CarMax can be a great place to work, if you work in a larger market.... - Sales Consultant CarMax Employee Review

2.0
Jul 8, 2012
Recommend
CEO approval
Business outlook

Pros

Good working environment, lot of selection for customers to choose from, hassle-free experience all around

Cons

Redundant training every day and it adds value for about the first couple of days and after that it's just really annoying. You don't feel like your opinion is valued or that anything you say will make a change. I offered a suggestion for something and was told they passed it on to the higher ups and it's been over a year and I still have yet to hear if anyone had thoughts, highly doubt at this point I will ever hear anything back. Working super long hours makes it very difficult to have personal time or ever get a break. Customers can be very nasty and don't respect your position as a commission sales consultant. Quality of vehicles has gone way down since I started 5 years ago and it just keeps getting worse. Lastly, appraisals are such a joke. If the customer doesn't like the value and give us a bad survey, we always get the line "we should be setting proper expectations....blah blah blah". The buyers never take responsibility for the number they put on the car. They also brag about having a 26% buy rate which means that if you do 800 appraisals in a month, you are buying about 200 of those vehicles which is TERRIBLE!!! They get so excited when they have a 26% buy rate and I think it's insane. No one in any other business would find that acceptable. Find a way to put more money on cars and maybe the customers would be much happier....just sayin.

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Pros

a people driven company that sells cars

Cons

Inner network devloper compabalility is lacking

4.0
Jun 13, 2026
Recommend
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Pros

The perks of working at CarMax are quite extensive. Associates are offered an aggressive 401k program, Stock Purchasing Plan, in store discounts on sales and service, access to the CarMax Wholesale system, excellent healthcare, plenty of PTO, and at my location we are given as much OT as we want. My coworkers are generally good people, that I enjoy being able to work along side day in and day out. Management is very understanding in regards to calling out sick family emergencies, and schedule requests.

Cons

Despite doing the work of 5 people, and very politely asking for a raise management will not give me more than my 3% annual raise which is the single biggest let down. The bonus change of 2025 being labeled as "exciting" was straight corporate gaslighting unlike anything I've ever seen. Since the start of 2026, as of this review being written we have lost 7 associates largely due to pay, and I am soon to join those associates. Management from the store level up to corporate needs to understand that to retain their top performers they need to be compensated like a top performer. Some members of management are cliquey and moody which is very frustrating to deal with. Quality of Management varies wildly from store to store as well

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