Pros
Good benefits- health insurance, dental, vision, 401k including company match was outstanding, education reimbursement was outstanding, sick time, vacation time, floating holidays, etc. However, vacation time was not sufficient. Takes a full year to get 1 week of vacation where most companies that value people start you off with at least a week if not more.
Cons
THINK TWICE ABOUT JOINING SPEEDWAY: Terrible work life balance (on call 24/7, in which you will literally get calls and texts all day, night, weekends, and holidays- I can't tell you how many holidays were ruined due to store emergencies), minimal pay for the 24/7 work load, lots of politics/favoritism involved in decision making, terribly hard to hire good people (who wants to work at a gas station for min wage?), company doesn't give you the technology and labor hours you need to meet their expectations, extremely negative environment- no one is happy (if they appear happy it is because someone from corporate must be at the store and they will get written up/coached if they appear negative), very fake/suck up atmosphere is expected and encouraged, the company is growing way too fast for its human resources, they say PEOPLE are their number one focus, but they do not show it in any way, they don't promote anyone outside of store level unless they have a 4-yr degree and run their store absolutely perfectly (so don't count on working your way up the chain like they tell you when you get hired because so many outstanding people have been denied growth opportunities past store manager ranks), many DM's cheat the system to look good and get promoted and upper management looks the other way, HR department is extremely inconsistent with enforcing rules and discipline, they inspect each store once a month and will FAIL you (which affects your bonus) for petty things like a gift card being in the wrong spot, a sign being blown off the pumps by the wind, floors being wet in the middle of winter due to customer traffic and not enough labor hours to have someone mop floors all day, one muffin missing out of 20 facings because it just sold, and for pump splash guards missing when customers cut them off all day long. Average new hire employee (min wage) lasts about 2-4 weeks then either gets fired for low performance, they don't sell enough candy bars, or for stealing speedy rewards points, money, or inventory. It then takes even longer to find a new employee who will then most likely get fired for the aforementioned reasons. It is a constant struggle to staff the stores, meaning the salaried managers have to put in extra hours to keep their stores running. Management often has to work double shifts due to call offs and no staff, resulting in burned out managers that resent their jobs. If you want to work 60-70 hours a week in a negative environment, constantly being told that you're not good enough, no bonus because they keep raising expectations, no employees, customers yelling at you all day long because they can't get free cups of ice or play more than 3 lottery numbers, management wondering why you have so much loss on your audits when your store is in the ghetto with no employees to watch the sales floor for theft, and enjoy having to put on a fake smile all day when you want to just hand in your shirt and do ANYTHING else then work for Speedway, then this is the career for you!