Topics regarding layoffs at Advance Auto Parts Inc.

Topics regarding layoffs at Advance Auto Parts Inc.

Leadership Concerns

Company is filled with bad leaders from failed companies. Many non executives are from poorly led companies that nobody has heard of. Companies that any college educated person would not work for. A lot of VP leadership and below from bankrupt... — read more 

Laying off at DCs

I understand that there are several DCs that are underperforming and are the focus of being closed down with limited opportunity to relocate. Anyone else heard this? We were told to be prepared to talk to our teams about this.

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Where is the Turn Around?

It is the same story every quarter and every year since AAP purchased CQ. There is no turnaround, company continues to shrink in size. CQ and AAP combined are very similar to Sears and Kmart. It will be a slow death, until they are sold or file... — read more 

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Availability issues

I often wonder if the reason we have such availability issues is because of the debt Greco put us in. The majority of the time it shows us FDO or no availability but the customer can call across the road to any of the other 3 part stores and it's on... — read more 

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Any updates on Snowflake data breach

I heard that customer PII (names, emails etc), as well as current and former employee information was breached. Have not heard anything from the company about it and what they are doing about it. Has anyone else heard anything?

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Terrible Leads India Team

I am contractor there. I was silenced by their india lead for asking a question. Too much micro aggressions and micro management. I am looking for other clients as these people have no respect. My self esteem is hurt.

Hello

Is anyone even still working for these re--rds?

Needs More Adjustments

We encounter a limited overlapping time with our India team, primarily from 7 - 8 AM, a period often impacted by commuting or childcare responsibilities. Unfortunately, this timeframe is also late for the India team. Despite the primary business... — read more 

Advance laid off over 600+ employees in November 2023

While claiming that these reductions were focused on corporate, this is incorrect. They pared down their field based Pro teams as well. This should serve as one of many signals of their direction. Advance has struggled to really compete for the last... — read more 

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It's in the news

Advance Auto Parts announces layoffs at Raleigh headquarters Advance Auto Parts, Raleigh’s only Fortune 500 company, confirmed Wednesday it will eliminate around 400 positions, including roles at its local... — read more 

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It Seems Offshoring and Outsourcing Didn't Work

It has caught up to them. Offshoring everything from Finance to IT just failed now the US base is paying for it. Selling off just to get some cash, as they are operating at a loss currently, wonder why? They should be starting at the top, walk Tom... — read more 

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Hours being cut

Current GM is supposedly forced to cut hours and have to find some way to su-k up all the duties that can't be managed by a ghost staff.

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Corporate Headquarters Abandoned

Even though the execs at the top created the mess the company is in, the new CEO hasn’t said anything to the corporate staff. His #1 priority seems to be meeting and traveling to be with store and field employees. That ain’t bad. But what about... — read more 

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Cutting CPP hours

How many CPPs will stay after losing their 5 hours of overtime? Are they expecting, maybe even, encouraging a mass exodus?...this of course won't affect the huge volume stores but it will crush the smaller stores.

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Advance IT Department Is Seriously Bad

The senior leadership of the Advance IT department should all be let go, hopefully the new ceo can see that.. I am sure it will take him a while, but I would not think too long, there are constant and ongoing IT outages where the company cannot even... — read more 

Upper Management Dance

Funny to see the upper management dancing this week since the new CEO started, all trying to look like they have been doing their jobs, which they obviously haven't... Especially the ones that came along from Pepsi with Tom and helped put the company... — read more 

Get woke go broke! AAP kicked out of S&P 500

When are companies going to learn? DEI initiatives and outsourcing to India are not growth strategies. 12B to 4B mkt cap in just two years. This is what happens when you hire woke execs and McKinsey consulting to set your company strategy. Are there... — read more 

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Hard to work

Contractors come to know about higher management decisions before fulltime employees. Some contractors are allowed to be rude with employees and boss them around. I was let go in 2022 because of ir difficulties with a contracting company in Europe. ... — read more 

Advance Auto Parts - more layoffs coming

This is what happens to a good company that uses woke agendas and India outsourcing as there profit strategies. Stock down to $75 after terrible earnings and rumor has it that large round of layoffs right around the corner. Other large companies... — read more 

Outsourcing to India

How long do you think it's going to take before all the outsourcing to India on account of American jobs comes back to bite us in the behind?

Cuts this week

I've been nervous about more cuts since the latest round ten days ago, and hearing rumors that there could be more coming this week is not helping. Is there anybody who can confirm or deny those rumors? I don't want to stress over something that... — read more 

beat earnings, things are better than expected

i hope it stays this way, we beat earnings and that's what counts. i am afraid we'll still have hard time hiring and that labor costs will be thru the roof. not bad for the worker. i am not expecting any layoffs at any level and at any group and this... — read more 

Waiting for our turn

I don't know if many people pay attention to this, but I've noticed that there have been many major layoffs in the last month or two in our industry. It doesn't have to mean that we're next but I wouldn't be surprised if we were. Make sure you're... — read more 

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I'm giving my two weeks' notice tomorrow

Nearly a year of searching for a new job that pays more (there were plenty of available opportunities but the pay was as bad if not worse than here) has finally paid off! I'm able to leave this place and I plan never to look back once I walk away... — read more 

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Things are looking up

Advance Auto Parts Inc. is expected* to report earnings on 02/14/2022 after market close. The report will be for the fiscal Quarter ending Dec 2021. According to Zacks Investment Research, based on 9 analysts' forecasts, the consensus EPS forecast... — read more 

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I'm out of this toxic dump!

Friday was my last day. Now it's been two days and I still can't believe that I don't have to go back and deal with my incompetent manager and good-for-nothing coworkers who expect me to do their jobs while they find more excuses to just sit on their... — read more 

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Is anybody still enjoying their job?

I'm a simple guy who loves cars. This used to be my dream job and I was more than happy here for years. Then things started to change. I'm not talking just about the layoffs and closings but the way employees are treated. Managers are acting like... — read more 

Was it just a rumor?

I read a reply that layoffs were supposed to happen the week of 4/12. I’ve been keeping my eye on the site but so far there has been nothing said. Did a layoff happen and people are just remaining quiet or was it all just BS to get people worried... — read more 

Have they closed even more stores?

Sometimes it seems like they're working their way down to liquidation without anybody noticing through stealth-like store closings...

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GM hours?

Region 44/GA has had the GM's scheduled for 52 hours for about a year now; was this company wide? or just here? thought the extra 2 hours was strange, like they're going to work until 7 two nights instead of 6

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