Is Valvoline Instant Oil Change a good company to work for?

Valvoline Instant Oil Change has an overall rating of 4.0 out of 5, based on over 1,253 reviews left anonymously by employees. This rating has increased by 9% over the last 12 months. 76% of employees would recommend working at Valvoline Instant Oil Change to a friend and 66% have a positive outlook for the business. The best reviews about Valvoline Instant Oil Change have been left by employees working as SCM Manager , Service Technician and Technician .

Does Valvoline Instant Oil Change pay their employees well?

According to anonymously submitted Glassdoor reviews, Valvoline Instant Oil Change employees rate their compensation and benefits as 3.8 out of 5. Find out more about salaries and benefits at Valvoline Instant Oil Change. This rating has improved by 10% over the last 12 months.

How satisfied are employees working at Valvoline Instant Oil Change?

76% of Valvoline Instant Oil Change employees would recommend working there to a friend based on Glassdoor reviews . Employees also rated Valvoline Instant Oil Change 3.7 out of 5 for work life balance, 4.0 for culture and values and 4.1 for career opportunities.

What are the top reviewed jobs at Valvoline Instant Oil Change?

Technician (192) , Senior Technician (184) , Assistant Manager (121) , Certified Technician (103) , Service Center Manager (61) , Lube Technician (46) , Assistant Service Center Manager (32) , Manager (29) , Automotive Technician (20) , Oil Change Technician (19) , Oil Technician (19) , Service Technician (19) , Store Manager (18) , SCM Manager (14) , Customer Service Representative (CSR) (13)

What are the pros of working at Valvoline Instant Oil Change according to real employee reviews?

"good pay and people if you have the right group.Get your experience and leave if you want to fix cars" ((in 97 reviews)); "Good benefits even for part time employees." ((in 57 reviews)); "Good people to work with Building relationships with customers" ((in 43 reviews)); "Only thing I can think of is my coworkers are great" ((in 38 reviews)); "Good hands on experience and ability to learn and training to succeed" ((in 33 reviews))

What are the cons of working at Valvoline Instant Oil Change according to real employee reviews?

"Poor management and lack of people wanting to work putting more work on others." ((in 68 reviews)); "you might get a terrible manager or good one sometimes they hold your overtime pay and you go overtime alot" ((in 35 reviews)); "long hours sometimes and not enough compensation" ((in 29 reviews)); "no work life balance" ((in 13 reviews)); "Corporate does not care about their employees." ((in 13 reviews))

What are the top reviewed Valvoline Instant Oil Change locations?

Columbus , Saint Louis , Lexington-Fayette , Tyler , Louisville , Nashville , San Antonio , Dallas , Chicago , Longview , Minneapolis , Murfreesboro , Cincinnati , Los Angeles , Richmond , Fort Worth , Houston , Knoxville , Indianapolis , San Diego , Orlando , Rochester , Lansing , Charlotte , Duluth , Memphis , Long Beach , Las Vegas , Baltimore , Boston

Valvoline Instant Oil Change reviews

4.0

76% would recommend to a friend

(1,238 total reviews)

Lori Flees

76% approve of CEO

66% positive business outlook

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Valvoline Instant Oil Change has an employee rating of 4.0 out of 5 stars, based on 1,238 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have a good working experience there. The Valvoline Instant Oil Change employee rating is in line with the average (within 1 standard deviation) for employers within the Construction, Repair & Maintenance Services industry (3.7 stars).

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1K reviews

4.0

Sep 9, 2025

Very Enjoyable

Technician

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

Easy and Simple if you have basic automotive knowledge. Plenty of downtime on most days so while it is hard work, it isn't overwhelming. A good manager and some good coworkers can make a day be fun, relaxing, and efficient.

Cons

Valvoline hires some strange and lazy people who at times will only make your job harder because they want to get out of working. Also the callouts are kinda strange and a bit humiliating to yell out loud in front of guests. They sound like the person who came up with them has never touched an engine in their life.

5.0

Sep 2, 2025

Great job

Oil technician

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

Chance to move up the ladder Supportive

Cons

Sometimes not enough thorough training

3.0

Aug 5, 2025

Fun but...

Lubrication technician

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

I thought the work itself was really enjoyable. Most of my coworkers were very fun to work with and I made long term friends here. I learned a decent amount about cars/maintenance/tools. I also built a decent amount of strength from the work which made me happy. It's easy to work your way up pretty quickly as long as you focus on learning how to perform all the services. I think the experience is very location dependent based on my store & others I visited for shifts- mine was clean and well stocked with tools and parts that we needed which made it easier to do the job. They tend to be pretty lenient about being late and calling out. It's hard to get fired as far as I've seen.

Cons

If you have a bad manager or lazy coworkers it impacts you very directly- it is extremely frustrating to have a busy day and feel like you're doing the work of multiple people even when you're fully staffed. The summers are unbearable because of the heat and amount of people who quit. You are supposed to rotate positions when the temperature is high enough, but it ends up being so understaffed that that doesn't happen, which is unsafe and miserable. Pay is average compared to other "minimum wage" jobs, but not enough considering how hard the work is. They work very hard to cap you at 38 hours- you can only get overtime by going to other stores that are understaffed, which may not happen all the time. Obviously you go home tired and stinky, it's uncomfortable getting hot oil spilled on you, and you can get burned from the exhaust pipes if you reach up at the wrong angle- I kind of thought these things were part of the fun somehow, but I don't know how many would agree with me.

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