quiet. I'm open to work-for-rent arrangements -- landscaping, odd jobs, whatever.
I'm looking for a property under $1,500 a month, with washer and dryer hookups, no roommates, and ideally some space for a garden. Otherwise I'm not picky. It could be a concrete box with exposed wiring that was the site of several violent murders and I'd be cool with it so long as the blood stains aren't too visible.
EDIT: I do not own a car so somewhere close to bus lines is preferred.
Reply or PM me with anything you've got. Thanks, kids.

TL; DR: I'm looking to rent a house for under $1,500 a month starting at the end of June. Are you or someone you know looking to rent out your property?
I'm looking to move at the end of June. I've lived in a shitty Seattle studio for the past three years and I'm ready to upgrade to a house proper, especially as most properties I've seen charge as much in rent as the aforementioned studio does. I'm already looking on all the property rental sites, Craigslist, etc. but I figured I'd cast a net into the murky waters of Reddit in case anyone can toss me a house-fish. I'm posting this in several of the subreddits devoted to various Washington communities as, honestly, I'm not picky about where I move to, so long as it's not Seattle or Tacoma.
For some background information, I work full time at Safeway (which means a high likelihood of being able to transfer to a nearby store) and make about $3,200 a month after taxes. I have no evictions, felonies, or late rent payments. I've never had a credit card, so I either have no credit score or a perfect credit score, and I have three years' of excellent rental history. I'm self-sufficient, low-maintenance, and quiet. I'm open to work-for-rent arrangements -- landscaping, odd jobs, whatever.
I'm looking for a property under $1,500 a month, with washer and dryer hookups, no roommates, and ideally some space for a garden. Otherwise I'm not picky. It could be a concrete box with exposed wiring that was the site of several violent murders and I'd be cool with it so long as the blood stains aren't too visible.
EDIT: I do not own a car so somewhere close to bus lines is preferred.
Reply or PM me with anything you've got. Thanks, kids.

TL; DR: I'm looking to rent a house for under $1,500 a month starting at the end of June. Are you or someone you know looking to rent out your property?
I'm looking to move at the end of June. I've lived in a shitty Seattle studio for the past three years and I'm ready to upgrade to a house proper, especially as most properties I've seen charge as much in rent as the aforementioned studio does. I'm already looking on all the property rental sites, Craigslist, etc. but I figured I'd cast a net into the murky waters of Reddit in case anyone can toss me a house-fish. I'm posting this in several of the subreddits devoted to various Washington communities as, honestly, I'm not picky about where I move to, so long as it's not Seattle or Tacoma.
For some background information, I work full time at Safeway (which means a high likelihood of being able to transfer to a nearby store) and make about $3,200 a month after taxes. I have no evictions, felonies, or late rent payments. I've never had a credit card, so I either have no credit score or a perfect credit score, and I have three years' of excellent rental history. I'm self-sufficient, low-maintenance, and quiet. I'm open to work-for-rent arrangements -- landscaping, odd jobs, whatever.
I'm looking for a property under $1,500 a month, with washer and dryer hookups, no roommates, and ideally some space for a garden. Otherwise I'm not picky. It could be a concrete box with exposed wiring that was the site of several violent murders and I'd be cool with it so long as the blood stains aren't too visible.
EDIT: I do not own a car so somewhere close to bus lines is preferred.
Reply or PM me with anything you've got. Thanks, kids.

TL; DR: I'm looking to rent a house for under $1,500 a month starting at the end of June. Are you or someone you know looking to rent out your property?
I'm looking to move at the end of June. I've lived in a shitty Seattle studio for the past three years and I'm ready to upgrade to a house proper, especially as most properties I've seen charge as much in rent as the aforementioned studio does. I'm already looking on all the property rental sites, Craigslist, etc. but I figured I'd cast a net into the murky waters of Reddit in case anyone can toss me a house-fish. I'm posting this in several of the subreddits devoted to various Washington communities as, honestly, I'm not picky about where I move to, so long as it's not Seattle or Tacoma.
For some background information, I work full time at Safeway (which means a high likelihood of being able to transfer to a nearby store) and make about $3,200 a month after taxes. I have no evictions, felonies, or late rent payments. I've never had a credit card, so I either have no credit score or a perfect credit score, and I have three years' of excellent rental history. I'm self-sufficient, low-maintenance, and quiet. I'm open to work-for-rent arrangements -- landscaping, odd jobs, whatever.
I'm looking for a property under $1,500 a month, with washer and dryer hookups, no roommates, and ideally some space for a garden. Otherwise I'm not picky. It could be a concrete box with exposed wiring that was the site of several violent murders and I'd be cool with it so long as the blood stains aren't too visible.
EDIT: I do not own a car so somewhere close to bus lines is preferred.
Reply or PM me with anything you've got. Thanks, kids.

