Advance Auto Parts appoints Darren R. Jackson president and CEO

“Since joining our board in 2004, Darren has been instrumental in facilitating the strategic redirection of the company”

For the past seven months, Advance Auto Parts, Inc.'s board of directors has been searching for an experienced executive with a proven track record to lead the company. via Aftermarket Business

[snugglywabbit]

I am the wife of an Employee of Advance Auto Parts. I would like to speak over the phone with Darren Jackson or Michael Norona about the abuse of Employees from their District Managers.
We have heard great things about the men that are taking over this company.

[Hard worker]

I started with advanced in nov of 06. we did very well without a district manager then in mid 07 they hired a man from the carolinas that had been fired on numerous sexual harassment counts, and
he now is the district manager.from all that i have seen you can add racism and discrimination. this man has destroyed morale at this store,has raised the budget to an unrealistic level. while cutting hours when you are given a raise. the economy dictates a companies success depending on its flexibility in these times.

[FoonThe Elder]

I read today that they are building a new office in Minnesota for the new CEO, so he doesn't have to slum with the employees at the headquarters in Roanoke. Until then he is using the corporate jet for commuting to & from Minnesota to Virginia.

Sounds like you've got another greedy ego tripping CEO on your hands.

http://articles.moneycentral.msn.com/Investin...

Other execs negotiated sweet deals to take new jobs or renew their contracts.

Many Americans face the painful task of relocating when they take a new job; incoming Advance Auto Parts (AAP, news, msgs) chief Darren Jackson didn't. Before starting his job in early January, he persuaded the company to open offices near his Minnesota home so he wouldn't have to commute to the company's Roanoke, Va., headquarters.

The Minnesota offices won't be finished until June. Until then, Jackson can use a corporate jet to commute -- when he isn't working from home.

[Informed reader]

I read today that they are building a new office in Minnesota for the new CEO, so he doesn't have to slum with the employees at the headquarters in Roanoke. Until then he is using the corporate jet for commuting to & from Minnesota to Virginia.
Sounds like you've got another greedy ego tripping CEO on your hands.
http://articles.moneycentral.msn.com/Investin ...
Other execs negotiated sweet deals to take new jobs or renew their contracts.
Many Americans face the painful task of relocating when they take a new job; incoming Advance Auto Parts (AAP, news, msgs) chief Darren Jackson didn't. Before starting his job in early January, he persuaded the company to open offices near his Minnesota home so he wouldn't have to commute to the company's Roanoke, Va., headquarters.
The Minnesota offices won't be finished until June. Until then, Jackson can use a corporate jet to commute -- when he isn't working from home.
If you knew a little more about the new CEO, Darren Jackson, you would figure out that he has earned everything he has received. He comes from a blue collar family located in Western Michigan. His dad was a mail carrier for 30 years and his mom was a secretary. I know for a fact that his office at Best Buy was located on the financial floor and not on the executive floor at the company. So, slumming as you call it, doesn't seem to bother him.
Not to mention, how many times have you uprooted your family to relocate. Mr. Jackson has already done it twice. Both times half way across the country.
Also, didn't you not read the entire article where he is setting aside 3 million dollars of his bonus for incentives to lower management. If greed was his thing then he would keep it all.
Before you start ripping on a guy, get to know a little about him and his background.

[Unhappy AAP Employee]

I am an AAP employee, and this company prides itself on taking advantage of their employees.
After told how great of a job I was doing and how I would be compensated for my efforts, I was "rewarded" with a $0.18 raise.
This company does not value their employees one bit.

[Are You His Publicist]

[QUOTE}
If you knew a little more about the new CEO, Darren Jackson, you would figure out that he has earned everything he has received. He comes from a blue collar family located in Western Michigan. His dad was a mail carrier for 30 years and his mom was a secretary. I know for a fact that his office at Best Buy was located on the financial floor and not on the executive floor at the company. So, slumming as you call it, doesn't seem to bother him.
Not to mention, how many times have you uprooted your family to relocate. Mr. Jackson has already done it twice. Both times half way across the country.
Also, didn't you not read the entire article where he is setting aside 3 million dollars of his bonus for incentives to lower management. If greed was his thing then he would keep it all.
Before you start ripping on a guy, get to know a little about him and his background.[/QUOTE]

What a crockload! Why is he even getting a $3 million dollar bonus in the first place! Who cares about his family, we should be more concerned with the families of the employees who are going to end up paying for his bonus.

It's the same old crap. Just another greedy CEO who gives his employees a 2% raise while spending millions on new offices for himself and his nearest cronies. Speaking of his background in Michigan, this reminds me of the same kind of crap that went on at K-Mart before their new management ran it into bankruptcy.

[cheryl]

I AM A WIFE OF AN EMPLOYEE A THE ADVANCE AUTO PARTS STORE IN GASTON,S.C.
MY HUSBAND HAS JUST BEEN ACCUSED OF APROVING RETURNS THAT WERE NOT VALID SO THAT A PARTS PERSON COULD POCKET THE MONEY.FOR ONE THING, THE MANAGER OF THAT STORE KNOWS MY HUSBAND TO BE A LOYAL ASSISTANT DUE TO THE FACT THAT IF THERE IS .50 CENTS MISSING, HE IS CALLING HIM ON THE PHONE.THIS PARTS PERSON HAS HAD IT FOR MY HUSBAND FROM THE BEGINING BECAUSE MY HUSBAND IS A ARMY VET.AND DOES THINGS BY THE BOOK,AND THIS OTHER EMPLOYEE DIDN'T CARE FOR THAT BECAUSE HE HAD BEEN THERE FOR THREE YEARS AND MY HUSBAND HAD ONLY BEEN THERE SINCE OCTOBER.
JOSE'WHO IS OVER THE MANAGER OF THE STORE LOOKED MY HUSBAND STRAIGHT IN THE FACE AND IN NOT SO MANY WORDS ACCUSED HIM OF STEALING WITHOUT CAUSE.

