Heron Foods

Why does Heron Foods get a rating of 5.9?

• Good for students
• No unpaid extra work
• Easy to book holiday
• Easy to take sick leave
• Paid accurately
• No short notice shift changes
• Opportunities to progress
• Managers are respectful
• Not easy to change shifts
• Hard to choose shifts
• Not enough training
• People feel stressed
• Not good for parents
• People don’t get proper breaks
• People don’t recommend their team
• Uninformed about head office
• Head office doesn’t understand the frontline
• Breaks aren’t paid
• Less than 4 weeks notice of shifts
• People don’t get sick pay

Based on 38 job reviews

Pay ranges

1. Retail and sales assistants

   £5.30–8.72 per hour

Handy to know

How much notice do people get of their shifts?

49% report getting one week notice or less

19% report getting two weeks notice

14% report getting three weeks notice

11% report getting four weeks notice or more

8% report having a fixed rota

1 week or less

2 weeks

3 weeks

4+ weeks

fixed rota

Based on 37 employees

What contracts are people on?

33% report having low hours contracts (less than 16 hours)

36% report having part time contracts (16-35 hours)

31% report having full time contracts (more than 35 hours)

low hours

part time

full time

Based on 36 employees

How often do people get paid?

Weekly 95% of people report they get paid weekly

Based on 37 employees

How are people paid?

By the hour 95% of people report they get paid by the hour

Based on 38 employees

Jobs by location

1. East Riding of Yorkshire

   4 job openings

2. South Yorkshire

   4 job openings

3. Staffordshire

   4 job openings

4. West Midlands

   4 job openings

5. Lincolnshire

   3 job openings

6. Tyne & Wear

   2 job openings

7. Nottinghamshire

   1 job opening

8. West Yorkshire

   1 job opening