GSF Car Parts Reviews

2.2

26% would recommend to a friend

(71 total reviews)

Steve Horne

32% approve of CEO

24% positive business outlook

GSF Car Parts has an employee rating of 2.2 out of 5 stars, based on 71 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have an average working experience there. The GSF Car Parts employee rating is 38% below average for employers within the Retail and wholesale industry (3.5 stars).

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71 reviews
1.0
23 June 2024

Avoid at all costs

Recommend
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Pros

If it is your only option to provide for your family, at least you can earn a wage.

Cons

Inducted externally. No relevant training given, was given a laptop to do elearning, then put in the smallest branch with an inexperienced team. In six weeks had recruited a team for my new branch, visited hundreds of garages to set up accounts, and had half an idea what I was doing. No one to ones/ reviews. Went on holiday for my wedding a month after the branch opened to find it was a bit slow to take off and they were looking for someone to blame. I watched my area manager calling in my driver with no probation review meeting and tell him to get lost, and when questioned why he would not do the process fairly I was shot down with more threats. I moved to a cluster store where there was serious h&s issues, where the area manager was based and reguarly signing off the branch as safe, despite there being no health and safety folder in place, notice boards years out of date, first aid kit (what was left of it) was years out of date, trip hazards everywhere, boxes on heaters, flammables under stairs, blocked fire exits, pallets and pallets of unprocessed returns. Funnily enough I handed my notice in instantly, and emailed all the evidence to hr, h&s, etc. Now neither of us work for gsf. Its a long work week 45 hrs add on your break times on that feels like you live in the place.

2.0
16 Oct 2016

GSF Review

Recommend
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Pros

Good supervisor inspite of atmosphere & culture

Cons

1. Vans are old, and are kept beyond their useful life 2. A lot of 'stick' and no 'carrot' from management 3. Total inflexibility on saturday working & time for unavoidable things like doctor appointments 4 Only 4 weeks holiday 5. Minimum wage or just above 6. No sick pay

1.0
12 June 2025
Recommend
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Pros

I genuinely can’t think of many. Maybe the pay?

Cons

I was not there long and was already checking what my notice period was 3 weeks into my role. When checking the perks they’re very keen to tell you about the EV scheme before you start. On my very first day I emailed HR about the scheme. No reply. 2 weeks later I followed up and asked again. I was sent a link that did not work. I do not think this scheme actually exists. However before you start the role they love to advertise it as a perk. IT was a nightmare too. On my first day I was given a laptop with a dent in it that I could not log into. Every time I wanted to work from home I had to call IT. Calling the work environment ‘toxic’ is an understatement. Basic manners and respect goes out of the window once you agree to work here. Meetings are just people confidently attempting to talk over and being wrong. Rather than focusing on succeeding. There is zero onboarding. Zero. To add insult to injury you will be berated for not knowing things about the business which would typically be shared during an onboarding. The company had no direction and it feels like the frustration is trickled down to the staff.

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