Advance Auto Parts reviews

3.1

43% would recommend to a friend

(5,530 total reviews)
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Shane O’Kelly

22% approve of CEO

32% positive business outlook

Advance Auto Parts has an employee rating of 3.1 out of 5 stars, based on 5,530 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have a good working experience there. The Advance Auto Parts employee rating is in line with the average (within 1 standard deviation) for employers within the Retail & Wholesale industry (3.5 stars).

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6K reviews
1.0
Sep 22, 2025
Recommend
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Pros

Great place to learn resilience, nothing builds character like surviving weekly reorgs and surprise layoffs.

Cons

Highly unstable environment, Forced resignations and layoffs are frequent and poorly communicated. CTO Swetha and top tech leadership were laid off, followed by multiple reorgs and waves of job cuts.(check news for authenticity) Every reorg = more layoffs. Your team, manager, or role can vanish overnight. New hires joke about 'surviving 6 months' and it’s not really a joke. People come in with anxiety about whether they'll last even half a year. HR lowballs experienced professionals, sometimes offering less than industry juniors. Campus hires are paid more than experienced engineers in many cases, which leads to frustration and high attrition. Raises and promotions are rare, and often arbitrary. Culture of fear, not innovation. Teams are focused on surviving, not thriving. No long term product vision. Priorities shift constantly depending on the latest exec shuffle.

1.0
Feb 22, 2024
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

* Good Technologies. *Except technology there is nothing - Complete scrap - for me its not a company rather its a house run buy few commission agents(management). * You get to hear a lot of blabbering while giving interview - one scrappy dialogue is we are not next to any one. * They compare themselves with Microsoft, Apple and Google -- in reality this company can't be compared with any company in this world. *If you are friend to the management you can bring your 10th Failed Brother / Sister / Wife - for that matter any relative into the company pay rolls. - Note you must have good connections with big head here in Hyd office.

Cons

Work culture -- Very bad Working hours -- Too worst Management Treatment -- Big 3 / 4 are unfit to be in those positions, they simply come to office just to sip free coffee/Tea in cafeteria - doesn't know ABCD about technology. Job security -- Forget it as you are not in an organization. HR Process -- No process as such, whatever big head tells they simply implement it -- Puppets. Future -- This is sinking ship. If you want to know how worst companies function you can choose this company.

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