So AAP fans did ya know your new interim CIO has no formal IT training - heck he doesn't even have an associates degree. He just gave the service desk manager the job of fixing APEX. If it didn't have such a possible impact to hurt the organization even more I'd be laughing out loud - but it just means my stock will continue to lose value. I know the company is suffering but let's not let IT go down in flames - let's hire a real leader to help get this bus back on the road.
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Yeah he claims he went to Harvard Business School. He did, for a continuing education leadership seminar put on for Staples. That must be where he developed his complex mental process.
The IT people with knowledge and credentials have been run out of town because they cost too much and threaten those without the degrees expected to run a Fortune 100 IT shop.
No one with any intelligence would take that job given the mess it is in. So here ya go flunky.
AAP employees don't have what they need to succeed versus the competition. Plain and simple. Not having the inventory is the biggest obstacle. Not having the tools to find the correct part is another. I believe this is done so on purpose, for whatever reason....bankruptcy, buyout etc etc. I have my opinion of Advance, and it's not a nice one.
Yes, we are Advance Auto Parts, losing sales, in store computer systems that constantly fail, understaffed and underpaid, yet we are still suppose to drink the Kool-Aid ? Wake Up Morons, this ship is sinking fast with no leadership, no employee respect, no customer respect, we are the laughing stock of the industry.
Team,
Stick with it...We ARE ADVANCE AUTO PARTS!!!!
Our computer system still having issues today. No answers from help desk or leadership. What are the rest of you experiencing. This is going to be another bad day at this rate.
Apex system issues the entire day in the central us...customers walking out the door as our computer screens freeze and log out randomly...what a bush league , minor league operation....Is there anything in this entire operation we can do well..? Anything...? 10 years of hard work being pissed away by a group of people who dont have a clue......sad....very sad
Turn out the lights the parties over!! Stock hit another low below $80 and still free falling.......LMAO!!
Company wide computer outage... stocks drop... Imagine that.
Ill say it didn't take long. Havent been able to do much at all all morning so far on the East coast. PATHETIC. Stupid system has been a failure since it was changed
IT needs to be moved to Raleigh. Roanoke can't recruit the talent it needs to thrive. Also having a CIO without even a bachelor's degree is kind of odd. Doesn't make much sense, but nothing does these days. Best of luck AAP!
I am sorry but I think it is too late. If you replaced the leaders today it would be 6 months before something would be able to be fixed. Also the good people have left or looking to leave it will be additional 6 months to get them back. I do not think the company has 1 year of no action