Q&A With O'Reilly Auto Parts Employees

vacation time starts accumulating after your 90 probation for full time employees. taking vacation is limited to 2 weeks at a time without special permission.

use it or lose it

In a word, goofy. But that's not a bad thing.

amazing

Depends on the store. Management is everything and if you have a good manager that respects his employees and is invested in his team, then the team will be very happy. I have been to some stores where management just didn't care, and it's obvious as soon as you open the door. Other stores, like my own, have people who come in on a regular basis just to hang out. Kind of like a coffee shop.

company wide it is terrible. it was great at our store before the new DM, Eric Garcia started and tore everything apart.

Team outings are usually reserved for SMs and higher. We just had a weekend bbq and camping event for our region. Since the stores are open 364 days of the year (we only close for xmas) it's hard for me to get my team all together for an outing, so as a SM I trying to take team members out in small groups for lunch.

we don't have team outings or any other morale building events at all that are work sanctioned.

we don't know him

He is ok but stress to be on your best behavior

fast paced, on your feet, with some heavy lifting.

There is no one in the office

Once again depends on the immediate supervisor. Promotions are supposed to be skill and experience based, however, there is an old boys club attitude present for positions about DM.

There haven't been any

fast paced with lots of standing time.

Very fast no down time

fine on a store level, but don't expect anything from corporate

There is none really

The basics, just depends on the person interviewing and the experience of the candidate.

All the time

Not helpful at all

No

Love them bring all you can

No chance

Shirts and jeans

Once a year

It's who you know not what you know

On a ladder basis, beginning with store level.

Be yourself. Dress like you're already going to work there. A nice polo shirt and khakis goes a long way. It's a parts house. Don't come to the interview looking like you're going to be the next VEO of the company.

As an SM its a bit of a problem. Im usually mentally drained at the end of the day and just want to go home and decompress. My days off constantly change, so it's hard to get together with friends to have fun.

what type of people are you unable to work with?

there is no standard

the only thing that makes it worth working there