Poorly staffed - Overnight Stocker H E B Employee Review

3.0
Jun 14, 2021
Recommend
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Pros

They give raises after a short time being there. Working overnight means no direct contact with customers - a plus. Rarely run out of work to do so you're preoccupied your entire shift

Cons

It's like they purposely underhire. One more employee (no matter the department) would be extremely helpful in helping everyone finish the tasks they require of you in the timeframe that they expect it. But instead they would rather have everyone work at full capacity every day just for us to *barely* make it by the time the store opens. Very often, we would still be in the store 2-3 hours past our shifts - especially on the days if one person had to call in sick or didn't come in for whatever reason. Losing a person that night made it impossible for everyone to get done stocking. I thought moving to the "cosmetic" section (diapers, medecine, hair supplies) would make for an easier workload than having to stock up rows upon rows of food. Negative. It was just me and another employee on that side so if she called in sick I was still expected to produce at normal levels. Add to the fact that she never picked up speed so I was doing my rows and a portion of hers every single night. Stressful.

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Cons

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Pros

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Cons

Houston location has the worst leaders. They're cheap with raises and cut the good people so the management team can get better bonuses. They make up rules that make no sense when they feel like. There are guys in the yard who have no job titles but somehow are still working there doing nothing all day? The safety leads/radio room/management are a joke. They cover up for the people they're buddies with. Ran into the gate? Destroy thousands of dollars of goods or a trailer? Ran out of gas in the middle of the road driving the mule offsite? Not a problem if you're buddies with management and safety. If you're buddies with management, you get opportunities offered to you even though you may be among the worst and slowest spotters. If you're not buddies with management/safety/radio, you have to watch your back. HEB corporate needs to look into management here.

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