[Jose]

cheryl wrote:

I AM A WIFE OF AN EMPLOYEE A THE ADVANCE AUTO PARTS STORE IN GASTON,S.C.
MY HUSBAND HAS JUST BEEN ACCUSED OF APROVING RETURNS THAT WERE NOT VALID SO THAT A PARTS PERSON COULD POCKET THE MONEY.FOR ONE THING, THE MANAGER OF THAT STORE KNOWS MY HUSBAND TO BE A LOYAL ASSISTANT DUE TO THE FACT THAT IF THERE IS .50 CENTS MISSING, HE IS CALLING HIM ON THE PHONE.THIS PARTS PERSON HAS HAD IT FOR MY HUSBAND FROM THE BEGINING BECAUSE MY HUSBAND IS A ARMY VET.AND DOES THINGS BY THE BOOK,AND THIS OTHER EMPLOYEE DIDN'T CARE FOR THAT BECAUSE HE HAD BEEN THERE FOR THREE YEARS AND MY HUSBAND HAD ONLY BEEN THERE SINCE OCTOBER.
JOSE'WHO IS OVER THE MANAGER OF THE STORE LOOKED MY HUSBAND STRAIGHT IN THE FACE AND IN NOT SO MANY WORDS ACCUSED HIM OF STEALING WITHOUT CAUSE.

chery
What do you look like.

[Unhappy AAP Employee]

Are You His Publicist wrote:

<quoted text>
What a crockload! Why is he even getting a $3 million dollar bonus in the first place! Who cares about his family, we should be more concerned with the families of the employees who are going to end up paying for his bonus.
It's the same old crap. Just another greedy CEO who gives his employees a 2% raise while spending millions on new offices for himself and his nearest cronies.

You've got that right. Time after time I've bailed them out when nobody else would, especially when it came to cases where the store would've had to close its doors early if nobody showed up. Since August, I've shown up at work so there would be two people on staff so the store wouldn't have to close early.

I've always been to work on time. I've always been reliable. I've always been a hard worker. I was even personally thanked by the district manager for my hard work, and told that my efforts "would be remembered." Yeah, I my efforts were remembered with a $0.18 slap to the face. Not to mention the fact that I got an under-average review. Out of a scale of 1-5, with 5 being the highest, I received UNDER a 2.5, and this is after being told how good of an employee I was.

The first time I got a raise, I got $0.14 and an under-average review. They gave me an under-average review because my belt wasn't "shiny." Nowhere in the employee manual does it say that my belt needed to be "shiny." All it said was that the belt had to be a solid black, which it was.

[patty ohio]

i started my employment with a dc in ohio in nov.of 06.in the beginning we had a gm that was pretty fair and listened to the associates.then about 6 mos.or so ago they replaced him with a person that has done nothing but bring down the morral of the WORKING ASSOCIATES.we cannot even get hampers to fill our orders.we were told to put orders into boxes.do you think we could even get a box? i was asked by my so called supervisor that he could not crap the hampers,i am using better words than what he said to me.a person can only take so much.needless to say i walked out of this god forsaken dc 2 nights ago.what happen to the days when the employer cared about the people that makes it possible for them to sit in their office and sip on their cup of joe.i hope someone doing just this happens upon this e-mail

[Unhappy AAP Employee]

patty ohio wrote:

i started my employment with a dc in ohio in nov.of 06.in the beginning we had a gm that was pretty fair and listened to the associates.then about 6 mos.or so ago they replaced him with a person that has done nothing but bring down the morral of the WORKING ASSOCIATES.we cannot even get hampers to fill our orders.we were told to put orders into boxes.do you think we could even get a box? i was asked by my so called supervisor that he could not crap the hampers,i am using better words than what he said to me.a person can only take so much.needless to say i walked out of this god forsaken dc 2 nights ago.what happen to the days when the employer cared about the people that makes it possible for them to sit in their office and sip on their cup of joe.i hope someone doing just this happens upon this e-mail

Nobody at that company cares, Patty. I just turned in my 2 weeks notice last week, and the DM wants to speak with me to try to talk me into staying. GOOD LUCK ON THAT!

I'm good friends with the Assistant Manager of our store, and they also shafted her. She puts in over 70 hours per week, and then they had the audacity to give her a 1.75 review score. The next day after her review, she came into work literally in tears. I was so furious for what they had done to her that I came very close to walking out.

To say the least, I've "bailed them out" 7 or 8 times since August 2007 when others wouldn't help, or show up, just so the store wouldn't close. I told her, "Nothing against you, but the next time Advance Auto Parts is in a bind, don't call me to do bail them out. They don't do for me, but they want me to do for them? Forget'em."

I don't care who reads or sees this message, or they find out who I am. I will never go out of my way for Advance Auto Parts again, and there is nothing that would satisfy me more than to see them have to close early and lose money because they don't have two people in the store to work.