Company has changed - Business Office Manager CarMax Employee Review

1.0
May 10, 2019
Recommend
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Pros

Benefits are good and affordable Work with great people , and training tools are extensive and understandable Online Training Availability

Cons

Work/Life Balance is non-existent especially for management. Your phone rings at anytime and you are expected to answer it. Regional and Home Office Teams are out of touch and held to different standards than Store Management Teams Communication and consistency among Company Leaders and Regional Support Staff is poor, no one is on the same page with different expectations set by all. Current CEO does not value work/life balance initiative, all and I mean all about cost control and down-sizing Pay is poor for associates, leading to constant staffing struggles, with no innovative ideas on how to fix this. Company just wants you to approach staffing the same with the same poor results.

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5.0
Jun 4, 2026
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Pros

Amazing benefits with 6% 401k matching and tuition reimbursement.

Cons

Highly reliant on the quality of management at the store location.

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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