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Keystone Automotive Operations

Part of LKQ

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Keystone Automotive Operations reviews

3.4

47% would recommend to a friend

(13 total reviews)

Bill Rogers

100% approve of CEO

41% positive business outlook

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2.0
Dec 24, 2016
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

You get work with a lot of automotive brands and shops in the aftermarket. You have the distinct advantage of selling from the largest inventory pool in the country. The employees are great under management. You have access to one of largest automotive aftermarket networks in the country. Use it! If you're passionate about the industry, can quickly build trust and relationships, can turn a no into yes, and making real money is not a concern, this is for you. Dress code is enforced.

Cons

If you're looking to make real sales money, this is not for you. Promotion from within is very slow and slim, even if you are very motivated. They convey a culture that thrives on not compensating their employees while expecting them to sell millions of dollars in product. Even if you create substantial results good luck getting a raise. The bonus system is a joke. It's not a real sales environment in the least. They don't dangle the carrot, it's tied to the back of your neck and you might get a bite if you're really lucky. If you don't live or are willing to move to Exeter, PA, good luck getting promoted. Even the regional management comes from PA. or is hired externally. I rarely saw promotion from within during my stint at the company,. Hopefully being acquired by LKQ solved a lot of the pain points of being an employee and has offered a lot more opportunities for promotion.

1.0
Sep 9, 2015

Atrocious company

Anonymous employee
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

Subsidiary of a huge company that in effect is one big huge large ( junk yard I think that's it

Cons

During the recruiting process that included in person telephone and a flight to PA, someone outside the defined process offered my job to his buddy. Really I'm glad because this kind of stuff was revealed before I wasted anymore time on Keystone. I wouldn't waste your time starting an application, there will be another person hired who doesn't have to go through the same process.

1.0
Jan 30, 2015
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

decent wage, nice co-workers, good equipment for the most part, clean working conditions,

Cons

Long hours, Monday thru Thursday 6 am to 4 pm on Fridays you work 12 hours mandatory and on Saturdays its 4 hours mandatory work. You work 6 am to 9:30 am before your first break and here is the kicker its a 10 minute break at the other side of the building. If you smoke then its a 30 second walk to get your coat and then another 30 seconds to the door where you wait inline to get scanned for theft. so by the time you get outside you have already lost three minutes. There is no afternoon break at all, so if you work 12 hours you get one break at 9:30 am and a 30 minute lunch again losing 3 to 4 minutes depending on how long the line is to get scanned. As a type one diabetic working a 12 hour shift it is essential to get an afternoon break. You had to be in the building ten minutes early if your trying to get to work in crappy snowy weather you better not be late and don't call off either because of the roads being bad. It seems to me that the way things are set up is not towards the worker but to benefit the company. Long walks to the break room and coat room and lockers. I would say this is not a worker friendly company at all, i have worked at other companies that actually gave a crap about making sure the worker is treated right and this company is not one of them. Often times the un loaders would complain of not having breaks or a lunch, overwhelming product drops often left fellow employee's dead beat tired at the end of the shifts.

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