Speedway reviews

You don't get breaks (including lunch) or discounts of any kind. You're also expected not to have food, drinks or your phone visible at the POS area, so getting a bite to eat can be tricky. All while this is happening, the camera feed can be accessed by the security center at any time and they will occasionally call you to see if you're committing any violations. Scheduling can be a nightmare, but this really depends on your manager. Hours can vary wildly. I've had anything from 16 scheduled hours to 40 in a week. Seems like beer orders and truck orders are never taken into consideration when making the schedule. Here, we don't get our schedule for the week until the day before it starts. You're more or less expected to work when you're sick. Since most places have 15 or so employees with 2-3 people working per shift and 3 shifts per 24 hours, trying to find someone to cover can be difficult. If no one can, you have to suck it up. Customers can drive you up the wall sometimes. You will be blamed for everything under the sun, including the price of gas, so be patient. There will be at least one customer per day that doesn't understand the concept of pre paying for gas, and just expects you to start their pump for them (usually when they have a coupon). This IS retail, after all... I'm not management myself, but they do have heavy work loads. At least 40 hours though. I mentioned "almost impossible to be fired" in the pros, but this can obviously be a con at times. If there's a really bad employee, they probably won't be fired unless they're stealing, or maybe if they sell alcohol to minors. I could go on and on about what I've seen people do or not do while still holding a job.

-Do Not Be Fooled---some of the "great" reviews below have probably been written by HR people who are desperate to get some good words in about this terrible company. -District Managers constantly criticize you...they do not encourage you, do not provide constructive feedback, they do not care about the employees. You are just a number to them, not a human being. -Have been out of this place for a couple years, but from what I remember, constantly pushed suggestive selling, which is good to a degree, but most people don't want to buy your candy and gum every week they come to the store. It got a little too pushy at certain points and felt like we were trying to force these items onto customers. Not always the best customer service. -Worst part of this company=cheapness with labor hrs. Limit # of hrs a store can schedule its employees per week, causing shortage of workers during certain shifts which causes longer lines at the register, and worse customer service. -Hrs as an assistant manager were all over the place including 3rd shift, 2nd shift, and weekend duty. If you wanted to have a social life, this is not the job for you. While the managers get the weekends off except for 1 Saturday per month, the assistant managers are the worker bees, having to work the bad hrs, having to work the weekends, was extremely unfair. -Never got the recognition or respect for being a good worker. I am happy to say I have received that at the current company I work for, WHICH IS NOT SPEEDWAY. -ZERO ADVANCEMENT OPPORTUNITIES