Genuine Parts Reviews

Current Employee – been working at Genuine Parts full-time for more than a year

Pros – Great pay and benefits--excellent safe company to work for

Cons – Not a lot of upward movement opportunities

Advice to Senior Management – Great company! Thanks for all you do!

Yes, I would recommend this company to a friend – I'm optimistic about the outlook for this company

Current Employee – been working at Genuine Parts full-time for more than 10 years

Pros – Good benefits. Good company. Excellent senior management.

Cons – Below market salary compared to others and when compared to district manager positions in like kind companies

Yes, I would recommend this company to a friend – I'm optimistic about the outlook for this company

Former Employee – worked at Genuine Parts full-time

Pros – Stable company with strong NAPA name recognition.

Cons – Weak incompetent management at all levels. Very unethical and disrespectful to their employees. The 'good ole boy' culture is alive and well; even with a female CIO who has not been able to deliver as promised. Employee morale is low and turnover is high because the same incompetent, inexperienced, and uneducated people continue to get promoted.

Advice to Senior Management – Senior management needs to open their eyes and stop the lies. You know your flagship development product is the Titanic!

No, I would not recommend this company to a friend

Current Employee – been working at Genuine Parts full-time for less than a year

Pros – Good pay. Longevity. Security. Great supervisors. My experience here has been great. The health insurance is good. What makes this particular position really amazing is the people you work with. Most of the employees have been working with the company for more than 20 years, which says a lot about the company.

Cons – The site itself is not a good building. The building was built in the early 80's and shows it. They do take good care of the place but without a budget for upgrading the facilities there is not much they can do.

Advice to Senior Management – Continue to upgrade the facilities as you get the budget.

Yes, I would recommend this company to a friend – I'm optimistic about the outlook for this company

Former Employee – worked at Genuine Parts full-time for more than 3 years

Pros – Your nine bosses typically stay out of your way and are too timid to communicate vital updates or resolve personnel issues. This allows one to surf the internet, relax on IM with friends, or read e-books all day. Another pro was getting to meet so many people. The turnover in my dept. was so high that many were surprised I stayed through lunch my first day. Lastly, the job was so redundant and simple that an idiot could do it - and that's exactly who you'll be surrounded by in your department.

Cons – The largest con was the dread I faced every morning knowing that I'd have to endure one more day of the mundane at a laughably bad salary. I still have recurring nightmares, you know the one's where they seem "real," where I still work there and wake up in a panic. I will likely face these nightmares the rest of my life. There were so many rules. Employees would be "disciplined" for leaving their desks too often. Lastly, the company uses outdated methodology, procedures, and technology, and flat out pretends revitalization or progressive thought exists.

Advice to Senior Management – Please realize how low you pay compared to the industry averages. Please realize that your employees want to give more but will not if there is not a willingness to challenge those employees or offer them more than the hopes of a free turkey at Thanksgiving.

No, I would not recommend this company to a friend

Former Employee – worked at Genuine Parts full-time for more than 3 years

Pros – Calm work environment and open communication

Cons – Upper management not involved in all aspects of business

Yes, I would recommend this company to a friend

Current Employee – been working at Genuine Parts

Pros – - Financially stable
- Never a difficulty scheduling time off
- Compensation and incentives are fair, clearly defined
- Difficult to get fired

Cons – - Status quo reigns supreme. Business model is a dinosaur attempting to stave off extinction with band-aids. creativity is always treated with hostility.

- Promotions, when available, are rarely posted and always given on social standing before credentials

- Management exists to defend management at all cost. HR bureaucracy exists to blame the victim and sweep management's serious violations under the rug. If it isn't criminal, the company doesn't care.

- No accountability at the district level at all. "Atlanta" (HQ) is always the scapegoat

- Compensation package, while mostly fair, has been severely pruned in recent years.

Advice to Senior Management – Modernize. Recruit from outside the organization. Take employee complaints seriously.

Current Employee – been working at Genuine Parts

Pros – - Stable company
- Good benefits
- Great location

Cons – - Good ole boy culture is very much alive
- No career advancement opportunities
- Incompetent people are promoted / hired
- Unethical and dishonest management
- Little to no accountability
- Employees are disrespected and not valued
- Unstructured and chaotic work place

Advice to Senior Management – - Listen to and value the employees with years of experience at the company.
- Stop doing the perfunctory employee surveys without taking genuine action.
- Provide the employees monetary rewards when record sales quotas are exceeded instead of the barbeque & pasta lunches.

No, I would not recommend this company to a friend

Former Employee – worked at Genuine Parts

Pros – If one is a worker bee who is has a high degree of self-efficacy, this is a good fit.

Cons – Ineffective job aligning with GAAP at the subsystem level. Could run more efficiently and add value to its stakeholders if it instituted consistent policies, procedures and guidelines across functional areas.

For the past two years, there has been a higher than average turnover. There appears to be a disconnect between organizational strategy and the subsystem management. Change is being touted; however, the words and actions are not in sync. Lower level management is not empowered nor have the lattitude to manage effectively and innovation does not appear to be valued. This appears to be an organization that is unsure of its organizaitonal identity.

Susbystem management does not inspire trust in employees, as if management itself is unsure of the direction of the company or unsure of how to align the subsystem with the strategic direction of the company.

Employee morale is extremely low and at atmosphere of distrust and uncertainty exists. HR and management at the subsystem level inspires an "us" against "them" dynamic Subsystem management appears to be inept at developing and keeping good people. The subsystem appears to have difficulty quantifying production and attributing weights.

Advice to Senior Management – Bring in process improvement expertise, invest in updating technology, bring transactional operations into the current decade (value innovation). Invest in management who have the technical aptitude and capabilities but also the soft skills that facilitate developing people.

No, I would not recommend this company to a friend

Former Employee – worked at Genuine Parts

Pros – Family atmosphere
Long career opportunity
History in marketplace and reputation
Financially stable

Cons – Too many band aids on systems
Will talk the talk about changing or adapting to market, won't walk the walk
Lack of respect and unwillingness to consider new ideas around strategy
Lack of communication about opportunities

Advice to Senior Management – Continue to be who GPC is, a strong competitor with employees who love the company, it's history. Embrace change as a way to maintain position and grow.

Yes, I would recommend this company to a friend