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American Tire Distributors

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Poor management, no chance of advancement, disfunctional. Steer clear. - Corporate IT American Tire Distributors Employee Review

1.0
Jun 12, 2019
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Pros

Co-workers were lovely, starting pay in line with industry standards.

Cons

As stated above, management was poor at best. There were some good managers, my direct report was fantastic, upper management on the other hand, was a different story and their "people first" slogan is a complete farce. IT organization was an unmitigated disaster. Chapter 11 hit department budget hard, often leading to cut corners that left employees and managers in a lurch. Leadership within the IT organization was tone deaf, inept and ineffective at best. Despite token programs like "AppreciATD", management rarely ever recognized the contributions of rank and file employees, but would often pat themselves on the back. The IT organization operated without any SLAs(Service Level Agreements) whatsoever. This meant the business was more or less allowed to dictate expectations to IT, often leading to unrealistic deadlines and service expectations. It was not uncommon for a hiring manager to submit an equipment request for a new user on a Thursday or Friday, with a start date of the following Monday. For some departments, including the one I worked for, scope of work was not clearly defined. This lead to some departments being assigned responsibilities they were not fully qualified to take care of. The Help Desk was anything but. This department was one of the most poorly run parts of the IT organization. Analysts were instructed to copy and paste emails, received from users seeking assistance, directly into tickets that were then escalated to tier 2 support. Tier 1 triage was often performed by tier 2. First call resolution was not tracked and there was no accountability for the poor quality of service coming from the department. Unless you are absolutely desperate for a paycheck I would stay as far away from this company as possible and if you do accept a position, keep looking for something better.

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Cons

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Pros

I liked a lot of the other people that I worked with on my team. I loved my managers before they made leadership changes - two of the best managers I've had in my career, especially the VP that we reported to. Would have loved to have stayed if they were still there.

Cons

Management changes were terrible. It was one of the worst experiences I've had in that respect. I was also lied to about a promotion and strung along, doing two jobs and being told that I was going to be paid more. The excuse was that it was just stuck in HR. When I left, I did an interview with HR, and they told me there was no plan for a pay increase.

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