Pros
Co-workers and most managers are amazing. I’ve met some of my greatest friends at QT. In my opinion besides the pay, that’s hands down the best part about QuikTrip. The pay is really good considering you don’t need a degree. Starting pay is a little rough but if you stick to it you can make some good money working here. There’s tons on incentive to move up and the bonuses can be top notch if you work your way up to a high volume store.
Cons
Work-Life balance is extremely hard to deal with unless you’re a store manager. You’re life will unfortunately have to revolve around QuikTrip if you’re really wanting to move up. Most of my friends are QT employees because we all work a similar schedule. You have to work all holidays which is a drag because they’re near impossible to get off. The schedules are pretty bad, minimum 9-10 hours and you get no breaks and no lunch. This job eventually wears you down over time due to the constant standing and no downtime. Managements is definitely detached from how things really are there now. At one point we promoted within that way people that worked in the office understood where store employees were coming from, since we shifted into a food, fast food business about 90% of people in the office never had to work in this environment. It feels like they stick their heads in the sand when it comes to real problems that occur day to day. Training standard has dropped substantially. I use to take pride in my job because of the standard we held but not anymore. It feels like we’re just another business cutting the bottom line to make money.