Be prepared to schmooze with leadership if you want to get ahead, don't worry about actually having skills for the job. - Buyer Safeway Employee Review

Salary compensation is not very competitive unless you're an external hire, promotions are based on who you know within the company (forget about getting an interview for an internal posting unless you had personally reached out to senior leadership in that department, regardless of skills and qualifications), certain long time employees (think 20+ years at the company) look down upon other newer employees, and the good ol' boy culture.