Penske reviews

3.6

68% would recommend to a friend

(694 total reviews)
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Roger S. Penske

78% approve of CEO

48% positive business outlook

Penske has an employee rating of 3.6 out of 5 stars, based on 694 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have a good working experience there. The Penske 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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694 reviews
1.0
Dec 23, 2015
Recommend
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Pros

The first 2 weeks everyone pretends to be nice

Cons

The most racist, sexist, stressful company to work for. They refuse to promote minorities without a degree but will do it in an instant if you are a white male. Black and hispanic workers are used as advertisement to promote the diversity that does not exist. If you are a woman and you are harassed just quit because retaliation will follow soon after your complaint. If you are hispanic they will praise you for being bilingual then pay you less than your peers. If you are a white male you're set. If you are anything other than that walk away.

1.0
Jun 30, 2016
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

They do offer training,and the pay is average to above average for most people. It is a good way to start out.

Cons

If you leave, management will harass your next employer, over and over again. My employer finds it funny that an Atlanta shop would not have anything better to do than complain that they couldn't keep happy employee in the shop. How sad is that? Really, they will send e-mails, threaten business contacts that they DON'T control. In fact isn't that Coercion ???

1.0
May 1, 2023
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

None, do not work here

Cons

I’m warning you, do not take a job offer as a Management Trainee with Penske. You’ll regret it like I did. Upper management is a clique. They’ll act nice to your face but will talk about you behind your back. If one of them doesn’t like something about you or your personality, you’re gone. Promotions are based on how much they like you, don’t listen to their drivel about “promoting based on talent” As a Management Trainee you are constantly talked down to and treated poorly. Managers everywhere to micromanage the life out of you. There’s more managers than regular employees. If your manager is an inconsiderate, insulting bully like mine was and you complain about their lack of professionalism and decency to upper management, upper management will always side with your manager and you’ll be labeled a problem employee. I’m honestly trying to warn you to stay away from this company. If you’re less than 3 years out of college and looking for a Trainee Program, try Enterprise or Core & Main. They’re much better than this garbage. All in all, Penske is one of the most uncaring, unprofessional, greedy companies that I have worked for and I would never recommend anyone with an ounce of self respect to endure the punishment of employment at this company.

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