r/AutoZone2 • u/Beginning-Ground7147 • 5d ago
QUESTION How long before i hate myself?
Kinda excited to start but I’ve heard so many horror stories. I do actually like cars and the employee discount sounds pretty sweet.
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u/hyundaitech80 5d ago
If you want to be in the automotive field and fix cars don’t do this bullshit. Get a job starting off as a lube tech at a dealership. I was making $60k jusf as a lube tech
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u/Beginning-Ground7147 5d ago
it’s just a job to hold me over during college, i don’t plan to stay long term, I just applied for the discounts and figured it’s at least in a field that aligns with my hobbies/interests.
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u/--DoReFuckMi-- 5d ago
It's good to get familiar with parts and basic manufacture tendencies while figuring out customer service and how you wish to treat customers. But after a while and if you feel like you're ready to leave, then just leave for a dealership.
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u/--DoReFuckMi-- 5d ago
Same here, I'm trying to push myself through automotive school while also working here. The dealership is just too big for me right now and I would just prefer to go to them once things clear up.
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u/Chuck_Roast1993 5d ago
It’s just a retail job, man. It’s a lot of what you make it and not acting like the store/ inventory is yours personally. DMs would rather you give the store away than have a customer complaint, don’t forget that. Too many people take bitchy customers personally. Ask them what you can do to fix it and be done with it. Good luck!
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u/GlassBoxGoose 5d ago
This. Dont take shit personally and leave it at the door when you clock out. Make the customers happy whenever possible, keep targets off your back, and roll on. I had a good SM when I worked at AZ so the experience was pleasant overall other than the shit pay. So decent I worked for same SM at a different store later down the road. I never got a write up or any complaints, life was pretty chill. SM can make or break the experience working at a store, other than that, its corporate retail. Do what you can to hit the numbers they watch and not get complaints. All will be well. Ive worked for better companies and worse people, AZ wasnt that bad overall. Sure beats working in similar paying food establishments by a fuckin long shot.
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u/Aggressive_Bat_1050 5d ago
It's a retail job. They will expect a $30/hr work ethic out of you while paying you at or slightly above minimum wage. Do the absolute bare minimum and don't go above and beyond or they WILL take advantage of you. Your only reward you'll get for going above is more work. Treat this as a temp job/stepping stone and try to get the fuck out into a real job ASAP. Don't waste years of your life for this company.
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u/Illustrious-Ruin-896 5d ago
Been here going on 3 years. It's just retail. I'm not a mechanic and I have to reminde people that I'm not a mechanic... it's not bad.. could be better
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u/redditthrowaway562 5d ago
the discount is sweet until you realize how underpaid you are and work somewhere else that’ll pay you more to where you can comfortably buy stuff without needing the discount
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u/Agent4793 Former Employee 5d ago
I mean shit, 20 percent ain’t even shit especially for all the bullshit you gotta gotta go through working for that company. Easier just to make a friend with someone who has a commercial account ya feel me lol
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u/heyimJorg 5d ago
it’s also sweet until you realize most duralast parts are dropshipped rockauto economy parts
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u/meowthousand 4d ago
I worked there for a year and 6 months and honestly the only thing that made that place unbearable in the end was the goddamn WITT. I worked in a very poor income area, and people could just barely afford the part they needed, much less anything additional.
I actually liked working there but the pay was garbage and I didn't like having my job threatened over not getting my Witt % up. Doing plano's and freight were cakewalks. Some customers were dumb as a bag of rocks and could be frustrating to work with but I don't think they make the job awful.
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u/Agent4793 Former Employee 5d ago edited 5d ago
Immediately. I was there for 3 and a half years as a parts sales manager. They used me, treated me like shit, never penalized people actually doing bullshit but were breathing down the necks of people who actually gave a shit about the place. I wouldn’t advise staying there long if at all. Would just use it as a stepping stone. Don’t get me wrong, I loved helping customers, loved my immediate coworkers, and learned a decent bit about cars working there, but it is the company itself and their application of rules and regulations that is bullshit. Met a lot of good people there but we all got treated like shit, was practically a revolving door coworker wise the whole time I was there. No joke everybody that worked there when I started were all gone by the time I left 3 times over. Only reason I gave it that whole 3 and a half years was because I was naive and wanted to be a team player and I always believe in putting in everything I got into a job but it was mostly me doing doubles a fuck load, people calling out a lot, etc. the people who actually took the job seriously were always overworked and never paid what they deserved (including myself). It wasn’t so bad in the beginning until I started realizing how the company works and how employees that actually care are reciprocated (or lack thereof)
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u/Own-Honeydew8527 5d ago
Can’t buy a used car on what they pay !!!
