Pep Boys reviews

2.5

19% would recommend to a friend

(1,612 total reviews)

Joe Auriemma

12% approve of CEO

16% positive business outlook

Pep Boys has an employee rating of 2.5 out of 5 stars, based on 1,612 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have an average working experience there. The Pep Boys employee rating is 32% below average for employers within the Servicios de construcción, reparación y mantenimiento industry (3.7 stars).

Reviews by job title

2K reviews
2.0
May 14, 2023
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

Worked with great people who wanted to improve.

Cons

No employee development program or plan.

4.0
May 4, 2023

Cool

Anonymous employee
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

Love this job. Money is great

Cons

Working weekends is the worst

1.0
May 2, 2023
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

I can’t think of a single good thing about working for this company.

Cons

Pep Boys will take everything you know about the service industry and throw it out the window. What they do is highly immoral. If you go to a Pep Boys location and ask an associate what a 3 step fuel induction service does, each and every person will give you a different answer. It’s snake oil to them. Clogged cat? 3 step. Misfire code? 3 step. Tune up? Can’t have one without a 3 step. Every location has a brake lathe, but good luck finding one that uses it. Even if rotors are salvageable, they push replacing them. If the customer is hesitant they won’t turn the rotors if replacement is declined, they’ll just put new pads on grooved rotors. Then when the customer comes back because of noise they’ll tell you to say the rotors are warped! I started my automotive career with no knowledge at all, if I went into a pepboys location then, I’d probably believe all the lies they tell and be scammed. With the Automotive Technology degree I have now, it gave me unruly stress telling customers the lies management told me to do. It’s up to us as service writers to instil confidence in our customers. If you’re out to make a quick buck and lie to your customers, sure you made that one big RO but they certainly won’t be back. Being honest is how you keep customers (and employees) and this place certainly isn’t honest. I quit for the sake of my mental health, I was near physically sick from the stress straight up lying to people every day gave me. I’m never looking back at this place.

Viewing 295 - 297 of 1,612 Reviews

Glassdoor has 1,670 Pep Boys reviews submitted anonymously by Pep Boys employees. Read employee reviews and ratings on Glassdoor to decide if Pep Boys is right for you.