TL; DR: I'm looking to rent a house for under $1,500 a month starting at the end of June. Are you or someone you know looking to rent out your property?
I'm looking to move at the end of June. I've lived in a shitty Seattle studio for the past three years and I'm ready to upgrade to a house proper, especially as most properties I've seen charge as much in rent as the aforementioned studio does. I'm already looking on all the property rental sites, Craigslist, etc. but I figured I'd cast a net into the murky waters of Reddit in case anyone can toss me a house-fish. I'm posting this in several of the subreddits devoted to various Washington communities as, honestly, I'm not picky about where I move to, so long as it's not Seattle or Tacoma.
For some background information, I work full time at Safeway (which means a high likelihood of being able to transfer to a nearby store) and make about $3,200 a month after taxes. I have no evictions, felonies, or late rent payments. I've never had a credit card, so I either have no credit score or a perfect credit score, and I have three years' of excellent rental history. I'm self-sufficient, low-maintenance, and quiet. I'm open to work-for-rent arrangements -- landscaping, odd jobs, whatever.
I'm looking for a property under $1,500 a month, with washer and dryer hookups, no roommates, and ideally some space for a garden. Otherwise I'm not picky. It could be a concrete box with exposed wiring that was the site of several violent murders and I'd be cool with it so long as the blood stains aren't too visible.
EDIT: I do not own a car so somewhere close to bus lines is preferred.
Reply or PM me with anything you've got. Thanks, kids.

Hello, I am a 22 year old male that has a great line of work history. I work at Safeway as a produce manager and it's not making me happy. I applied this morning for a delivery driver in my town of Aurora Colorado. I scheduled an interview for Tuesday afternoon. How likely am I to get the job? I want to quit Safeway today.

I got hired recently in the deli section of a safeway. When I asked about breaks/lunch I was told deli employees only get two 10 min breaks or one 20 min break. Everyone works minimum 8/8+ hr shifts. I work no less than an hour OVER my 8 hr shift every day (aka 9+ hrs). I've never had a job where I don't get a 30 min lunch (that I clock out for) along with at least one or two 15 min breaks bc it's an 8hr shift. How is this legal? Idk what to do or who to talk to bc I don't feel comfortable not getting a lunch when I'm working long shifts. I'm also new and don't want them to know it was me getting them into trouble if this isn't legal. I think I saw that bc I'm in AZ, I'm not guaranteed a lunch. But when I worked at Target they were super strict about getting you to your lunch if you're working an 8hr shift so...??? Help please

The Agency I currently work for is fairly new (maybe 2 years) and they cannot hire anybody for whatever reason .. 🤔
I've been there a year and have 10 years experience and only make $1 more than the c.n.a who started 3 months before me and this is her very first c.n.a job ..
Also, let's be real. You can literally make the same pay starting at McDonald's, Walmart, Safeway, etc and you don't have to do any peri-care, deal with bodily fluids, etc. . .
As a C.N.A of 10 years, I truly LOVE what I do but I'm so sick of the pay and no company I have ever worked for actually sticks there meaning of the company..
Currently in the process of becoming my own private c.n.a and registered for my Sterile Processing Technician class 😊 even though with starting as a new Tech once finished I would make the same pay but I feel I would be happier.
Sorry for the vent.

