H E B reviews

4.2

85% would recommend to a friend

(14,338 total reviews)
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Howard Butt, III

94% approve of CEO

78% positive business outlook

H E B has an employee rating of 4.2 out of 5 stars, based on 14,338 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have an excellent working experience there. The H E B employee rating is in line with the average (within 1 standard deviation) for employers within the Retail & Wholesale industry (3.5 stars).

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14K reviews
1.0
Jul 24, 2018

An honest account, food for thought

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Pros

You will create some nice friendships with some of your coworkers. Weekly pay.

Cons

-favoritism ( hard workers will get minimal pay raises, meanwhile people that do practically no work and always show up late for work will get substantially higher pay raises simply because they are better friends with your manager than you are, etc) -will document you for unreasonable things ( I was sick at work, literally vomiting inside of the store in multiple places, and they still threatened to write me up if I was to leave early) - they will sometimes expect you to do the work of two to three people by yourself, and have unfair expectations put upon you daily. - if you see them treating coworkers unfairly, there is virtually nothing you can really do to help them without being retaliated against . These are just a few examples. I currently work at HEB montrose market in Houston, and although some people enjoy working there, a lot of people (myself included) feel literally like it’s hell on earth most if not all of the time) And it’s neither an exaggeration or a vendetta against the company. I’ve heard that some stores have great management and that each store is a unique environment unto itself. Everyone I’ve seen go to HR has just ended up fired, Or they just send them back to their store managers to deal with it, who are the ones who SHOULD be changing things but are more concerned with more profits and less work. I have LITERALLY seen virtually everyone in my department have an emotional breakdown at one point or another, yes it’s really that inhospitable at times for its workers.

2.0
Jan 17, 2018

Dated Practices, Lack of Work/Life Balance

Anonymous employee
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Pros

Job security - HEB doesn't have a reputation for unfairly terminating employees

Cons

Must wait 90 days for benefits to start. Must wait a FULL YEAR to start contributing to 401k. Unrealistic work hour expectations. Minimal vacation for new hires. No paid maternity/paternity leave or short-term disability. Low team morale. Company discourages personal development.

2.0
Jan 10, 2018

Workhorse

Recommend
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Pros

-Good pay if you stick with the company -Some great co-workers -A couple great managers -Overnight means minimal human interaction

Cons

-Fake people abound, as well as are promoted on quality of lip-service provided and amount of snitching on people it seems. -Pace of work is ridiculous and likely unsafe, 55 cases/hr company standard and 60 cases/hr store standard. If you deviated expect to get a talking to. -Inappropriate interaction between management and staff, he outright walked off multiple times when a co-worker was greeting him or trying to engage him. He had his subordinate listing off as many violations of procedure as he could on a daily basis. -Lack of communication between management. One would say one thing and the other would contradict it. -Meth. Lots of meth going on out here and the management was doing its fair share. Obvious really. -Lack of advancement opportunities. -Cranky management.

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