Speedway reviews

2.7

32% would recommend to a friend

(3,538 total reviews)

Tim Griffith

36% approve of CEO

29% positive business outlook

Speedway has an employee rating of 2.7 out of 5 stars, based on 3,538 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have an average working experience there. The Speedway employee rating is 24% below average for employers within the Retail & Wholesale industry (3.5 stars).

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4K reviews
3.0
Dec 2, 2010

Recent management staff downsizing

Anonymous employee
Recommend
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Pros

Work hour flexibility allows for other interests

Cons

promotion opportunities are limited and shrinking

5.0
Nov 17, 2010
Recommend
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Pros

its a company that you can grow with , they have good programs , advancment is always there for the taken . yes i would recomend this company to all of my friends

Cons

not much, its part of the deal....you work hard you get rewarded. you might have to transfer more then once to keep grwoing with this company .

3.0
Nov 16, 2010
Recommend
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Pros

Whether you like working at Speedway is based on your location. Being that I've been transferred to a few different stores during my time, I've had a chance to experience good locations and bad locations. I am not a manager but I am above a CSR and Shift Leads, so I'm basically a step below a store manager. For those who work there, you can probably figure out what position I have. It's not the best job out there but it's good for those looking to expand their resume or have a job during current rough economic times. The good: -If you work hard and are a team player, you will gain the respect of your co-workers. Initially, if you're new, you have to earn their respect by working hard and not just standing at the register if you are higher than a CSR. -If you work full time or overtime as a trainee or co-manager, you get health, dental, and other benefits. I'm not sure if these are great benefits, but better to have average benefits than none at all. -You experience regular customers every day, and many of these customers make it funner to work at Speedway than one would initally think it would be. -As a member of management within the store, you feel important and are empowered to make important decisions that regular CSR's are not asked to make. -If your store manager is nice and helpful, the learning process is not very steep.

Cons

-Pay should be better, at all levels, but especially for managers and co-managers. They have to deal with a lot, including monthly quality assurance inspections. If they fail these inspections, they get no bonus. To pass the inspections, there's about 50 things that you have to make sure you're on top of. -Not enough hours for the store. Each store I've gone to could use an extra 1 or 2 employees but Speedway is a little too cheap to see the light. -As a member of management, you aren't given much leeway in days and hours you work. This means working weekends, which may lead me to look elsewhere if that aspect doesn't improve. -Customers constantly leave messes for you to clean up. You'd think people would have respect for others but they simply don't. -Working on the registers all day long is not fun and makes the day go by really slowly. Although I haven't had to experience this much, the 5-10 times that I have experienced this, I find myself wanting to shoot myself. -Corporate creates food court goals(selling certain amount of hot sandwiches/pizzas/roller grill items) along with selling point goals(sell certain amount of candy each month). It is ridiculous, especially the candy selling points. -Expanding on the previous statement, corporate expects everyone, including CSR's, to sell, sell, sell. Sell the Speedy Rewards card, sell hot food items, and sell specific candy items for the particular month. But they do not provide any real compensation, 2% bonus to CSR's is like giving someone $25 extra dollars per month for reaching your selling points. It's a slap in the face basically. -Upper management within the corporate structure has lost touch with the store employees. What's even worse is that many of these corporate people started off in the stores.

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