Is Advance Auto Parts a good company to work for?

Advance Auto Parts has an overall rating of 3.1 out of 5, based on over 5,723 reviews left anonymously by employees. This rating has been stable over the past 12 months. 43% of employees would recommend working at Advance Auto Parts to a friend and 32% have a positive outlook for the business. The best reviews about Advance Auto Parts have been left by employees working as Director , Sales Manager and Part Time Sales Associate .

Does Advance Auto Parts pay their employees well?

According to anonymously submitted Glassdoor reviews, Advance Auto Parts employees rate their compensation and benefits as 2.8 out of 5. Find out more about salaries and benefits at Advance Auto Parts. This rating has decreased by 1% over the last 12 months.

How satisfied are employees working at Advance Auto Parts?

43% of Advance Auto Parts employees would recommend working there to a friend based on Glassdoor reviews . Employees also rated Advance Auto Parts 2.9 out of 5 for work life balance, 2.9 for culture and values and 2.9 for career opportunities.

What are the top reviewed jobs at Advance Auto Parts?

General Manager (551) , Sales Associate (355) , Retail Parts Pro (284) , Commercial Parts Pro (138) , Store Manager (103) , Assistant Manager (95) , Commercial Account Manager (87) , Key Holder (84) , Manager (79) , Assistant General Manager (70) , Driver (68) , District Manager (66) , Salesperson (66) , Retail Sales Associate (64) , Delivery Driver (43)

What are the pros of working at Advance Auto Parts according to real employee reviews?

"Some good people at store level but will leave and go to work somewhere else unfortunately" ((in 286 reviews)); "The benefits are good and you will learn many things if you are not a vehicle expert." ((in 210 reviews)); "Great if your looking for part time work pretty flexible hours or if you think retail mgmt us for you..." ((in 135 reviews)); "Have some great customers and coworkers." ((in 107 reviews)); "If you get a good GM it is easy for a great team member to move up." ((in 84 reviews))

What are the cons of working at Advance Auto Parts according to real employee reviews?

"The pay was low and there was a cap on the maximum I could ever expect to make there." ((in 498 reviews)); "Poor management focuses on unreliable KPI numbers other than actually looking at each store for what they need." ((in 261 reviews)); "Development teams resource managers do not heed the input and recommendation from Product managers" ((in 122 reviews)); "There was no work/life balance" ((in 66 reviews)); "Regional District Manager is untrustworthy, and is an incredibly divisive" ((in 64 reviews))

What are employees saying about Advance Auto Parts layoffs in 2026?

Explore Glassdoor’s employee reviews to understand what current and former employees are saying about Advance Auto Parts layoffs and their outlook for job security at Advance Auto Parts in 2026.

What are the top reviewed Advance Auto Parts locations?

Raleigh , Roanoke , Atlanta , Houston , Chicago , Tampa , Miami , Indianapolis , Pittsburgh , Orlando , New York , Baltimore , Columbus , Charlotte , Lakeland , Denver , Enfield , Richmond , Jacksonville , Nashville , Detroit , Delaware , Virginia Beach , Austin , Cincinnati , Boston , Marietta , Gastonia , Remington , Cleveland

Advance Auto Parts reviews

3.1

43% would recommend to a friend

(5,530 total reviews)

Shane O’Kelly

22% 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 5,530 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).

Reviews by job title

6K reviews

4.0

Sep 26, 2023

Company performance directly ties to company culture

Hr representative

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

When the company is doing well, stress levels are low and the company is very team-member-oriented, collaborative, and listens well to feedback. 20% discount at all AAP-branded stores--great for DIYers. Backend technologies far outpace direct competitors. Heavy DEI focus.

Cons

When the company is not doing well, stress levels are high and partners and leadership tend to focus on the numbers more than the business. Misaligned priorities at the top level do not translate well to lower levels, affecting the customer. Like most companies with multi-incumbent frontline workers in the field, there is a negative perception in the field toward the corporate side.

2.0

Jul 2, 2023

Pull Up!!! Pull Up!!!

General manager

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

Interesting industry with a long track record of success. Store managers can hire whoever they want without too much interference from the DM. The store teams tend to skew towards mostly cool people who want to succeed. Rapid turnover makes it easy for TM's who are good and want to move up to do so, but sadly but only to the GM level.

Cons

Nearly every position that opens above GM is filled by outside candidates, and the very few internal candidates that do get promoted to DM or above get chosen via pretzel logic. For example, if you are a strong CPP or GM forget about a promotion. You are way too valuable where you're at to risk promoting you. If you are a slacker GM the skies the limit if you want it and you're a chosen one. If you can speak Spanish even better. Anyone over 40 need not apply to DM, at least not internal candidates anyway. The stores are open way too many hours. And forcing GM's to work 50 hours every week is silly and only fuels turnover for what the average salary is.

2.0

Jun 9, 2023

Not Ideal

Systems engineer

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

Exposed to multiple technologies and vendors

Cons

Career growth is lacking. Constant missteps in direction because of poor planning at a management level. Turnover is far too high and a "last man holds the bag" attitude.

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