I had to go work a job site last night which means pulling on a full uniform. I stop by the closest Safeway on the way home. I get stopped by four different managers trying to tell I am not where I am supposed to be. They finally fired me for making a purchase rather than trying to stop a shoplifter. Can’t wait until their actual guard shows up…

Hi all,
i am an international UBC student with a valid study permit and SIN, i was recently hired by starbucks safeway. I put in my information on paper and was called into training for a full day tomorrow. The problem is i asked the manager about a contract and she said "there is no contract". i asked her what the terms are and she said "what do you mean". I am very confused because when i worked at UBC i signed a contract that clearly stated the pay and how long the job was for. Am i getting exploited by this safeway manager? Should i still go for training?
Please help. i would appreciate an answer as soon as possible.

I work outside (cart pushing) and we aren't given our breaks!! Someone actually collapsed in the heat and had a seizure the other day :( Conditions inside aren't much better; people want to work, but they say they "don't have the hours to give away" so every single department is chronically short-staffed and overworked. The employees don't get hours because the store manager gets a bonus (a few thousand dollars) if he comes in under-buget for hours spent on labor. It's unethical and disgusting. I CANNOT BELIEVE how badly we are treated, and everyone is living in fear that they'll be fired if they accidentally stay 5 minutes over their shift...! (Overtime = fired). We are worked to the bone, doing the work of 3 people...and they just push and push and crack the whip. The store manager is sleeping with the HR rep, and the HR rep is married to our union rep. It's a nightmare in there...there's no one who can help us, and we are so stressed and overworked that the place is DISGUSTING. Don't eat food from the deli or the Starbucks, they legit don't have time to clean their departments. It's just horrible. Shop at Safeway instead. Kroger is just an awful, awful company. I'm outta here as soon as I find a new job!!!!!!!

Hello guys. Im gonna try and here it goes. I am a 43 year old single man in san jose came from sacramento 3 years ago. I have no family like at all all passed or i have never met them. Well to be honest i had gotten very good at shoplifting or organized retail theft some years ago. Well i came out here and did that until 10 months ago. I was making enough to rent out a room from a guy i met at walgreens. 10 months ago i got arrested for ORC. I knew i had to go to santa clara jail and i did just got out the 9th. Well all of the "friends" not many tbh i had dont want nothing to do with me now that i dont have stolen goods or dont wanna get high no more. I have a couple outfits this phone and some toiletries to my name. I literally have been walking around santa clara since tuesday night. My feet HURT SOOOO bad.. they are swollen where i cant even put my shoes on. Well this nice lady i helped in front of safeway on el camino real came and talked to me last night and got me a hotel room for the nigh t and bought me food. So nice of her. I have a appointment on monday to go get food stamps. I just updated my resume and am start applying for jobs and i have not even wanted to be around drugs. But guys i do have a cashapp and was hoping you guys could help me pay for the room for atleast one more night if i check out today i cant walk no more than off the motel property and sit down. Thanks for reading guys im at my rock bottom and this is a man asking for help.

