Your success depends on your DM & the culture of your store (GM & crew) - Assistant Store Manager Advance Auto Parts Employee Review

3.0
Aug 9, 2011
Recommend
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Pros

1. Learn the Automotive business and work as a team. 2.Flexible reasonable scheduling. 3.If you have a good GM & CREW, you will enjoy your job & grow. 4.Great parts & prices. 5. The commercial side can be lots of fun. 6.20% employee discount.

Cons

1. DMs are their achilles heel & most of them are really poor. 2. Mandatory 50hrs for ASM & GMs. 3. The jobs can be very stressful for GMs as most spend 60+hrs a week on the job. 4.The automotive training can be better, but instead they focus too much on you being a pushy salesman versus being an anutomotive expert. 5. On the flipside, if you have a bad GM & lousy crew, you will be miserable.

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5.0
Jun 23, 2026
Anonymous employee
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Pros

A lot of schedule flexibility

Cons

There is a lot of favoritism/bad management, especially in the DC that I work in. (DC-41)

4.0
Jun 23, 2026
Recommend
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Pros

It’s a pretty easy job, very fun people to work with. Hours as a driver are pretty consistent.

Cons

The pay isn’t great. It would be nice if the drivers were making at least $17 or $18 an hour. Also benefits don’t extend to health insurance only dental and vision if you are only considered part-time. Anybody that isn’t the GM, CPP, and RPP are considered part-time, regardless of the hours you get.

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