Matco Tools Reviews

3.4

61% would recommend to a friend

(115 total reviews)

Timothy J. Gilmore

68% approve of CEO

54% positive business outlook

Matco Tools has an employee rating of 3.4 out of 5 stars, based on 115 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have a good working experience there. The Matco Tools employee rating is in line with the average (within 1 standard deviation) for employers within the Manufacturing industry (3.9 stars).

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115 reviews
2.0
Apr 5, 2019

Franchisee

Anonymous employee
Recommend
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Pros

You are your own boss. You set your schedule and time management. If you are willing to put in the time, you will be ok. Just follow Matco's business plan to the letter.

Cons

Routes make zero sense. A constant fight with management to make route correct that was messed up on original survey. National Manager was a dud.. never saw the guy. Never once made an impact to the franchise group I was with. Collecting $ from dead beat broke mechanics will kill more time than you can imagine. Matco will NOT help you collect.

1.0
May 14, 2019

Distributor

Recommend
CEO approval
Business outlook

Pros

You are your own boss. Meet lots of new people. Can be a really fun job.

Cons

Pretty much everything else. They are in your corner till you have a hiccup. Come up short on one weekly tool bill payment and you are done. District Managers are basically salesmen pretending to be in your corner when you are new and encourage you to buy buy buy. Their cost on tools is ridiculous. I bought streamlights at a local napa for 15 dollars cheaper than what I would. Pay cost on. Most of the starter inventory is discontinued or very soon to be discontinued. So if you dont survive a year like I did, you are stuck with a 150k bill and 20k worth of tools that you cant return to them. Oakleys are the same. I have $1000 worth of oakleys they sent me in the starter inventory, and they cant be returned. The stuff you can return, they will short you on. I sent 20k back, got an 11k refund. Scam artists. I lost 200k in a year. Borrowed money against my home to stay afloat, paid them up and got my bill current. A week later they terminated my franchise agreement. They tell you if you cant succeed in 3 months, they reimburse your money invested. The problem is, the first 3 months everyone is in a buying frenzy as you are new and its exciting. After 7 months things slow down. Save your money and run as far away from these guys as you can.

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