More with less... - Service Manager Pep Boys Employee Review

1.0
Sep 8, 2015
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

They keep you busy... really busy. Doing your job and the jobs of the incompetent people that they hire purely because they have warm blood and a pulse and will occasionally respond to stimuli.

Cons

They make you work more hours and pay you less. This is for most positions but is especially true for their service employees, mainly the managers and technicians. If you are an exempt employee do not expect to have a life out side of Pep Boys because they will suck the life, fun and happiness right out of you.

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5.0
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Pros

The people were fun and committed.

Cons

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2.0
Apr 2, 2026
Recommend
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Pros

The competitive pay. Thats about it

Cons

The whole guarantee system. Management, equipment. To anyone who decides to go to pepboys as a flat rate tech, they changed the guarantee system to where if you're not efficient, you only get what you flagged. So if management is bad, the location is bad and its slow, it gets rough. Prior it was a guaranteed pay based on you hitting 40 hours. Their excuse was people "abusing" which is really backwards thinking. If you're starting out, I recommend Firestone. The pay might be slightly worse but you'll have a guarantee of at least 30 hours. Also management at my location seems content only doing tires and flat repairs that hit budget. All while I have to come to them to see if my ticket got sold or if the fleet company approved of the work.

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