H E B reviews

4.2

84% would recommend to a friend

(14,388 total reviews)
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Howard Butt, III

95% approve of CEO

77% positive business outlook

H E B has an employee rating of 4.2 out of 5 stars, based on 14,388 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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5.0
Jul 30, 2022
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

Worked with my schedule, not insane workload

Cons

usual retail problems, customers, other coworkers can all be hard to work at

5.0
Jul 30, 2022

Great for Students

Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

They support their employees, customers, vendors, and community in everything they do. Bonuses, raises, and rewards for good work come frequently. Management is always open to help with any issues, both business and personal. Great place to start a career. Great place for part-time or temporary work. Great place to connect.

Cons

It can be very stressful during difficult events that affect the community like the pandemic, hurricanes, floods, and other adverse weather. People are rude.

4.0
Jul 19, 2022
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

The work life balance is amazing here. I suspect that this might depend on the team and area. But I can really disconnect after work without worry. As long as you put in honest effort, everyone is happy with you. The company culture is great. You can tell that everyone cares. A ton of emphasis on maintaining a life outside of work. It’s also great working for a place that customers love and is personal to them. I get friends and acquaintances telling me how much they love shopping at H-E-B all the time. Vacation time used to be a pain point but they overhauled the system a few years ago. Now I have more vacation than my husband who works for a Bay Area tech company.

Cons

It is extremely hard to get promoted in a timely manner here. The Digital tech department is in a very high growth phase, which while good for the company, but means a lot of reorganization for teams, managers, and developers. I’ll be going on my 7th manager in 6 years soon. I started in an Entry level engineering position though I was quickly approaching the next title skill wise. Every manager has their own criteria and opinions for what is needed for each level. I only received a long overdue promotion after involving middle management above my direct manager and demanding clear goals and metrics to meet for promotion. Some people have purposefully switched teams and areas in order to get specific managers that are fair about promotions. To add salt to the wound, they happily over-level new hires constantly. I am now bracing myself for having to fight for myself and an appropriate title again. In short, to get promoted you have to get lucky to have a manager who likes you enough to promote you.

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