Skip to main content
Sister Publication Links
  • Rubber News
  • European Rubber Journal
Subscribe
  • Login
  • Register
  • Subscribe
  • Current Issue
  • BEST PLACES TO WORK
  • News
    • HUMANITARIAN
    • TIRE MAKERS
    • COMMERCIAL TIRE
    • GOVERNMENT & LAW
    • MERGERS & ACQUISITIONS
    • OBITUARIES
    • OPINION
    • MID YEAR REPORT
    • SERVICE ZONE
  • ADAS
  • Data
    • DATA STORE
  • Custom
    • SPONSORED CONTENT
  • Resources
    • Events
    • DIRECTORY
    • CLASSIFIEDS
    • SHOP FLOOR
    • AWARDS
    • ASK THE EXPERT
    • LIVESTREAMS
    • WEBINARS
    • SEMA LIVESTREAMS
    • RUBBER NEWS EVENTS
    • BALANCING
    • DEMOUNTING
    • SAFETY
    • TIRE REPAIR
    • TPMS
    • TRAINING
    • VEHICLE LIFTING
    • WHEEL TORQUE
    • Best Places to Work
  • ADVERTISE
  • DIGITAL EDITION
MENU
Breadcrumb
  1. Home
  2. Best Places to Work
December 22, 2022 11:00 AM

Tire Business seeks industry's best places to work

Tire Business
  • Tweet
  • Share
  • Share
  • Email
  • More
    Print
    Best Places to Work Tire Industry_i.jpg

    AKRON — An "enormous honor" once again is up for the taking.

    For the fourth straight year, Tire Business, in conjunction with Best Companies Group (BCG), is hosting the Best Places to Work survey, which seeks to recognize the best employers in the replacement tire and automotive service industries.

    BCG, an independent research firm specializing in identifying and recognizing great places to work, once again will be conducting the survey.

    "We are very proud to have been recognized (earlier this year)," Tire Group International Inc.'s Joaquin Gonzalez said recently while celebrating TGI's 30th anniversary.

    "It is an enormous honor. We work really hard to create a strong work environment, a place where people enjoy coming to work each day."

    The rules for the survey are simple. In order to participate, a business must:

    • Be a retail, commercial, OTR, retread or wholesale tire dealership in the U.S. (publicly or privately held);
    • Have a minimum of 15 full- or part-time permanent employees working in the U.S.; and
    • Be in business a minimum of one year.

    Among companies eligible are traditional independently owned retail or commecial tire dealerships; online tire businesses (such as Simple Tire, Tire Rack, etc.); franchised tire businesses (such as individual Tire Pros, Big O Tires, etc. franchisees); mass merchandisers with tire stores (such as Walmart Tire & Lube Express, etc.; individual stores not eligible); and wholesale clubs that sell tires (such as BJ's or Costco.)

    Those companies not eligible include tire importers; tire manufacturer-owned tire stores; private-brand tire companies; and aftermarket businesses that do not sell tires.

    To enter the survey, or to get more details, go to bestplacestoworktb.com.

    The process is simple. Each business is asked to fill out two surveys.

    The owner or representative of the dealership/company must fill out the Employer Benefits and Policies Questionnaire, an online survey detailing company policies, practices, benefits and demographics.

    Employees, meanwhile, are asked to complete the Engagement and Satisfaction Survey, a series of questions, using a scale of 1 to 5, ranging from "agree strongly" to "disagree strongly."

    The survey includes seven demographic and two open-ended questions. Employees can fill out this survey online or on paper, if a full company employee email list is unavailable.

    It should take an employee 10 to 15 minutes to complete the survey.

    The deadline to register is March 17. A week later, questionnaires will be available, and they must be completed no later than April 7 (for the Employer Benefits and Policies Questionnaire) and April 14 (for the Engagement and Satisfaction Survey).

    The deadline for all employee surveys is April 28.

    Organizations with 25 or more employees must have a response rate of at least 40% in order for the results to count, meaning not every employee is required to participate. However, the higher the response rate, the more representative the analysis will be.

    Organizations with 15 to 24 employees must achieve a response rate of 80% or higher for their results to count.

    Tire Business and BCG names only those businesses that receive recognition. Others that aren't named finalists remain anonymous.

