Pros
-Very flexible with hours. After a certain amount of months you basically get to pick your availability which is great if you want nights off. -Great co-workers and managers. I have no complaints about the leadership at HEB, from what I know they were all very competent and able people. They had social awareness and were easy to talk to generally. -Everything is online. If its picking up a shift or requesting time off, everything is computerized and easy. Even the schedule.
Cons
-Extremely, extremely monotonous and depressing work. I've had 4 solid long term jobs in my life, and this is by far the most excruciating labor I've ever had to do. Standing in the same spot for over 2 hours gets old very fast. It takes literally no skills to be a cashier except maybe basic math abilities in counting money. -Customers are overly demanding. Often times you will find yourself juggling 2 or 3 customer requests at once, which becomes very stressful if you've got a line of people waiting. -Work is too fast paced and militant. You never stop hustling, get tired fast even on short shifts. If it's slow they send people home. -Low pay for the amount of work done. It's really not even worth getting dressed for 9 dollars an hour on a 5 hour shift. 11 or 12 dollars is what cashiers should be paid starting. -Always understaffed. HEB has to keep profit margins so they will teeter the line on employees. Expect to do the work of 2 people. Expect to cashier and bag groceries and get stuff for customers all at once.