employer cover photo
employer logo
employer logo

Albertsons Companies

Engaged employer

Okay Job to have while Still in School - Courtesy Clerk Albertsons Companies Employee Review

2.0
7 Jan 2015
Recommend
CEO approval
Business outlook

Pros

The managers and co-workers were extremely nice and friendly. Most people were willing to go out of their way to help you. The managers are always willing to work with you to allow a flexible and accept reasonable requests for time off. There is definitely room to more up in the company, but be willing to pay your dues. Everything is based on experience and seniority, which is very fair, but it is hard to get ahead quickly.

Cons

The management sometimes has a unrealistic expectation of time management. You are on your feet for eight hours and constantly running around, trying to please multiple managers, provide quality customer service, and get your cleaning duties done all at once. It was difficult to maintain a good work-life balance when working close to full time or over. The company can legally schedule you to work up 6 days a week, so they can take advantage and schedule you for 12 days in a row without a break. It's great if you want to work a lot, but you might not have time for anything else. The current benefits package is a joke though. As a new courtesy clerk, you do not get any medical or dental benefits until you have worked there a year and seven months. You also don't get any holiday pay until you've been there a year. So even if you work Thanksgiving, Christmas Day, and New Years, you may not see a penny above your current wage. Meanwhile, others are earning triple-time for working the same hours.

Explore other reviews about Albertsons Companies

5.0
30 May 2026
Recommend
CEO approval
Business outlook

Pros

Good discounts, a free item every week through the app, hardship fund if approved, option for stocks

Cons

Not enough hours/pay to pay bills, odd hours makes it almost impossible to work a 2nd job

2.0
17 Mar 2026
Recommend
CEO approval
Business outlook

Pros

good pay rate, associate discount on groceries, mostly good techs

Cons

Zero work life balance, unless you live to work. "Training" screams of "I don't care". They brag about how GREAT their pharmacist training is, but that was 20 years ago, today their 4 week great training has been shoved into ONE week of on-the-job training with zero follow up or concern that you can't possibly learn all you need in that time, then they shove you out the door. Training during a cyberattack that has nothing working? That's fine, you don't get any extra time despite the fact that you can't learn on a non-working system. Management BS is deep, such as "we want our employees to know why decisions are made" then no way to ask and none of the low level managers has any freaking clue as to why changing an address in the database was changed from just overtyping it to a 5 minute process of logging into a poorly written website to update - and you thought we were bad about it before! And they ask for feedback an entire ONCE a year, with no way of providing it before.

1
See reviews by: Helpful|Rating|Date|All