delivery driver

warehouse associate

truck driver

parts driver

territory manager

Factory Motor Parts

Management varies very much from one loaction to another thankfully I have one of the best managers in the whole region of where I work, although not perfect he helps me out very much. Flexible work hours is good but most of the time your working full days. The compensation for this job isn't really good honestly you can be making the same amount and most likely more elsewhere because, depending where you're working at of course, you will get compensated most likely at the low end of the spectrum especially if you're a part timer like me. Remember smaller stores have less money which equals less hours as varience, this plays a roll in salary and as well as work life due to financial strain some locations might work much harder than others due to amount of work to employee ratio. Stores are not reponsible for salary or your raises the higher ups are so unless the higher ups recognize you for however means they get to recognize you raises will be very grim and low most of the time. And if they arent most likely you'll get raises right before the minimum goes up. But aside from that the prices and discounts on parts is extremely hard to beat really this is the biggest perk of being an employee here that doesnt come with who is your management. Another big thing is if you cant lift heavy things do not apply you will hold your team back because of this. Most days there is a ton of work but you will get patches during certain times throughout the year where it will be slow like dead slow. But otherwise this is a very easy job if you can pull your own weight here.

Great place to work, little management supervision. You can work in the warehouse, stock batteries and come and go as you please like the guy in our warehouse doing batteries does. He comes in stocks a little makes an excuse to go deliver batteries to a customer and is gone for hours doing who knows what. He not even have a battery route anymore but acts like hes the boss and can do what he wants. brags about how these companies call him, someone in management needs to set it straight, tell these companies hes not the contact so the company representative can do his job with out this guy interfering! I would make this worker park his butt in the warehouse and make him do his own job. You let him go out and he takes this company for a ride then lies about what took so long. He needs to be told to stay in the warehouse, do his job which he says he can't get done all the time, its because he's jumping up running stuff around putting his nose where it doesn't belong! Get a grip on this guy and make him work IN the warehouse not out running about and around, he might be able to get all his job done! Heck you can even work the hours you want if your "special" and take off early on Friday! Man if you know how to talk the talk and BS management you can do anything here. GREAT place to work and get away with almost anything.

This company used to be a 'fun' place to work.
Almost all of the drivers, pickers and dispatchers were cordial and had a great sense of humor.
They had seen the better days at FMP - and told me how they had lost HUGE accounts.
The manager at the location in which I worked had quit because he was OVERWORKED! going to multiple locations in the metro area and some outlying areas as well.
Recently they lost a very valuable employee who was knowledgeable and had a great rapport with all of the drivers, pickers etc..
He too had quit after many years, one reason cited was because the management did not listen to those employees, such as himself, who knew the job well.
The company brought in a new manager who has NO PEOPLE SKILLS  and is proud of it.
He would be a great 'corporate raider'!!!
He does not care about who is fired, he believes the company is always right - (he found out they aren't as they are now backpedaling on some of their recent bad decisions) he is not liked by most employees as he has such disdain for them.
This company, as many others do, look at graphs and try align them money-wise without consideration for the people who are doing the REAL work!
I wold not recommend this place to anyone unless you are a 'bottom-feeder'.

What is the best part of working at the company?
I really enjoyed working at FMP. The job was average, with average to less than average pay. But the work was reasonable, and the driving was very enjoyable, as it varied alot. I am retired so I was not interested in benefits or advancement. My view about that is that advancement would be limited as many younger employees have been there for awhile and there are no other locations within reasonable driving distance to move to if promoted. The vehicles are only a year or 2 old and low mileage, and comfortable to drive. I liked it alot.

What is the most stressful part about working at the company?
Overall  a low stress job. Most stressful part for me is delivering heavy parts or a truckload of fairly heavy parts to one location. Other stresses would include a low priority placed on service and/or maintenance due on the vehicle(s) that you're driving.

What is the work environment and culture like at the company?
Working in the warehouse is dark and dirty. Work in the warehouse is done from 8-10AM. After 10AM all drivers are on the road, so this is your brief chance all day to interact with your fellow employees. I had no issues with all but one or 2 employees. Being on the road most of the day is awesome!

