salesperson

warehouse worker

sales representative for automotive parts

sales representative

sales associate

Summit Racing Equipment

I am part of the ELPS team at Summit Racing Equipment, and I absolutely love my work environment. The training program was very thorough to where I feel completely competent in my abilities to perform the job at hand and then some. 

The training is like a college-level course on the job and technical information about potential questions, but if you come into this job with the motivation to learn about vehicles and pursue a career in the automotive industry, time will fly by. I've always been a car enthusiast, but in the time I've spent with Summit Racing Equipment I've learned more about how a car actually works than I have in my entire life. 

Management is very personable and there is no intimidation factor because I feel and understand that they are there to help me succeed. My relationship with management and my team leaders is very friendly and I look forward to continuing to progress with their assist. Even when it comes to critiques (because nobody can do everything perfectly) as long as you take their advice with a grain of salt, you'll never feel singled out or offended. 

The hardest part of the job for me is trying to keep myself from comparing my performance to that of the people far more senior than I am. With me though, that is just my naturalistic trait of shooting for perfection and meeting as well as exceeding expectations of being the young "Dexter", but in time I am sure that I will have my own routine that doesn't overshadow anybody else's, but makes me stand apart as an individual and help me continue to progress and succeed in making this career something that I will always look forward to. 

In my final thoughts, if you have the opportunity to work for this company, JUMP ON IT. Give everything you do everything you've got and you'll be sure to succeed. Working for Summit has been the best experience of my life, and I love the feeling of motivation I have to come in to work every day. Trust me, I am NOT a morning person, but I am absolutely motivated to come in to work every single day. 

From one car enthusiast to another, I wish you the best of luck in your pursuit of beginning a career with Summit Racing Equipment

You are absolutely obligated to work all weekends unless you've been there a long time. if you need a weekend off you are required to use your personal vacation time or sick time to request it off. sometimes you still get denied. mandatory overtime during busy season. you're only given 40 hours of sick time to use unscheduled. if you've run out of sick time before the year is up then heaven forbid should you fall ill or have health issues or have personal emergency matters come up. they go by the book for attendance so it doesn't matter how good of an employee you are all year long. if you're sick and need time off and don't have the sick time to cover it then you're out. they bend the rules for certain employees when they choose to but only if you're a favorite. they patronize mental health. they falsely advertise what your work schedule will look like. they will continuously add to your job description and work load with little to no pay for the added responsibility. they promise opportunity for promotion and to participate in events but you'll constantly get looked over for someone else who is a favorite. oh and they are sexist towards the women, they talk to you like you're stupid and don't know anything about cars and wont be given the opportunity to work in sales and earn commission, only the smart men get to do that. the only benefit of working here is the discount and 401k. run away as fast as you can from this place especially if you're a woman. the cashiers are catty and think they are better than everyone else and they spread rumors about your personal life and managers try to get heavily involved in your personal life if its being talked about among the cashiers, its worse than high school. you are just a number to these people and nothing else. some of the customers are really cool and i made some friends with the regulars and i learned a lot about cars working here, but not because they teach you but because you meet people who talk to you about what they are buying and why.

What is the best part of working at the company?
PTS, vacation, and floating Holidays. Work from home.. They pay is subpar. There is a ridiculous amount of searching that must be done to find parts that should be a bit more accessible from home site. Have to search multiple vendors, which can be time consuming, especially when you have a 8 minute time frame per call. Commission is impossible to track because there is no specific commission rate. It appears to be less then 1% commission rate. You can sell $40-50k a week and expect a commission check of $180 bucks, if you’re lucky. Otherwise mostly everyone is nice to work. The Pay doesn’t compensate enough for the stress.

What is the most stressful part about working at the company?
Inability to find things on Homesite, while being held to a timeframe per call, and the extensive searching other vendors for specs or details on products. 

What is the work environment and culture like at the company?
The work environment is very fast pace and you are held accountable for errors that the company makes, if you don’t do your research to make sure their info is correct, for product descriptions. The people are friendly that I work with.. They all complain about pay isn’t enough for the stress and work.

What is a typical day like for you at the company?
Back to back calls with people who have lots of spec and technical questions about products. Most customers have very little to any info to help locate what they need but we are stressed to do the research to get a sale so we can meet our requirements. Consistently Being told we have to use our resources and searching several sites/ vendors because our information on our site is rarely accurate or available. It all must be done in 8 minutes to close of sale. It’s a very stressful sales environment where we are held accountable for things that the company should be held accountable for or provide detailed information on. The pay is sub par for the amount of work.

I’ve worked at Amazon warehouse and after that I was an auto tech. I’ve always been a hard worker, never had issues with management previously. Being a car enthusiast I was looking forward to the job. It’s unbelievable how management can ruin or make a job good. Lack of care from managers is disturbing. Zero work-life balance, if anything comes up that is an emergency, it will be counted against you. Poor training unless you’re efficient at taking verbal commands. Some managers think they are drill sergeants it’s ridiculous how employees are treated. My manager apologized to me and another coworker after mistakenly yelling at us. Pay isn’t as good as advertised, I made more money working at Amazon with $17 per hour due to mandatory overtime. Summit very rarely gives out overtime. I injured my arm one day and management was minimizing my injury. I highly recommend looking elsewhere, unless you’re absolutely desperate and need to work here because you have no other option. Only positives are coworkers, realistic rate standards, and employee discount. Even if you’re a hard worker you will be overlooked if you don’t have a “likeable” personality. Management is completely closed off to feedback and very rarely work with your situations outside of work. High turnover rate for a reason, I am considering putting in my two week notice next week. I will forever be a summit customer but working for the company was a let down. Only two good leaders out of the hand-full that have kept me coming back. Been blue collar my whole life and never had issues like this with my previous occupations. By all means if you can put up with poor leadership, go for it.

