Any more news on additional job cuts besides hours being reduced?

All power in iT is gone to India. Micromanagers spamming Teams chats and JIRA tickets. Suffocating.

A former employee here, can someone tell me who manages the Advance Auto Parts 401K account? Such as Prudential, Fidelity Investments, etc. Thank you in advance

Word is our, Hand is next.

Surely there’s more cuts coming given store closures are going to cost a small fortune, liquidating inventory at a loss. Etc etc so what’s next who knows something

After seven years Sri Donthi finally leaves,,, or was he pushed out? He outsourced all of IT to his friends and relatives in India, even opened Advance an office in India. With his departure they announce his replacement Shweta Bhatia, guess where... — read more 

How can Advance leadership and Board live with themselves. They are clueless how to run a Auto parts aftermarket. They don't understand how, AutoZone, O'Reilly's, NAPA and all the other independents are kicking their butts. It's only time before... — read more 

So just like before we got information ahead of the closure of the 700 stores and also the workforce being laid off. Next round of layoffs are going to be the cams. Each cam will have right around 20 stores. Going forward. It's probably going to... — read more 

Layoffs are tough, but what did you expect. AAP has been nothing but a turn around story for 10 years. The call today was a concerning to say the least. WorldPac gone and over 700 stores closing along with 4 DCs. All the effort to get out West... — read more 

It starts tomorrow

If the economy turns around, do you anticipate any Advance Auto Parts layoffs? Any chatter, news or rumors?

Grab your popcorn, it won’t be good! Stock heading to $28 a share and market cap under $2Billion.

Should have been one of the first things he addressed, and a year later hasn't even touched IT, so most of it is gone to India, and he goes there to visit. Paying more for everything and getting garbage back..

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 

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.

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 

Which stores have closed or will be closing during this year?

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 

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?

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.

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

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 

How likely is that there will be Advance Auto Parts layoffs? Any chatter, news or rumors?

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 

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 

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 

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.

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 

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.

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 

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 

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 

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 

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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 

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?

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