Pros
If you're looking for a job on Monster.com read this! Working for VONS or SAFEWAY gives you an appreciation of where not to work in the Grocery Industry. At VONS you will receive excellent on-the- job training by observing an array of rigid and incompetant upper management decisions and directives, orchestrated by Safeway's Steve Burd and Vons Tom Keller. Get on board with the Vons/Safeway management team! It's a great place to hone your management skills. Here you can learn from the best on how to proceed down a path of self destruction and continual stock depreciation. Join now and experience the rigidity of a company that does not listen to its employees at the store level. Learn the humiliation of experiencing your first "secret shop" as part of the disfunctional and irrelevant Superior Service Program.
Kontras
If you're looking for a job on Monster.com read about labor law violations committed by Vons and Safeway. VONS and SAFEWAY are involved in multiple class action labor law violation law suits that will eventually damage the company's reputation. Most employees will lose money if they participate in the company stock purchase plan. There are hundreds of "policies and procedures" designed to suspend or terminate union/non-union employess found in violation of those procedures. Future labor strikes will occur and as an employee of Vons or Safeway who will be locked out for months losing your paycheck and a way to provide for your family.