Tire Discounters Reviews

Very unhealthy work environment. Upper management does not have a grip on reality but instead they have almost a dreamlike reality they believe in and drive into you at the store level. In this area if you are not a "yes man" then you're not good enough no matter how good you are with customers and sales. You're expected to bow down to upper management. They play favorites. Your work - home life balance is non existent. It's only your work life that is important. It is frowned upon if you take a lunch break whether you're a salaried store manager, salaried service manager, or hourly employee. The words "we don't take lunches around here" were uttered by upper management on more than one occasion. That was said while expecting your store/service management team along with hourly sales staff to work bell to bell every day they were scheduled. From 7:30am to at least 8pm each day. On your feet, on concrete and again with no breaks paid or unpaid. Just doesn't happen. Their pay is sub par for the industry and there bonus plan is sold as a wow plan but is more like a dud plan. Spiff plans for sales.... laughable. You never see a p&l to see where all the numbers are based on at the store level. How do you tell a Manager to run it like he owns it but he never sees a P&L??? You never know how much your profits are to calculate bonuses or just know what your business looks like from the inside. They keep that hidden at headquarters. They say we are here to coach and build up the team but in reality they will take that bonus or spiffs if you don't jump through every hoop they set in front of you. They make it unobtainable. You will never reach that 100% mark. They find every way possible to take what little you earn away from you in those bonuses and spiffs. The upper management for this area sent to recruit you puts a song and dance routine together so perfect to get you to come aboard it would make even the most greasy "used car salesman" seem like a saint. Once you're in, you tell yourself......... I really just screwed myself and let my family down.

Micromanagement to the extreme. Everyone's validating their jobs, half of which should not exist. Endless, worthless meetings. Weekly “huddles” devolve into power plays—no real decisions are made, and you leave more confused than when you entered. Culture of jockeying for position. Everyone’s angling for the next title bump; collaboration goes out the window. No reason to try. Nepotism is the only thing you need. High turnover. Most of your teammates won’t last past 12–18 months. The ones that do are gone after 2+ years. Leadership disconnect. The CEO and upper management (18 VPs!) are completely detached from day-to-day operations. They dole out mandates with zero input from the folks on the ground. Patriarchal, old-boys’ club vibe. Ideas from newer or female employees are routinely sidelined or ignored despite there being four or so female VPs. Pandering to ego is the real job.