H E B reviews

4.2

85% would recommend to a friend

(14,363 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 14,363 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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4.0
Feb 6, 2009
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

I worked there as a CSA and then a checker my Junior and Senior years of High School. Very easy to move from CSA to checker, a little bit longer if your'e after a management position. Everybody is nice and in my opinion you'll never have too difficult a task. The store is always bustling so it's hard to get bored.

Cons

Managers treat you like children. When I was leaving I gave a letter indicating my two weeks notice. I brought the matter up with my manager multiple times in those two weeks yet when my last day came around I checked the schedule and saw that I was scheduled for 20 hours the following week. I simply told my manager goodbye and left him to figure it out.

2.0
Nov 27, 2008
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

Decent pay if you know how to negotiate and sell yourself. The environemnt is largely hostile to new ideas and as long as you maintain the status quo and do exactly as you are told, you will do fine. Sucking up to the right people, as in most jobs, is also critical. Unfortunately, this is also one of the great tragedies of HEB. Too many people in top management are merely there because they have been there for a long time. I have seen some brilliant men be horn shoed out of their position in the effort of maintaining status quo....I guess I am suppose to be giving good reasons.

Cons

Horrid management, incompetence, lack of initiative and innovation, Status Quo mentality, arrogant top managers. It is rare to be acknowledged without making it blatantly obvious that you were responsible for something. There is no awareness of what employees are truly achieving. Its annoying that you have to be your own hero when you work your butt off for them, provide excellent customer service, and offer expertise. HEB has all the potential in the world to achieve, but seems to consistently squander it by not adapting or being open to new ideas or reaching out to appropriate markets. Too many top managers think they are god.

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