Since I’ve started working here management are slackers. The work is easy and fast to catch on to. When you start they have false pretenses of easy advancement and that they will work with you on anything. That’sa flat out lie. Actually if you request time off and let’s say something happens they see no reason why you can’t come in and work. Some people have been hospitalized and they will still call you in to work. If you don’t show up to work they will fire you. The worst part is if you did something like speed the through the parking lot or simply came in late a few times in the week (again life happens) and some months go by they feel obligated to write you up and possibly fire you. They say they will train you but let one person call out and they will never think twice about you. The irony in it is that instead of training you they will pick somebody else they favor most and train them instead. Don’t waste your time going through the chain of command for anything the warehouse managers themselves will say this in front of antibody even the team lead under them “They don’t run s*** in here.” So yea if you don’t mind being treated poorly and they not really care for you but specifically want the numbers then be my guest. By the way too don’t include HR for anything because HR can’t help you with anything barely even payroll and if you have a complaint just keep it to yourself or management will harass you everyday for filing a complaint. Yea it’s that bad but they pay is great. Work management is horrible for such an easy job. 

A job I suggest to the young people who are looking to make decent money while going to school or pursuing other things outside. It's a dead end job unless you are rubbing elbows and sucking up to the right people. Other than that it's a hard working basic 9-5 warehouse job. Nothing special besides the "okay" discount. There are several levels that they have in employment, one through three, then there are team leads and head team leads, then finally management. I believe anything higher requires a degree or years of experience. Any training on equipment from prior employment goes out the window for you here. Unless you are in the retail pick or mez area, it will be nearly impossible for you to get any training on equipment. They would rather hire someone completely new than allow you to transfer to a different department to fill in that opening. Took me over a month to transfer to another department for a morning shift I needed since I was going to night school. I had to go over my management's head and to HR to get done. In the two years I've been employed, I've seen 3 different managers come and go till they made full circle and ended with the original first one from the beginning. They treat level ones like work horses, so I suggest if you get hired to hustle to get to at least level two.

In order to succeed within this company you have to be under the favoritism category! Willing to allow management to walk all over you, treat you like you won't ever succeed in life. You won't ever get a raise unless you suck up and do exactly as they tell you. No matter how hard you try to succeed and be a suckup you won't progress here. Management is one of the worst ever. Turn around rate is just getting higher and higher. You won't be recognized unless you are under favoritism no matter how great of a job you do. You can continue to be the best and yet never treated fairly. Pay won't ever increase unless you fall under the favoritism category again! The communication is very poor and you will be told to do something a certain way by one and the other will tell you to do it the opposite and you will be written up or verbally confronted. You get points docked for doing what your told to do. If you are told to communicate and do so, it goes wrong. If you try to bring up concerns nothing is ever done unless you're under the favoritism category once again. This place has so many flaws and imperfections the list could go on for pages and pages. If you're thinking of being employed here, I strongly urge you to reconsider.

My typical day involves fast paced inbound warehouse work, and I support the Retail Store as well.  My daily work is very fulfilling, and I feel that I make a tangible impact every day.  
I have enjoyed learning the technical processes of a distribution center, and also how to be an effective member of a Team.  
My Leaders are very involved in my development, and I receive frequent communication from my Team Leaders and Supervisors.  I have had some of my co-workers share stories of working at other companies, and the lack of engagement among the leadership team.  Many of my leaders have also been promoted from within at Summit Racing, which is emblematic of the opportunities for advancement at Summit Racing.  
Great culture here.  Upper Management recognizes us in many ways, and its appreciated.  Also, the vetting process takes longer than with other employers, but I it pays off, as there is a very high moral character among my Teammates.  
The hardest part of the job is the commute.  I live nearly an hour away, but the drive is worth it.
The most enjoyable part of my job is working withy great people, and being recognized for my efforts.        

-You will constantly feel like you live here. 
-They give you 8 days of vacation and 4 company floating holidays (after 2 years of employment, 4 days of vacation before that) 
-they use a very poor occurrence system for call offs if you have no time left. (Etc calling off for a daughter, wife, husband in the hospital counts if you call off, even if you're injured and have to go-to the hospital counts) 
-you can be there for a few years and never get the training you want but you'll see people that have been there a shorter time getting the training you've been asking for.
-mandatory overtime can be overwhelming going up to 50 hours a week at some points.If you work weekends (4, 10 hour days a week)you have to pick the day for overtime, if that spot is full you have to pick a different day to work. (Etc. Sunday-wednesday has to pick either Thursday or Friday.)
-you can be rewarded with free food due to extensive overtime, but that's about the only reward other then the overtime pay rate.
-Supervisors seem nice at face value,but it's a mask.
-i constantly feel like the standard for picking and packing is rigged.
-turn over rate is really high for all the reasons states above, I've seen a lot of people come and go.


Great fun place to work. I would go back if I could get my pay back because the starting pay is pretty low compared to others, you will get a 3 month raise and a yearly raise. They have different time options that fit you and everybody that works there is super nice, so nice its kind of strange. They give you free lunch weekly and always have free drinks etc to keep you hydrated. Great place to get some experience on the equipment they have. There not to strict on the production numbers which gives you job security. The only thing that I didn't like was the dress code and steel toes. I can see the reason for steel toes but dress code was kind of ridiculous but at least they provide you with a uniform and on the bright side you don't have 2 use your own and not worry what to wear every day. They make you tuck in your shirt which there is no reason behind and they kind of make it a power thing. But overall great place to work. The management actually cares and will listen if you have problems or suggestions.

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