Hy-Vee reviews

3.4

52% would recommend to a friend

(6,054 total reviews)

Jeremy Gosch

51% approve of CEO

44% positive business outlook

Hy-Vee has an employee rating of 3.4 out of 5 stars, based on 6,054 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have a good working experience there. The Hy-Vee 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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6K reviews
3.0
Jul 4, 2017

It is a learning experience. I'm just not sure it's a good one.

Anonymous employee
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

The customers and co-workers. People love Hy-Vee for good reason.

Cons

Upper management doesn't care about their floor staff at all. They took away employee meal discounts (marked up all the base prices then claim a new discount). They​ obviously care about getting the most work out of the least amount of people per shift. It's like a Chinese sweatshop. No bathroom breaks or water breaks and you may or may not get a meal break, but don't count on getting to eat because the food prices are to much for what ends up being about ten minutes maximum to shovel in after waiting in line to pay and hurry to the bathroom.

2.0
Aug 11, 2016
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

Decent benefits, 401k, okay insurance. Flexible hours, opportunity for advancement in each store. Hard work is generally rewarded.

Cons

Before the retirement of the longtime CEO, Ric Jurgens, in 2012, HyVee cared much more about its employees. After Randy Edeker was elected as the new CEO, HyVee became much more corporate in the way it was run. Hours were cut on all part time employees to below the level to provide health insurance. The last department I worked in, Product Management, used to have to come in at 2 AM on Wednesday morning to run the new ad. Recently, that was changed company wide to Sunday morning at 2AM, essentially making it impossible for product management to have a weekend social life.

2.0
Aug 4, 2016
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

Benefits for full-time employees are good, hours can be decent during busy times of the year, and floor level management is mostly fantastic. Pretty easy to find someone to work for you, and the store is kept in good condition.

Cons

Let me just start off by saying Dress Code. Since last May we're required to wear a poorly fitted, incredibly cheap quality button up shirt. After the first wash, buttons fell off and Management told me to have them fixed, even though I had nothing to do with it. Upper Management treats all low-level employees like dirt. I am a very good, hard working employee and have worked at Hy-Vee for over a year and I'm treated as bad as the new kids that don't even try. The Raises are also a complete disappointment, $.25 after a year.

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