Stay away from this place!!! It’s nothing but depressing people complaining about their jobs with no motivation to advance. Hours were long and no one helped when help was needed as a warehouse manager I was loading and unloading battery trucks. Pulling orders, receiving pallets of freight and also making deliveries making 11hr. Being the youngest one working nobody wanted to listen to ideas to improve or make work more efficient. I was a 22yr old working with employees 45yrs old and older who have hard time doing their job because they cannot lift heavy items and I was always treated unfairly by management because I was young also my gm and district manager were actually married and in the same location which is unfair if I might say because they were so bias to some employees besides my self. I advise to stay away from this company they do not care about employees just their gross profits on sales. If you decide to apply be prepared to be overworked and treated unfairly and if you think about going to management to fix a issue they will for ever not like you and think you are a pain in their neck.

Starting time was 8am, arrive 15min early to have a cup of coffee then start the day with inventory shipments that would arrive each morning. Scanning the products and organizing them onto mobile carts to stock on shelves was tedious, yet enjoyable. The environment at FMP, (Factory Motor Parts), was probably the best work environment I've ever experienced. Learning to do cycle counts, delivery company orders for pick-up/drop off, and part number/serial number organization was tedious, but informative. The sight manager was a very kind, yet somewhat quite type with much knowledge to offer, not to mention a great relationship with all of the employees. Co-workers always stayed positive with the exception of a rare foul mood that was easily cured with some radio tunes or some very corny automotive puns and jokes to brighten up the day. Floor plan changes were the most difficult of tasks, only due to the mass quantities of products needing to be relocated. Simply working with amazing people and doing a job I enjoyed and loved to do was the best part of this experience in it's entirety.

As a part returns specialist I have many demanding responsibilities. I am responsible for making sure installers and dealers are credited for returned parts if they are new, core or defects. I am responsible for keeping different vendors cores, defects organized for proper return to vendors for proper credit to be returned t the Company. I have 15 -20 drivers bringing back returns during the day and crediting the installers and dealers are expected within 24 Hrs. I also fill in pulling orders and delivering orders when workload demands. Other responsibilities include pulling and loading Battery Truck and processing defective battery returns. The hardest part of the job is keeping up with the returns as the continue to file in all day long. The best part of the job is the personal contact developed with the installer/dealers and providing quick and accurate for all. My manager is very easy to work with and as long as the credits are current I am left pretty much alone o do my job.
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Factory Motor Parts has been a good stepping stone in my life. It's provided me with employment to help me keep my family in our home. 
A typical day at work has me arriving at 9:30 in  the morning. I begin by seeing what orders need to be pulled, asking our GM what the early part of the morning has been like, and getting ready to dispatch out the drivers I have on hand on routes to our customers. I then handle pulling orders, answering phone calls, and dealing with the day to day filing of paperwork. 
The hardest part of the job for me as I get older, is the physicality of lifting batteries, rotors, and larger axles. The most enjoyable? The feeling of knowing that I'm helping a customer get their customers back on the road by getting the parts to them in a timely fashion.
This is a good job for young people willing to do hard work for a fair wage. Look at it as a stepping stone to where you want to be next.

Poor management structure. I didn't even have a direct manager for half the months I was there. HR is a joke.  I was The second driver onboarded to develop their delivery team. Despite my several warnings there was consistent disregard for DOT weekly hours regulations. No work-life balance nor even adequate time to sleep most weeks. They instructed me how to divert hours from the digital to paper in order to circumvent DOT regulations. No good deed goes unpunished at FMP. That's right bring in donuts every payday, when safest driver nationwide award multiple months in a row. None of that matters when you offer someone a bonus to cover your route (the hardest longest route that none wants to cover) on your one day off after 4 months when HR considers that a bribe. When anything is wrong with your truck, plan on spending everyday time after your shift at the dealership in New Haven to beg them to fix anything. 

I honestly would not recommend this job to anyone. Their regional managers motto is “ We’re like a family” so run far away as possible because they do not respect boundaries. They for some reason expect you to put your life on hold and obey them only while paying such low pay. 

You’re expected to work so many other peoples position while only getting paid for 1 position. It’s insane. You get no breaks and get shamed for taking your breaks/lunches which is completely against the law but what do they care as long as their customers are satisfied. 

Respect yourself and go elsewhere. Management is super childish, no good communication at all. It’s like a bunch of mean girls just gossiping about each other all the time. 

Top Job Titles	Average Salary
Delivery driver 538 salaries reported	$16.69 per hour
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Truck driver 46 salaries reported	$26.54 per hour
Parts driver 1 salary reported	$17.50 per hour
Territory manager 49 salaries reported	$77,500 per year

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