Just like the title says, my anxiety and depression is affecting every aspect of my life. Let me start with a little backstory for context of where my anxiety and depression started, if there is indeed even a start point.
Growing up, we were poor. Not just poor, but very poor. Some weeks we couldn't even afford food, so I had to steal food from the Safeway down the road just to eat. Imagine being a 10 year old kid, stuffing all sorts of things down super baggy jeans you wore specifically for that purpose. Hot dogs, macaroni and cheese, basically anything that is ready to eat or easy to cook. When we had money for food, it was $1 12 packs of ramen noodles. 25 cent boxes of macaroni and cheese. 2 dollar boxes of instant mashed potatoes. That was my diet for the first 12 years of life.
Mother was always either married temporarily, or having promiscuous sexual encounters with many many different men weekly. Sometimes both, which is why I put temporarily married, because she's been married 4 times at this point. She's also always abused many kinds of illicit drugs and always been a drunk, I can't remember more than 3 occasions in my entire life where she was sober longer than a week or 2. We never had a car, I walked or rode a bike everywhere I went. 2 hour walk to my first job literally every day. She wouldn't have been able to drive anyway because she spent most waking moments drunk or high on meth (that was always the preferred drug but she would always take what she could get).
Biological father was never around. He was court ordered to pay a grand total of $7.31 a week in child support to help support me and my mother raising me as a single mother my whole life. That's about 30 bucks a month, which covered above stated crappy diet. Mom spent most of our money on the bills we could barely afford on waitress pay, a whopping $2.33/hr (she's only ever been wait staff literally my entire life, never had any other profession besides a short time working for Quiznos as assistant manager but that's a tale for another day).
I spent a lot of time as a kid emulating her behavior. I smoked weed, tried other drugs, and drank a lot. Dropped out of high school junior year to get a full time job to help pay bills. Even with my job, we were still barely making it because the more we had, the more she spent on drugs. It got bad enough at one point she was spending over half our money every month on drugs. Just enough for the crappy diet to continue and bills paid. It was horrible and there's a lot more to it, so if you'd like further information on my childhood, I can get to it in the comments but this post is already getting long as is so I'll leave my childhood where it's at.
Fast forward to the summer of 2008. I was 19 and I was trying to get away from my life slumming it on people's couches and smoking weed until I felt nothing, and drinking until I forgot everything. I needed a change. I had met a girl on Facebook and she sent me money to move. This is a long story as well, so let's suffice to say I thought I was in love with her so I moved to California to be with her (from Wyoming where most of what happened above took place). Long story short, things did not go as planned and we went our separate ways. Except that I didn't have anywhere to go because I was broke in the middle of California with no job and nowhere to live. I ended up joining a weird almost culty Christian sober living program and ended up in a household with 5 other people who used to be drunks and drug addicts. I was going nowhere with this as well, so I did the most sensible thing I could (that's what I thought at the time) and joined the Marines.
My time in the military can be summarized in one statement of two facts: I was drunk and lonely. I spent most of my time working obviously, but every spare second I wasn't working I was drunk. I got admitted to a rehab program the Navy offered at the time and was booted out of the Marines literally a couple days before my End of Active Service date, because I failed the program. Someone brought in vodka in a water bottle and I was busted with them. I ended up losing the promotion I was about to receive to NCO, and because it was a general under honorable conditions separation, it's still considered an honorable discharge but I lost my benefits, mainly the one that could've helped me. My college benefits under the Post 9/11 GI Bill.
So I went back to Wyoming and continued crashing on couches for a while until an old childhood friend, who also joined the military but different branch, offered to let me move up to live with him and get on my feet in a different state. Time for another change, this one ended differently though. I moved in with him, got a job, and actually started improving. Met my wonderful wife at that point and we've now been married for almost 10 years, so there's a silver lining. Problem is, I've been through lots of life threatening situations, I've been through lots of drugs and drinking. My brain at best feels like it's incomplete. I'm constantly worried about health problems but also worried about the money it would take to get looked at by a doctor. I'm also worried because I don't feel good enough for my wife and most aspects of our lives together have been affected. Sex life, mental health (we both have anxiety and depression, I also think I still have ADHD that I was diagnosed with as a kid and never "grew out of") and financial wellness. Again, I won't go into detail, as this post is long already and we have the comments to discuss.
I guess this is just to vent, but I honestly don't know what to do because I'm constantly irritated by everything and always angry. Constantly depressed and worried about things. Also not good at communication. Get mad or irritated with the stupidest little things. I'm trying to be a better husband but also have almost zero motivation to even get up and move around let alone go do something for her as a gesture to show her how much I love her. Any advice for someone who is having a hard time understanding life at this point?

