Great place to work for a college student or anyone else looking for a part time job - Anonymous employee NAPA Auto Parts Employee Review

4.0
Dec 6, 2012
Anonymous employee
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Pros

AWESOME discount on all of their products. Even part time employees get paid holidays and 5% dollar for dollar 401k match which is great. Scheduling was pretty flexible, although I would imagine this can vary from location to location. It's easy to get raises if you show up to work and take the online tests. I picked up a lot of fun knowledge about cars and the job isn't that hard- you just drive parts around. I'll miss this job, I only quit because I graduated from college and got a "real job."

Cons

The employee discount is great, but payment for items you buy is required to come out of your paycheck. Sometimes the company vehicles are junk and managers don't want to fix them because it hurts their bottom line- I had to really raise hell just to get basic safety items fixed sometimes.

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Cons

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Pros

At the time of writing, I have worked for Napa for 9 years. I can say with a great deal of experience that the fellow employees will make your day. Easy people to work with all around. Something about the shared struggle of working for NAPA will really bring a group of folks together. Customers who come into a NAPA come for a reason. I find this to be a much different experience from other auto parts stores. Customers know what they are talking about, and that makes the job all the easier. Hours are consistent almost to a fault, but you will ceratily get at least your 40 hours.

Cons

When I first started with NAPA, they genuinely cared about their employees(gift cards on bday, anniversary lunch, anniversary gift, holiday bonuses, company-wide holiday parties). That is all gone. All management you will have personal contact with has ZERO authority to do ANYTHING. Do not expect a merit-based raise, or even a yearly raise(no raises in 2 years despite $2.3B in net profit for 2025). It seems to take an act of god to fire employees who literally do not do their job. DO NOT CLIMB THE LADDER. The higher you get in this company, the more you will regret it.

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