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      Entry Level pay low but quick promotions - Mechanics Helper Pep Boys Employee Review

      5.0
      Apr 16, 2024
      Mechanics helper
      Recommend
      CEO approval
      Business Outlook

      Pros

      The amount of work depends greatly on the walk-in customers on a daily basis it varies greatly. Some days you will be very busy and some days you could be getting paid to clean up shop area or just stand around doing nothing.

      Cons

      Cons are that if you are entry level, the Mechanics making $34 hour (mechanic A) can get frustrated if they have to stop thier current job to "help" you out in areas such as learning the PepBoys equip. Such as the laser wheel balance machine and other equipment in the shop. I'm a fast learning and only have to be shown 1 time on most equipment. The more experienced mechanic is either nice to you and wants to help you learn all the equiptment or they are rude to you and treat you like you are bothering them.

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      5.0
      Feb 6, 2025
      Workers compensation manager
      Recommend
      CEO approval
      Business Outlook

      Pros

      The people were fun and committed.

      Cons

      Risk Management Department was undergoing shifts making progress challenging

      2.0
      Apr 2, 2026
      Automotive technician
      Recommend
      CEO approval
      Business Outlook

      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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