Hi everyone, I’m a university student currently in a middle of a job search and having a rough time. Inflation is high and my family needs me find a job to help make the household income more stable. I have applied to multiple jobs, I meet the requirements and my availability is pretty good. Basically anytime till September (except for Tuesday and Thursday mornings). But I can work part time throughout the school year! I have applied to numerous areas in Calgary South
-Sobeys (multiple locations) -Safeway -CO-OP (multiple locations) -Superstore (multiple locations) -Heritage Park -The Running Room -7/11 (multiple locations) -London Drugs (multiple locations) -Shopper Drug Mart (multiple locations) -Dollarama (multiple locations) -Canadian Tire (multiple locations) -Tim Hortons -Indigo -The Bay -Local movie theatre -Kumon (multiple locations) -Sport check -Micheals -Best Buy -The Source -Marks -Shoe Warehouse/Company -City of Calgary recreational leader -Elections Alberta
Am I doing something wrong? Yes, I’m 18 with no previous formal work experience but I do have quite a bit volunteering experience. I basically applied every within a 10 km. Even Elections Alberta ignored my application to work on election day. I’m so confused. I know a lot of Summer camps are hiring but I want somewhere I can work throughout the school year. I applied both online but I also went in physically and spoke to the hiring managers and gave them my resume. Never heard back from them again. I even went to the youth hiring fair where they told everyone to apply online smh.
Anyone else facing the same?
EDIT 1: I actually can work part time throughout the school year, I don’t think I was clear enough in my post lol

Day 2:
Good Evening Lovelies
I should have mentioned the weekend I usually spend time with my family if I am not working so I probably wont post until Sunday Evening 😊
Well, this weekend has been a shit show to say the least, my daughter was gone for a week on her school camping trip and returned Friday. My son moped around the whole time she was gone so I thought Okay Ill pick him up at 2pm when I get her and we can just have some family time. That was my first fucking mistake.
I hardly got any work done because I was too freaking excited that my baby girl was coming home. See only 2 of our 6 kids live with us right now. I will get into the whys later but Katie and Derrick are the only 2 of our chicken littles that live with us. And because I believe in total honesty everyone of my family’s name have been changed in these posts. Who knows maybe down the line I will give out the details but for now, I choose to do it this way. If you don’t like it tough shit. Move on.
Those that are still here lets get back to it….
I get off work early and head to Safeway to get a money order to pay my rent, since its on the way to pick up my kids. I get a text that my migraine meds are finally ready for pick up (I put in a request with the doctors office over a week ago) I go back to the pharmacy and get the prescription to find out instead of the normal 9 I get to last a month, this time I only get 6. So yay fucking me! I get to now determine even more if its worth it to take a pill and wait so fucking long into a migraine to take one that I most of the time have to take 2 and a nausea pill just to get it under control! Thank you State Medical!! Our Healthcare and State Assistance is so fucked in Washington State its not even funny! But as usual that is a story for another time.
I take my shit and go out to my car. I fucking hate this parking lot because it is the worst trying to leave, people in this town are fucking assholes and give no fucks about anyone else. So I am trying to back out and I have a bigger suv/jeep type thing one of the gas hogging more blind-spots then a blind bat type of car. So I am slowly backing out because I cant see to the left or right. Most normal fucking people who can see that someone has cars on both the right and left of them and obviously cannot fucking see would stop and wait for the car to be able to see them, or the would move over around the car. But no, not this dumb bitch. Who not even paying attention to her small ass child running through the parking lot while her oom-pah Loompa ass is waddling about not a care in the world. I slam on my brakes as I just barely saw this child, I wait until her mom finally walks behind my car and this bitch is just staring like its my fault she cant control her kid. Like bitch hold your 3year olds hand when your walking through a parking lot. That’s fucking parenting. I know you might not understand what that means but it means controlling your fucking kids when out in public. Luckily I was paying enough attention and going slow enough to know what the fuck was going on around me. And then the nerve of her to fucking stare at me… Bitch your lucky I have somewhere to be or I’d get out of this car and teach you some fucking respect. (Keep in mind, she still staring at me while her kid is running through a busy parking lot.
I hate this fucking town I move to because of a stupid job that I don’t even work at anymore. Now we are stuck here until I can find a place, I can afford on my income alone. I am ready for a house I can make into our home. Our Place. My safe place.
Fucking Rabbit Hole!
Sorry I get sidetracked easily… Back to the story, so after I leave out of Safeway and start heading to my kiddos school I park and realize I’m 30minutes early. So I fucking still there and wait anxious as hell to see my baby 😊 Finally I see kids coming out and I head inside to get mine. Everything is going great and then we get in the car and the shit starts. My son is in this fucking mood where he hears you but then does whatever the fuck he wants to do. Its irritating as shit and I want to just whoop his ass like they did back in the day when I was a kid. Now you can’t even parent your fucking kids or CPS gets involved. And look where that has fucking got us. A bunch of disrespectful, ungrateful, entitled brats. Well, I will be damn I am teaching my kids to be productive, useful members of society. Fuck this gentle parenting bullshit. Kids need discipline, the need structure, and they do NOT need to be handed everything in life. They need to learn that hard work and dedication is what gets you somewhere in life.
So, by the time I get home I am in a fucking mood, my hubby has been sick all week, snappy, grumpy, and whiny… I am ready to fucking murder his ass! My kids are fighting and bitching about everything. The fucking bitch from Safeway still has me in a mood. So, I do what any healthy normal adult would do… I heavily medicated myself and got stoned off my ass to calm me down. Sent the kids to their rooms, shut my hubby in our room, turned on some music and just scrubbed the shit out of everything until I calmed down.
This has been on repeat all fucking weekend. I am ready to commit myself. Motherhood and Marriage is fucking hard! Still wondering why I am a psychotic hot mess… well here is a glimpse!
Welp, this momma is going to crack open a Modelo’s, take a dab and do what I do best. Clean and sing my fucking heart out! :D
Ill see you bright and ugly Monday morning…. Lets discuss Pet Peeve!

