Western Refining Reviews

I worked at Western Refining full-time for more than 3 years

Pros – Great chances for advancement if your willing to work hard. DMs and OMs expect a lot but 100% customer satisfaction isn't easy yet they manage to do it. Follow the rules and complete your duties, you will be noticed. Great employees and great benefits.

Cons – Not really a CON but this is a corp. with many stores, they know what works and what doesn't. Change doesn't come easy, and may never come but they welcome your input.

Advice to Senior Management – Thanks for all you've taught me, for the challanges and for allowing me to grow. Keep finding good people and making them great.

Yes, I would recommend this company to a friend – I'm optimistic about the outlook for this company

I have been working at Western Refining full-time for more than 3 years

Pros – Work with great people and in a great environment. Job can be demanding at times but it feels like everyone is working towards the same goal of strengthening the company and making it better. Still has somewhat of a small company feel to it.

Cons – A little behind the industry in some areas.

Advice to Senior Management – Keep the progress and the culture moving in the same direction.

Yes, I would recommend this company to a friend – I'm optimistic about the outlook for this company

I worked at Western Refining full-time for less than a year

Pros – Benefits they offer are the best they might even be better than what other top 500 companies give!

Cons – There are none at this time

– I'm optimistic about the outlook for this company

I worked at Western Refining full-time for more than a year

Pros – Salary was above the market for my experience.

Cons – Location of the refinery. Nothing they can do about the location.

Advice to Senior Management – Improve the relocation package for professionals at mid and lower levels.

Yes, I would recommend this company to a friend – I'm optimistic about the outlook for this company

I have been working at Western Refining

Pros – Great place to work with team members and learn great customer service.

Cons – Company does not care much about their technology.

Advice to Senior Management – Management does a great job so far with no advice.

Yes, I would recommend this company to a friend

I have been working at Western Refining

Pros – Great people to work with and for, great benifits and pay with bonuses, and never any worries on wheather you job will be threaten by the economy, happy to be working for this company.

Cons – If your not a hard worker and willing to work long hours this isn't the job for you.

Advice to Senior Management – i feel mamagement is doing a good good on keeping this company going as good as it is considering I just came from a company doing the same line of work who was losing work more and more as each month past, parking drivers one day every othrer week because there wasn't enough work.. Keep up the Good work Mamagement !!!!

Yes, I would recommend this company to a friend

I have been working at Western Refining

Pros – There are many opportunities to learn, to teach, to encourage, to interact with and be part of a growing team.

Cons – There is no trust or no need to trust, there is only Policy. Policy. Policy. Policy. Policy. Policy. Policy. Policy.

Advice to Senior Management – Sometimes, Store Managers do know best, how else do you think we got this far? Let us Manage our stores.

Yes, I would recommend this company to a friend

I have been working at Western Refining

Pros – very autonomous, expect little to no supervision or contact with your management unless something goes wrong. This is good because you can run your store as you see fit, within corporate guidelines of course.

Cons – no feedback, poor compensation, no communication, lack of work/life balance. Because of the lack of communication and supervision, you don't really get noticed if you are doing a good job and have little growth opportunities.

Advice to Senior Management – Levels of management are too far apart, store managers rarely have contact with district managers, and next to never with operations managers. Upper management does not have a realistic view of operations on a day to day basis.

I have been working at Western Refining

Pros – Western is only a good place to work if you have no other options and need to have an income to pay the bills

Cons – Management has no respect for the people actually working and running the refinery. Yorktown was a great place to work, but Western has destroyed it.

Advice to Senior Management – Realize that the employees are your greatest asset and treat them as so.

No, I would not recommend this company to a friend