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      Advance Auto Parts

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      Advance Auto Parts reviews

      3.1

      42% would recommend to a friend

      (5,524 total reviews)
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      Shane O’Kelly

      18% approve of CEO

      32% positive business outlook

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      Advance Auto Parts has an employee rating of 3.1 out of 5 stars, based on 5,524 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
      3.0
      Feb 16, 2014

      A consistently predictable and slow-paced job at a company chasing profitability and sales performance.

      Commercial parts pro
      Recommend
      CEO approval
      Business Outlook

      Pros

      A great store team will make or break your experience with this company. With a typical retail hierarchy, your advancement opportunities are largely dependent upon positions being vacated by others. Advance provides frequent, if basic, training on simple automotive systems, but some background automotive knowledge goes a long way to helping you succeed.

      Cons

      Beginning mid 2012, Advance began to push towards either private sale or external acquisition. With that came the new push toward sales performance and accountability. Following the GPI (Carquest) deal, 2014 has brought new standards that tie your sales expectations to your salary. After three months of not meeting at least 85% of your sales target, you're eligible for termination. Be forewarned: if you don't sell hard and do well, you won't survive.

      2.0
      Apr 17, 2013

      District Leader

      District leader
      Recommend
      CEO approval
      Business Outlook

      Pros

      Great people in the stores. Competitive pay compared to others in industry. Great products and name brands sold in the stores. Great values and good business practices with the customers.

      Cons

      Leadership statagies are not working and they blame operations. Leadership is not stable. Continues to change leadership but the results do not change. Culture is not there anymore.

      1.0
      Jan 10, 2013

      Don't live up to founders values...anymore

      Anonymous employee
      Recommend
      CEO approval
      Business Outlook

      Pros

      It used to be for the flexible schedule that allowed for team members to have a life, but now the CEO and leadership team want to treat us like indentured servants, or serfs that work at their bequest rather than pay attention to our needs, or lives. If they don't lose tenured employees because of processes being implemented they will remain flat at best this year, or minimal growth, so good luck investors!

      Cons

      Fixed schedule for a year? Who knows everything they have planned each day of the year; oh and it includes fixed hours so there's no guessing they own you! Core value of Arthur T. In team member handbook states his recognition of family and its role, apparently between corporate greed, incompetent scheduling, and inability to read the first page of the handbook by anyone who came up with this lame idea, you now are stripped of any freedom you thought you had?

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