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Phil Daniele

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5.0
Jul 9, 2012
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Pros

20% discount (excludes a few things like oil, antifreeze, and 134a.) Best retail pay in town for starting position Auto parts experience Learning about cars and how they work

Cons

Pissed off customers HEAVY BASES SALES, LISTEN TO ME, EVERYTHING ABOUT THIS COMPANY IS BASED ON SALES IF YOU DO NOT MAKE SALES, YOU DO NOT GET HOURS. There is a program called whittjur which forces us to (attempt) sell them extra related items that of which they are buying. Example if you buy brake pads, we must attempt to sell you items like brake grease, shop towels, hand cleaner, brake cleaner, etc

1.0
Jun 28, 2012
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Pros

- Being able to assist customers with thier needs. - Management being flexible with the schedule. Provided enough time is given to meet employees desires. - Discount - Learning about new vehicles that are on the market (hybrids, flex-fuel, diesel, etc...)

Cons

- There are not enough employees when the sidewalks roll up (usually after 6:00 pm) -- There is an "unwritten policy (?)" to minimize time out of the store (does GOTTCHA ring a bell?) when there are two employees in the store (usually after 6:00 pm) for safety considerations (primarily theft (shrink) both internal and external, robbery, accidents, etc...). Solution: have a MINIMUM of three employees on every shift at all times. - Ridiculous "no cell phone" policy -- I personally know of a PSM who had several phone-in customers send him a photo of the item in question on their vehicles to assist in identifying the part that they needed to his cell phone. He received an "extra miler" nomination along with a "write-up" for using his phone while on the clock. - Not paying employees what they are worth. -- I recently hired on to AZ again, and I bargained a halfway decent hourly wage (this time) because of my prior experience with the company. One of the reasons for such a high turn-over in personnel is that they are not paid a decent hourly wage. The annual wage increases are a joke! The most that I EVER received from an annual raise was 0.13 (thirteen cents) per hour. I was afforded one raise of 0.75 (seventy five cents) when I went from part time to full time PSM. A previous reviewer stated: "When you pay peanuts, you are bound to attract monkeys." It's so true! - Customers who expect you to perform maintenance on their vehicles. -- Zoners can and are expected to install certain, low-risk parts; wiper blades, batteries (and some of those are getting ridiculous locations and work-arounds!), and light bulbs on occasion, depending upon accessibility. - Most customers are appreciative of the Zoners efforts, but some are just downright mean when you tell them that it is beyond the scope of your ability to __________ (fill in the blank) and that you would have to refer them to a paid professional. Some customers want anything and everything for free. - Micromanagement -- Let the Store manager be able to manage their store without micromanagement from the DM and above! - Eliminate the Checkout Challenge - enough said - if you have to ask, you are way out of touch! - There is not enough time in the day to address further issues.

3.0
Jun 21, 2012
Recommend
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Pros

Not bad pay or benifits

Cons

Az is dumping all there older employees or ones with several years service,dosent wish to pay experienced people more really poor training in some districts , hr will never address any issues employes have and local level ,with out a big deal being made,manigers are over worked most dont know how manage there time, cant get next weeks schedule till fri or saturday,so no way to plan week for employees this is happining in charlotte nc district

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