Unis-Select ruined a great mom & pop operation.... - Retail Parts Specialist Uni-Select Employee Review

2.0
4 Sept 2014
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

Many DC's to draw stock from. Some +'s with their POS system. Great foreign nameplate coverage by owning Beck/Arnley.

Cons

More concerned with complicating their corporate structure than providing their employees the tools and motivation to do what they're paid to do. VERY investor driven. Wage increases are meager at best. Constantly adds new and expensive layers to corporate hierarchy, while whittling away store level employee hours to compensate. More regional/district/general/middle managers than counterpeople. And Richard Roy, who is also Independent Director of Dollarama Inc. Maybe a strategic merger is in the works? 3 pack of foil cake pans with my brake pads please!

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5.0
11 Jun 2016
Recommend
CEO approval
Business outlook

Pros

loved everything i did there and more would not have went anywhere else

Cons

can not say anything bad about the company

2.0
9 Sept 2011
Anonymous employee
Recommend
CEO approval
Business outlook

Pros

Benefits are very good. The Human Resource department really does seem to care about the employees. Unfortunately, there is their hands are tied as to what they have the ability to do.

Cons

Roanoke office Supervisors & Management they have NO people skills. You get NO training, and they speak to you like you are beneath them. You can't ask questions without fear you'll be reamed out. This office is like a prison, no morale, no talking, people scared to death to contact human resources for fear of being terminated. You have no management In Roanoke to go to if there are any issues. Employees keep getting more work load, with unrealistic deadlines. This is due to people leaving because of all extended hours required, and they were never replaced. When the company gets rid of a particular position, they will not move current employees into those positions. Regardless of how long they have been an employee been with the company, their experience, skills, or devotion to the company. Instead they hire temporary workers to fill those positions, and terminated the employees that the jobs have been eliminated.

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