The Human Bean Reviews

3.2

50% would recommend to a friend

(183 total reviews)

Dan Hawkins

45% approve of CEO

31% positive business outlook

The Human Bean has an employee rating of 3.2 out of 5 stars, based on 183 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have a good working experience there. The The Human Bean employee rating is in line with the average (within 1 standard deviation) for employers within the Retail and wholesale industry (3.5 stars).

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183 reviews
1.0
27 Sept 2021

Brownsville location

Recommend
CEO approval
Business outlook

Pros

Interact with nice customers, get a free drink

Cons

Favoritism, Nepotism, Poor Management, No benefits, Low wages. Some workers have certain responsibilities and are expected to fulfill some on their own, and others with the help of other workers. Here, you're going to have to do everything yourself, plus deal with workers very immaturely talking about you behind your back. There are clear favorites (family and family friends) and even though they are incompetent, they are given fewer responsibilities and treated as unofficial managers/leaders. Some workers are homophobic and ableist and make everyone uncomfortable, yet they are clearly favored. Those who need hours are just told to find a secondary job, and some people are only given 10 hours/week even if they were hired for full time. The store does well solely because local people are tired of Starbucks and keep coming back. Not because workers are happy or because management is competent. I don't recommend working here at all.

1.0
22 Sept 2023
Recommend
CEO approval
Business outlook

Pros

You get a free 16 oz. shift drink.

Cons

If you don't fit in, you'll be fired and they'll blatantly lie about why they're firing you. I was either ignored entirely or heavily watched and scrutinized during the training process. Did not experience much kindness here. I had shifts that were low-key socially traumatizing. They care more about speed over quality and hand out burnt espresso shots every time. Taking your legal breaks is discouraged so much that you'll be the odd one out asking to take your 10-minute break, so people typically don't ask or take them. This was an awful experience and so draining to feel mistreated. Good for young people who are not as experienced to know there are much better jobs (and more compassionate employers) out there.

1.0
1 Sept 2023
Recommend
CEO approval
Business outlook

Pros

A nice façade that makes you think everything is going well

Cons

Tells you that you have a position, but you find out that training was like a audition. They hired more people then they planned on keeping just so they had a bigger pool to pick from.

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