Hess Corporation Reviews

Current Employee – been working at Hess Corporation

Pros – It's a great job if you like to get to know the people in the surrounding area. Most of the customers are regulars, they're friendly and always help to improve the general mood of the work experience.

Cons – Minimum pay is minimum wage, whereas most other convenience stores start a couple dollars higher. (I was actually making more money in the 90's working for other companies than I did at starting pay at Hess nearly 20 years later). With all the responsibilities put on a single person on a shift, the pay should be higher. Hess is a giant multi-billion dollar corporation, they can afford to pay the grunts a little more. Or at the very least allow management to allocate more hours per store so there can be two people working a shift and the work load is not as heavy.

No, I would not recommend this company to a friend

Current Employee – been working at Hess Corporation

Pros – experience only, there are no other benefits or perks in working for hess

Cons – management is disillusioned into thinking all employees are expendable and replaceable. Hess is a top ten company not to work for

No, I would not recommend this company to a friend

Former Employee – worked at Hess Corporation

Pros – Prestigious name, nice offices and equipment.

Cons – Attendance is taken at 8am. If you are not at your desk working, you are marked late, even if you were getting a cup of coffee. Treat employees like children. Management is very clicky so if you are not part of the in crowd, you might as well be invisible.

Advice to Senior Management – Treat your employees fairly and you will reduce the stress levels. Also, you can't expect people to work 24/7 and making relatively low wages compared to other companies in the area.

No, I would not recommend this company to a friend

Current Employee – been working at Hess Corporation

Pros – The insurance benefit starts on day one. Which is good because the stress and long hours keep you sick. Other than that there really are no pro's.

Cons – With staffing hour reductions the manager must plan to work at least 12 hours a day or more. Ther is no support from district managers unless you are on target to receive a company visit. Then you will work non stop to fix every thing and be allowed to spend money for supplies and materials to bring things up to standards. The customers even comment that someone important must be comming.

Advice to Senior Management – Give support to store management. Give needed payroll hours so employees are not left in buildings alone. Stay focused on the important issues in retail and do not change directions each month. Bring back the HESS trucks and drivers. They symbolized the company's commitment to quality and reinforced its values.

No, I would not recommend this company to a friend

Former Employee – worked at Hess Corporation full-time

Pros – Great Office Locaton, Free Lunch and coffee drinks, very modern work place, friendly contractors. Many of the staff were very pleasant and delightful to work with and the office itself was accessible anx run smoothly on a general company wide basis.

Cons – Quiet and soulless atmosphere, it was like a library, some staff were very impolite and wouldn't even say hello if passing by for no reason, no company briefing offered to contractors or proper introductions . Many admin staff felt they were disposable.

 Staff/management would regularly /daily basis speak in foreign languages that not everyone in their team or those around understood that would alienate their own/other workers. They did not seem to understand this might look rude at all!!!!

Little transparency to everyday working ethics/ objectives/life.

There was little mutual respect between 'groups' of workers /individuals or understanding. Very little effort to work together but instead to make sure staff's individual corners were fighting for themselves. Everyone had their own agenda.

Advice to Senior Management – Resolve the above and make workers feel like they are all part of something working together.

No, I would not recommend this company to a friend – I'm not optimistic about the outlook for this company

Current Employee – been working at Hess Corporation full-time for more than 7 years

Pros – Nothing to say about this

Cons – Not worried about their employees Pay is not compatable with other companies. Treat employees fair Do not descrimate no appreciation for your job

Current Employee – been working at Hess Corporation

Pros – Great benefits and quality of people and community involvement. If management and senior field people were not involved the world would be better

Cons – Old systems, lack of information, senior management has no balls - field runs the program

Advice to Senior Management – take control and run the business with real objectives and support total team - not just field

No, I would not recommend this company to a friend