AutoZone reviews

3.3

54% would recommend to a friend

(7,518 total reviews)
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Phil Daniele

50% approve of CEO

50% positive business outlook

AutoZone has an employee rating of 3.3 out of 5 stars, based on 7,518 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have a good working experience there. The AutoZone employee rating is in line with the average (within 1 standard deviation) for employers within the Retail & Wholesale industry (3.5 stars).

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2.0
May 18, 2011
Recommend
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Pros

The pay for your ASE testing. Also fairly easy to get hours out of them and full time status. I've also met some cool people working here. The 20% employee discount is ok.

Cons

They have this thing called checkout challenge where you have to offer the item of the month to every customer. If you don't you get written up. If nobody wants to buy it you are still held accountable and get written up. They offer no training or strategy to push it and you don't get any commission or bonus; they just threaten your job. Another problem is the item on sale is fuel injector cleaner every other month or products that people aren't interested in. They also expect you to sell an air filter to 1 out of 4 people who come in and buy an oil change special when you only need to change it every 1-3 years. It seems the focus in this company is how many unnecessary items you can sell customers and not customer service They have phone shops where someone randomly calls the store to make sure you are spamming callers with current specials, store hours, and asking to take the customer's information to hold the part for them. This wouldn't be bad but I work in a store that is constantly busy where there are always lines of customers and the phone is always ringing. We have to work swiftly to help customers in the store and on the phone and don't have time to worry about the spam they want us to tell people. The pay is also the lowest compared to competing auto parts stores. The store is open ridiculous hours especially on the weekends and holidays. I would only recommend this job to someone who is looking for a temporary job or if you can't find a job, take this one until you can find something better.

3.0
May 18, 2011
Recommend
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Pros

If you like retail sales, working on/knowledge of cars and trucks, and helping folks keep their cars running then it's a satisfying job.

Cons

Like most retail stores AutoZone never has enough employee's on the floor to accomplish the corporate workload (i.e. store maintenance, stock/inventory/planograms) and service the customer at the same time. Pay is poor when one considers that the employee is expected to be able to advise the customer on how to repair their vehicle and ASE Certification is encouraged. Manager's are severely undervalued, there are cases where senior part-time sales make more money per hour than full-time manager's which is wholly unsatisfactory.

4.0
May 16, 2011
Recommend
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Pros

Work in a relatively small town 8,000 some people so its not always busy. Co-workers are experienced and very knowledgeable. Store manager actually works side by side with us good attitude and sense of humor. 20% parts discount. Good way to get into the automotive business. Opened up more as a person, defiantly cant be shy and reserved working retail. All and all so far its not a bad place to work but i haven't been here to long.

Cons

Stupid check out challenges. Pay for your own uniform. Customers don't always know what in the hell they want and act like you are suppose know. People that don't know anything about their vehicle( year engine size ect).

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