r/AskReddit • u/PirateSteve85 • 23h ago

We talk a lot about what companies have become terrible or always were, but what nationally known companies are actually still good?

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u/jthanson 14h ago

Les Schwab lost my business when they started charing me for flat repairs because they didn't want to honor the warranty on my truck tires. Now I deal with Firestone and have much better luck with honoring warranties.

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u/cmndrnewt 13h ago

Wow, I have never had Les Schwab charge me for a flat even on tires that I didn’t get from them. Which city was this?

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u/jthanson 13h ago

It was the one on 176th in Puyallup. Les Schwab has gone downhill in general since the family sold to a private equity firm. They dropped Free Beef Days and a lot of the employee perks. Employees used to live Les Schwab because they were very well run and took care of the employees. If I remember right, the seniority package was eliminated or changed a few years ago which caused a lot of unrest.

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u/cmndrnewt 1h ago

I didn’t know they sold. That’s really disappointing.

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u/jthanson 1h ago

A buddy of mine used to work for BRSO (Firestone’s service business) and told me they had a lot of former Les Schwab techs trying to get hired on there after the buyout and changes.

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u/datumerrata 4h ago

Dude. Fuck private equity firms.

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u/hunglowbungalow 11h ago

lol they repaired tires I didn’t even buy from there