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Interstate Batteries

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Interstate Batteries Reviews

3.7

64% would recommend to a friend

(466 total reviews)

Scott Miller

85% approve of CEO

56% positive business outlook

Interstate Batteries has an employee rating of 3.7 out of 5 stars, based on 466 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have a good working experience there. The Interstate Batteries employee rating is in line with the average (within 1 standard deviation) for employers within the Retail and wholesale industry (3.9 stars).

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466 reviews
2.0
23 Nov 2015
Recommend
CEO approval
Business outlook

Pros

Casual dress code, they are very good about giving you time and support when your family is in need and they allow you to work from home when needed (at least in my department).

Cons

This company is all about who you know - how you are treated is directly related to that and not really about performance. I worked there for 8 years and got great performance reviews and despite that was laid off due to the new reorganization. They are letting a lot of performers go to retain people that have been there for years. Leadership spends a lot of time touting values that they don't practice. The work/life balance is a myth - although you are only working a 40 hour week at the office, they expect you to be plugged in all the time. I was putting 10 and 12 hours a week from home after hours.

1.0
8 Jul 2014
Recommend
CEO approval
Business outlook

Pros

Great benefits, good co-workers, casual dress, good funding for things that you needed.

Cons

This company claims to be a "Christian" company and follow biblical values. As a Christ follower I can tell you that the way they operate is offensive and completely contradictory to the bible. The only thing this company cares about is making more money. Working under their leadership that was constantly chasing the next opportunity to make money was one of the most stressful experiences of my life. Everyone in the IT department was stressed all the time. They expect their employees in IT to work 60+ hour weeks on an ongoing basis, jumping from one crisis to another. Quite often they would bring people in a room and not let them out until the issue was resolved. Most of the time these issues were not critical and it would be 10pm at night when everyone was allowed to leave. This place sets such a bad example for Christianity that I worry the impact it has on non-believers would be that the outrageous hypocrisy would turn them away from Christ. All of the “secular” companies I have worked for in my career were better than Interstate.

1.0
15 Nov 2018

Lost its Value System

Anonymous employee
Recommend
CEO approval
Business outlook

Pros

Fellow Employees are great.

Cons

Senior Management is incompetent. President is only President because Daddy owns the business. He has totally done away with the system that makes it a great company to work for, and has replaced it with the $$ first way of doing things. Lots of great employees were let go simply to cut cost, when they were always told there would never be layoffs at Interstate (Guess Scott will Never be Norm). If you're "buddies" with the upper echelon, you are assured a job and promotions, but the average employee is just feeding the desire for more money by management.

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