    Last year's winner

    For the past 30 years, the Gonzalez family has built Miami-based TGI into a successful wholesale tire business by stressing personal contact, both within the business and with customers.

    Internally, those working at TGI call it "Selling Happiness."

    "When you work for something you believe in, it's called passion," Joaquin Gonzalez said. "TGI has been inspiring belief and committing to it, since its humble beginnings, empowering our team to be the very best at everything we do."

    2021-22 finalists

    Five companies were named finalists in the competition. They are, in alphabetical order:

    • Best-One of Indy, based in Indianapolis and part of the multi-statewide Best-One Tire network;
    • MFA Oil Co. franchisee, which operates 22 Big O stores across Missouri and Northwest Arkansas;
    • Monteith's Best-One Tire & Auto Care , based in Elkhart, Ind.;
    • SimpleTire L.L.C. of Trevose, Pa., an online tire dealer; and
    • Sun Auto Tire & Service, a Tempe, Ariz.-based dealership that operates more than 350 locations across the U.S.

    SimpleTire was named the winner of the 2021 survey, while St. Louis Wholesale Tire, a family-run business that specializes in specialty tires and inner tubes, was named the winner of the inaugural Tire Business Best Places to Work survey competition in 2019.

    Tire Business will announce the 2023 finalists and winners in July.

    Related Article
    Six companies recognized as 2021-2022 Best Places to Work
    Kim McMahon named 2022 Humanitarian
    Letter
    to the
    Editor

    Do you have an opinion about this story? Do you have some thoughts you'd like to share with our readers? Tire Business would love to hear from you. Email your letter to Editor Don Detore at [email protected].

    Most Popular
    1
    Icahn-owned Auto Plus files for Chapter 11 protection
    2
    Goodyear to trim jobs amid 'uncertain' economic outlook
    3
    Gills Point S acquires Hogan Tires of Maine
    4
    Bridgestone Americas creates corporate philanthropy post
    5
    Truck sector leads U.S. tire market; consumer down
    SIGN UP FOR NEWSLETTERS
    EMAIL ADDRESS

    Please enter a valid email address.

    Please enter your email address.

    Please verify captcha.

    Please select at least one newsletter to subscribe.

    Newsletter Center

    Staying current is easy with Tire Business delivered straight to your inbox.

    SUBSCRIBE TODAY

    Subscribe to Tire Business

    SUBSCRIBE
    Connect with Us
    • Facebook
    • LinkedIn
    • Twitter
    • Instagram
    • RSS

    Our Mission

    Tire Business is an award-winning publication dedicated to providing the latest news, data and insights into the tire and automotive service industries.

    Reader Services
    • Staff
    • About Us
    • Site Map
    • Industry Sites
    • Order Reprints
    • Customer Service: 877-320-1716
    Partner Sites
    • Rubber News
    • European Rubber Journal
    • Automotive News
    • Plastics News
    • Urethanes Technology
    RESOURCES
    • Advertise
    • Privacy Policy
    • Privacy Request
    • Terms of Service
    • Media Guide
    • Editorial Calendar
    • Classified Rates
    • Digital Edition
    • Careers
    • Ad Choices Ad Choices
    Copyright © 1996-2023. Crain Communications, Inc. All Rights Reserved.
    • BEST PLACES TO WORK
    • News
      • HUMANITARIAN
      • TIRE MAKERS
      • COMMERCIAL TIRE
      • GOVERNMENT & LAW
      • MERGERS & ACQUISITIONS
      • OBITUARIES
      • OPINION
      • MID YEAR REPORT
      • SERVICE ZONE
    • ADAS
    • Data
      • DATA STORE
    • Custom
      • SPONSORED CONTENT
    • Resources
      • Events
        • ASK THE EXPERT
        • LIVESTREAMS
        • WEBINARS
        • SEMA LIVESTREAMS
        • RUBBER NEWS EVENTS
      • DIRECTORY
      • CLASSIFIEDS
      • SHOP FLOOR
        • BALANCING
        • DEMOUNTING
        • SAFETY
        • TIRE REPAIR
        • TPMS
        • TRAINING
        • VEHICLE LIFTING
        • WHEEL TORQUE
      • AWARDS
        • Best Places to Work
    • ADVERTISE
    • DIGITAL EDITION