I was promised a full time cashiering position after communicating that I had a $1600 mortgage to keep up on, along with a vulnerable adult/child and related expenses...I told them this.
And right off the bat, its been a scramble to get hours...they just don't have any to spare, you need to fill out the "wish sheet", which I've been doing. And I might get 22 -25 hours on a good week, but usually around 16-20. I picked it up quick, I've been told I'm doing great, but there's just too many other employees...which, why did they hire me then?
Oh, I'd also been told that after working there for five years, I'd get a ten dollar raise from whatever I was making at that point...and really, that was my whole motivation right there...20-something an hour is a livable wage, I'd just have to suck it up and get a side gig in the meantime, is what I was thinking. Before it finally occurred to me to dig deeper on that because no, its based on hours worked, not years, so I was actually looking at 10-15 years before that'd have ever happened. And not being up-front about that sure has me feeling misled.
So I started going from Safeway to Safeway in the surrounding county here, thinking maybe I could transfer...and apparently its like that everywhere. Story after story of people getting the bare minimum hours, competing for shifts in other departments...people laughing at my questioning because they've been there for years and are still nowhere near full-time.
I'm lucky enough to have some money in savings to cover things, but with these kinds of hiring practices, Safeway is putting people at serious risk for defaulting on their financial obligations. I feel like its kind of a terrible thing to do to folks. And like they only care about having an over-abundance of staff to work with, not the actual staff itself...that there wasn't just zero consideration for my welfare, they actually misled me into believing something was true that wasn't.
Sorry, I'm just wondering if its like that everywhere now. Back in the 90's, Safeway was the place to work...they had a great union and paid their cashiers $15 an hour, you just had to get through the hiring process, which could be a little extensive.
Now it just seems like another throw-away job and its hard to explain but there's this complete void where my loyalty would have been...where I'd have liked it to be, you know? I often enjoy the mutually beneficial aspect of working for a place that cares for its employees, I enjoy going out of my way for that. But they don't care about me, so I don't care about them, and that kind of sucks.
Okay, I'm done...TL;DR, Safeway seems like a last resort type of job now, where it was once a place to build a career and make a decent living.

This is purely out of curiosity, Safeway is my first job, I’m 19, and working there really made me realize how fucking annoying the ads in the middle of songs are. Also I don’t get the RSV ad jokes because we don’t have a pharmacy.
What are the ads you guys have? I’ve been hearing ones about Waterloo sparkling water and a really annoying Tide PowerPods ad that is two guys.
Laundry ad that says something like “There’s a secret to perfect laundry..and it’s ALL RIGHT HERE!” and then advertises various laundry products
“Have you heard? We’re HIRING!” “Stop by our butcher block, and we’ll be GLAD to HELP!” “Our bread is guaranteed HAWT from 4 to 6 pm, or it’s free!!”
Wondering if you guys have similar ones so I can relate to people here