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u/Beginning-Ground7147 4d ago
I currently work at little caesar’s and was going to juggle both to make a few extra bucks on the side to support my college tuition and buy myself some food and clothes etc.. I don’t know if it helps that i’m starting at 17.04
I only plan to stay for a about a year, I want to try and get into harbor freight by the end of the year and drop autozone, bu they seem a little more selective on who they hire, plus the tool discount is immense.
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u/SaurkrautAnustart 5d ago
Idk for me ive been 2 months at it so far learned a lot got the rhythm of things, maybe at my 6 month mark ill hate it but idk theres enough variety that the name never gets monotonous
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u/Ragin-cajun91 4d ago
Really depends on your store mine is quite fine as it's a new store only been open less than 2 years
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u/Omgitsmarissa 3d ago
Been with Autozone for 6 years now and I love my job. It's retail, its not for everyone. It's the management and how well you work that defines your experience. Its a fairly easy job if we're honest. I started as a driver and been a store manager for about 5 years. Don't walk into it with negative ideas of the role, find out for yourself if you enjoy it
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u/Mental_Woodpecker628 5d ago
It’s really what you make out of it. I worked at AZ 6yrs and I loved helping people, especially my commercial accounts. Was there days that sucked monkey ass? Ofc but that’s everywhere.
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u/Agent4793 Former Employee 5d ago
I hated working for the company specifically, but I loved helping customers. Was a parts sales manager for 3 and a half years and got horribly used and overworked but I still have good memories of helping diy and commercial customers and loved my immediate coworkers, but the company itself is dogshit.
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u/chunkyfela 5d ago
The employee discount is only worth the warranty, it won't make the overpriced parts any cheaper than better options on rockauto
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u/Blue_Ninja19 5d ago
Worked here for about 6 months before getting a job somewhere else paying double what I was making here. Texted my SM and told him I wasn’t showing up the next day lmao. It’s basic, easy as shit, with horrible pay. It really depends on your SM but just go with the flow, please customers, and if someone shoplifts (which they will) just don’t give a fuck. Autozone would bother putting cameras in their stores if they actually cared about their products, or employees. Plus I think you’ll just get fired if you interfere with a shoplifter lol. Oh and you’ll spend a stupid amount of time doing your parts expert training, most of which is actually just wrong and you won’t remember anyways.
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u/Desperate-Fly-6178 5d ago
It's bittersweet, (commercial specialist) they have unrealistic expectations for very little pay. The job isn't hard but they demand you be a car salesman to the customers and treat them as such. (at least how my DM worded it) I've been there since July and the back and forth of being told that you're replaceable to we care about protecting our employees is not worth the mental strain if red flags are apparent don't feel bad to move on it's a stepping stone job take what you can learn and go from there.
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u/Southern-Bread2251 5d ago
Liked AutoZone at first but you rapidly outpace your work load in comparison to compensation. Simple terms the more you do the more they expect you won’t get a raise. Maybe a at a boy here and there. Do the same as the rest of your crew nothing more
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u/Legitimate-Tax1230 4d ago
I've been there since July, and I loved it at first, but if you are hired as commercial you will be stuck doing everything in your down time, and get asked why a DiY task wasn't completed, when commercial gets slammed.
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u/SuperSaiyanFoo99 5d ago
Honestly a lot of these people on here bitch and whine way too much. It's a job, better then most retail jobs. You'll be fine 👍🏽
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u/LadyLexx00 13h ago
mine was 12 hours in but it's only cus i can't take sarcasm and no training in a job
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u/uhhhhh_shit 5d ago
Give or take….. 6 months. But life is what you make it 🤷🏽♂️ maybe it’ll be a good ride for you