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Genuine Parts Company

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Genuine Parts Company reviews

3.3

57% would recommend to a friend

(554 total reviews)
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Will Stengel

52% approve of CEO

46% positive business outlook

Genuine Parts Company has an employee rating of 3.3 out of 5 stars, based on 554 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have a good working experience there. The Genuine Parts Company 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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554 reviews
2.0
Apr 4, 2012

Great place for the timid and unambitious

Anonymous employee
Recommend
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Pros

- Financially stable - Never a difficulty scheduling time off - Compensation and incentives are fair, clearly defined - Difficult to get fired

Cons

- Status quo reigns supreme. Business model is a dinosaur attempting to stave off extinction with band-aids. creativity is always treated with hostility. - Promotions, when available, are rarely posted and always given on social standing before credentials - Management exists to defend management at all cost. HR bureaucracy exists to blame the victim and sweep management's serious violations under the rug. If it isn't criminal, the company doesn't care. - No accountability at the district level at all. "Atlanta" (HQ) is always the scapegoat - Compensation package, while mostly fair, has been severely pruned in recent years.

2.0
Mar 3, 2012
Recommend
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Pros

- Stable company - Good benefits - Great location

Cons

- Good ole boy culture is very much alive - No career advancement opportunities - Incompetent people are promoted / hired - Unethical and dishonest management - Little to no accountability - Employees are disrespected and not valued - Unstructured and chaotic work place

1.0
Jul 31, 2011
Recommend
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Pros

If one is a worker bee who is has a high degree of self-efficacy, this is a good fit.

Cons

Ineffective job aligning with GAAP at the subsystem level. Could run more efficiently and add value to its stakeholders if it instituted consistent policies, procedures and guidelines across functional areas. For the past two years, there has been a higher than average turnover. There appears to be a disconnect between organizational strategy and the subsystem management. Change is being touted; however, the words and actions are not in sync. Lower level management is not empowered nor have the lattitude to manage effectively and innovation does not appear to be valued. This appears to be an organization that is unsure of its organizaitonal identity. Susbystem management does not inspire trust in employees, as if management itself is unsure of the direction of the company or unsure of how to align the subsystem with the strategic direction of the company. Employee morale is extremely low and at atmosphere of distrust and uncertainty exists. HR and management at the subsystem level inspires an "us" against "them" dynamic Subsystem management appears to be inept at developing and keeping good people. The subsystem appears to have difficulty quantifying production and attributing weights.

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