Discount Tire Reviews

Pros

Discount seems to care about the well being of not only the employee, but the employee's family as well. I have seen management go above and beyond in helping beyond what would be expected, and not seek credit for doing so. They do it because it is the right thing to do.

Cons

Working with tires and can be pretty monotonous and boring at times. The company has over 750 stores now, so it feels like a big corporation even though it is privately owned.

Pros

Potential to move up as far as you want to in this company. It's based on what YOU do once you get in. Everyone hired starts in the same place, changing tires. Everybody from the CEO to Sr. Vice Presidents, they all changed tires first then worked their way up. No one will ever be hired in to be your boss, they have to work their way up.

Cons

There's not a lot of free time to be had, but we knew that when we hired on. You're told up front the work is hard and the hours are long. But it is a very rewarding job. If your team is well trained and efficient, you won't be there an hour past closing every night. So I guess I don't have any cons about this job. Some people complain but I remind them about what we were told in the interview and we agreed to it.

Advice to Senior Management

Keep up the good work, you guys truly care for and cultivate people. What you do on a daily basis creates more opportunities for more people, and that's truly admirable. Thank You for what you did when you were working in the stores to create the opportunities for guys like me to come in and create more for people yet to be hired.

Pros

Fun at first, good pay, great discounts, depending on the manager they do take care of you sometimes.

Cons

Long hours sometimes even 13 hour days. Not flexible at all, no personal life. If you get sick they move on to the next applicant. Never trained me just threw me in the back and told me to have fun. Your only off day is Sunday most of the time. They do not always complete work on a car, just throw the tires on and leave you out to dry. If we are busy, you do not eat, or even get to drink water. Management does not talk to you, until they go to fire you.

Advice to Senior Management

Better care for employees, better training, understand we get sick and have a family.

Pros

Pays more than most tire shops starting out, but you very rarely start out with more than 25hrs a week

Cons

everything is politics, seniority means nothing when it comes to advancing

Advice to Senior Management

pay better attention to back room employees

Pros

Its a job easy to get in

Cons

You hve to run around alot hard work for little pay boss is always yelling at you for no reson

Advice to Senior Management

Pay more if you want to make your people run alot

Pros

The awesome Dicount on tires, great employees. dicount tire is closed on sundays. customers are friendly and its a rewarding job.

Cons

Working in the arizona heat of the summer. Working in the cold winter and during rain. Working on cars in parking lot.

Advice to Senior Management

Involve employee to more events and or pick nics. Garage more organized will make work more efficent. close up shop close to closing not when customers pull up two hours after we are closed.

Pros

Promotions are easily attainable, even without college. Money is great, and job security is one of the best. And you get the satisfaction of helping out people who can't afford to keep themselves safe.

Cons

Plan on working 55-65hrs per week (unless you work in California) on salary (no overtime), in every imaginable condition. If it is busy, you don't get a break or lunch and you'll easily work 7am to 830pm. Tornado, blizzard, flooding, you better not be late, there is no excuse (this may just be my manager). Family medical emergencies are not an excuse to leave or be off (this also may just be my manager).
Family life or personal life is next to impossible working these hours, especially in the stressful environment that your in. Unfortunatley, this leads to alcohol problems for many employees.

Advice to Senior Management

You say that family comes first, I understand hard work, I was in the military, but no full time employee sees their family except on Sunday or for 30min a night. This is a problem with 95% of your employees but no one has the courage to tell you. Discount Tire does many great things, but hurts employees close to home.

Pros

Great training...Sale the DREAM....Customer service.

Cons

Very hard work, long hours, no lunches or breaks sometime, terrible upper management in stores.

Advice to Senior Management

Don't worry about what your employees personal life consists of other then drug and criminal background.....You are turning into Wal-Mart.......

Pros

good pay, company is very employee oriented, can make you a grate future. just have a good attitude and will to work and you will be taken care of!

Cons

if your not a hard worker then this is not the place for you. not many cons to the job. gets hot in the summer

Advice to Senior Management

not much advice needs to be given. discount is a great place to work if your a hard worker, period.

Pros

promotion from within, places high value on customer service and going above and beyond, best practices in the industry, awesome rewards for being a top performer

Cons

no one believed me that I had a great job and actually enjoyed working for Discount Tire, very long hours, it takes a lot of hard work as a tire tech to get promoted

Advice to Senior Management

a little more flexibility in the hours and structure of the work day would be appreciated, give more respect to part timers and more of them will stay on and become good performers