AutoZone Reviews

Current Employee – been working at AutoZone

Pros – Decent pay, decent bonuses, decent hours

Cons – Too many locations within a 5 miles radius

Advice to Senior Management – Be honest with employees before hiring them

Yes, I would recommend this company to a friend – I'm not optimistic about the outlook for this company

Current Employee – been working at AutoZone full-time for more than 10 years

Pros – Working with customers and making them smile

Cons – Upper management is running away employees

Advice to Senior Management – Look into your company and monitor why employees go to work for competitors

No, I would not recommend this company to a friend – I'm not optimistic about the outlook for this company

Former Employee – worked at AutoZone full-time for more than a year

Pros – Good hours, approachable management and flexible schedules. Company pays for further education both tuition and books.

Cons – If your knowlege of auto parts and repair is weak, the job can be very challenging

No, I would not recommend this company to a friend

Current Employee – been working at AutoZone full-time for more than 3 years

Pros – Fairly secure
Most software engineers there are a pleasure to work with

Cons – Pay does not seem to be up to the market (at least, before the generally nice bonus), and merit increases tend to be fairly stingy.

Advice to Senior Management – When you claim innovation as a core value, actually value innovation instead of stifling it. One suggestion: take a look at Google's 20% free innovation time program and implement something similar.

Yes, I would recommend this company to a friend – I'm optimistic about the outlook for this company

Former Employee – worked at AutoZone full-time for more than 7 years

Pros – The 20% discount is very handy especially with todays economy. Meeting new people as well as being able to provide service to customers that sometimes are unable to do it themselves.

Cons – Variable hours, sometimes 40 and other times 30 for full timers. Lack of respect from other employees as well as some upper management. Teamwork is minimal on a regular bases. Pay raises should be based on time as well as knowledge. Flexibility of scheduling with an employee who holds two jobs to make ends meet. After seven years no chance to advance even after talking to D.M.

Advice to Senior Management – Take more time to get to know those who work under you.

Former Employee – worked at AutoZone as an intern for less than a year

Pros – -Interactive Internship program
-great opportunity to shadow fields specific to your college major
-time is allowed to have discussion with VPs and SVPs
-Great Potential for recent college grads to get hire
-Great culture

Cons – -Not quick to hire outside the company
-company is not quick to spend money on new office products (i.e. computers, fax machines, phone lines, etc.)

Yes, I would recommend this company to a friend – I'm optimistic about the outlook for this company

Former Employee – worked at AutoZone part-time for more than a year

Pros – I liked helping people with their automotive needs

Cons – Terrible pay, showing your hard work never pays off, you get used by management. There was a time when I worked there that a new guy was hired and almost instantly promoted to a manager because he speaks Spanish. I had to teach him his job while he's my boss What kind of place does that? I have nearly two years experience on him. Don't work here.

Advice to Senior Management – Appreciate your employees. Offer financial incentives to hard workers! Offer a commission on parts that you work so hard to push on the customers!

No, I would not recommend this company to a friend

Current Employee – been working at AutoZone part-time for more than a year

Pros – Get to meet a lot of new people

Cons – not enough workers in the stores

Current Employee – been working at AutoZone full-time for more than 3 years

Pros – Fun environment, and good coworkers.

Cons – Upper middle management is clueless on how stores work.

Advice to Senior Management – District managers need to work in stores more, helping customers, not hiding in the office.

Yes, I would recommend this company to a friend

Current Employee – been working at AutoZone full-time for more than 10 years

Pros – Helping customers
Z net was best thing AutoZone did in the 14 years I was there.

Cons – Selling extra stuff customers don't need. Big push to sell you don't want to be on the bottom. Five times A week you have to be on one call or another. With the hours we get this leave store short.

Advice to Senior Management – Get back to customer service and don't worry about all the reports. Do we need five conference calls a week?

No, I would not recommend this company to a friend – I'm not optimistic about the outlook for this company