Hopefully Has Finally Hit Rock Bottom - General Manager Advance Auto Parts Employee Review

2.0
4 Jun 2016
Recommend
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Pros

The store teams are mostly top notch. Company is solid financially. Fairly easy for a good team member to move up through the ranks at the store level if they have a good GM....but no help beyond there. At long last there is a new CEO!!! Also finally stopped the automatic write up lunacy for TM's with low Sales Per Hour totals. Customers are pretty cool for the most part and you will definitely learn a lot about cars.

Cons

Promotions from the store level to DM or CAM are done via pretzel logic....if you're a lousy GM or CAM and are of no value in a store the door is open for a promotion to DM. If you're a great GM or Parts Pro you will die where you stand. This is due to there being so few great GM's or Parts Pros. The bonus programs are laughably bad. Legitimate raises are a rumor without politicking like Hillary or Trump. All core positions at the store level are drastically underpaid. Company is way too top heavy in overpaid management which is why store labor hours are kept to a skeletal level. This causes neverending store turnover and customer service problems which explains the sales and profit issues the company has had.

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5.0
23 Jun 2026
Anonymous employee
Recommend
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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)

3.0
8 Jul 2026
Recommend
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Pros

- Good time off and flexible - Some leaders are great - Regular Benefits

Cons

- Not much company or team buidling activities - If you are new you may feel isoated, kind of (cliquey) in some departments - Not much option to switch leaders - With big projects you may feel as if you are doing more than you were hired for

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