Pros
- Young, vibrant, passionate culture
- Start-up vibe but 50 years of stable profitability
- If you love cars, you'd probably love ALG
- If you're an executive, popular among the execs, or you actually set residual values, access to fantastic fleet of evaluation vehicles
- Benchmark of its niche
- Unrivalled exposure to almost every OEM's executives, product porfolio, and future strategy
- Some enjoyable travel opportunities
- Santa Barbara is a slice of heaven
- Casual dress code
- Good benefits
- Decent opportunity for career growth
Cons
- Barely liveable compensation
- Santa Barbara cost of living
- Last-minute changes handed down at the drop of a hat, lacking proper vetting/testing/consideration of all probable consequences
- Inefficient, ancient processes--smarter clients are losing confidence
- Learning curve is steep due to hoardes of tribal knowledge
- New parent company TrueCar is a rollercoaster ride
- Editorial and Technology groups have work/life balances which favor the former, whereas most other groups favor the latter. Compensation, though, doesn't reflect that fact
- Performance review process is a popularity contest judged by those more senior than you