no so great - Dismantler LKQ Employee Review

1.0
20 Feb 2013
Recommend
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Pros

decent pay 5 days a week no weekends

Cons

LIES LIES LIES, is all u get from them i worked for a personally owned salvageyard and lkq bought us. they told us they where insurance ppl just looking at stuff then all of a sudden lkq owned us. we where told nothing would change. right, everythig has changed, pay, the way cars are dismantled, management, ppl got demoted. i went to comission and i worked my butt for two weeks and made 1900 dollars after taxes and then all of a sudden that wasnt ok so they said i was only getting paid hourly for the last two weeks. CROOKS!!!! so here i am out on 900 dollars

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Pros

Pay is decent for those of us who have built a large enough customer base over the years.

Cons

Commission rate cuts the last five consecutive years. No path for advancement. Poor management. Since 2021, every change they have made that I have seen is designed to keep the stock price as high as possible - which has been stagnant for 10+ years. Customers and employees come last.

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