Advance lags behind the competition. Here are a few things that I think will personally pave the way for it's downfall. 1) Hiring from the outside with hefty salaries to lure them in which limits opportunities from within. 2) Poor choices from the higher ups, and then reverse and try a different approach which did nothing but bleed money. 3) outdated technology. 4) Horrible morale. 5) Zero positive reinforcement and motivation. 6) Turnover. Turnover. Turnover. 7) The communication company wide is atrocious. 8) Inconsistent. I was once talked to because I rented a car outside of policy despite it being the same price as a car that was in policy. My former boss rented a Dodge Charger a couple weeks later (which I have a picture of in the parking lot), and that same talk did not happen to him. If you have rules they should be for everyone and everyone should have to follow them. I take responsibility for not following a policy even though the Nissan I rented was the same price as a car within policy. A Dodge Charger though? Seriously? 9) The CARQUEST integration; a disaster to say the least. 10) Certain managers across the company. My old boss would tell me where he was applying, interviewing, how much he currently made, how many internal promotions he rejected, and spoke freely about people within the company. Now that I'm out I don't mind sharing my opinion but when I worked there I did my job and went home. It was unprofessional to say the least and killed what little morale was left from the acquisition. Not just for me but for the building.
Read this and thought @O0bXkpU-5hts hit the nail right on the head. I agree with every single point, especially on lousy communication all around and no motivation to do much more than bare minimum. I don't see the company surviving for too long if it continues like this.