Remember Circuit City? - Assistant Manager Advance Auto Parts Employee Review

4.0
Oct 27, 2009
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

Paid for ASE testing, as far as retail goes, it's pretty good. As a retail job, it's a very close-knit community, very small stores compared to other big-box retailers with comparable overall employee count. If you love cars, love selling things, it's great. If you love working on cars, you should probably get a job as a mechanic and make more than $8 an hour.

Cons

Low, low pay for the level of experience required to actually be good at the job. The CEO came from Best Buy, and is running it like Circuit City, cutting pay, cutting hours, cutting bonuses, and cutting morale company wide.

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5.0
Jun 23, 2026
Anonymous employee
Recommend
CEO approval
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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
Jul 8, 2026
Recommend
CEO approval
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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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