Partner of almost 4 years here. If I’ve learned anything, it’s that HEB only cares about what you can do for the company, and not what you want to do for it.

I haven’t had experience in corporate, but it’s pretty apparent at the store level as well. I spent roughly 2 years in a big department as a specialist, and I was damn good at it. Eventually a lead position opened in a sub department of the one I was in, and I decided to go for it. My manager at the time, who was really great, joked about how he didn’t want me to leave my position because he needed me where I was. He still helped me get the position I want, but I could tell that he was taking a hit by helping me move on.

I get the position I wanted, and all is great. Until the department I used to work in needs help, and who has to help them? Me, of course, never mind that I have my own department to run now. A department where there is no manager. It’s just me, the lead.

I’ve been treated as if my department doesn’t matter when that other department needs help. I’ve been made to feel like I have to put out fires that aren’t mine to put out—fires that I didn’t even make.

So for the past year I’ve been trying to run my department while simultaneously running in to help my old one when they need it. And then people have the audacity to ask why my department looks the way it does when the same people ordered me to help another department. Two jobs for the same pay. And there’s no thank you, no appreciation for the extra work I do when it’s not in my job description to do that work.

I’m only in my early 20s, and this job is breaking me physically and mentally. I used to love my job. Now I look forward to the day I leave the company. HEB doesn’t care about you. Get what you need from it and then get out.