Start-up culture of Autotrader died when Cox Automotive formed - Marketing Cox Automotive Employee Review

2.0
Jul 11, 2017
Recommend
CEO approval
Business outlook

Pros

Good benefits, enjoyed the people, competitive compensation

Cons

- doesn't have a clear, consistent, and concrete telecommute and flex-schedule policy, when your office is located in Dunwoody, this is a real problem. And no, "work with your manager" is not a policy. - Environment became toxic and political as the business started to show signs of a downturn. - Needless layers of middle management getting in the way of progress and innovation. The smallest deliverables on the most inconsequential of projects needed to be approved, revised, re-approved, edited, delayed, revised, re-re-approved etc... by no less than 6 people. It was impossible to get anything done. - Executive town halls were basically just an hour of MBA-jargon vomit. Making it difficult to understand exactly what the goals and initiatives were. - Instructions from middle and upper management were equally dressed in "manager lingo" which I guess is great way of saying a whole lot without really saying anything at all. - Never-ending re-orgs stagnate growth for non-management employees as they are in a constant state of having to both prove yourself to a new boss every 6 months and waiting for the next re-org to come before any changes are made.

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5.0
May 7, 2026
Recommend
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Pros

Great work life balance, unlimited pto

Cons

No real concept of a promotion. All mobility is done through application and interviewing.

1.0
Jun 26, 2026
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

Benefits are good. PTO Day 1.

Cons

No advancement opportunity. They claim they hire internally, but they don't seem to adhere to that. Out of nowhere, hours were cut from 40 hours to 32 for our particular shift due to "business needs". However it seems like we are rarely caught up at the end of the night. The same position on another shift did not lose nearly as many hours. Then, there was a location wide meeting where they bragged about record sales and record profits. Seems pretty insensitive to do in front of employees who lost over 20% of their pay. The manager comes off as completely harsh and rude. When you fill out a survey stating facts, they are met with a dismissive tone followed by, "you know this is not true". Training is non existent. Other underpaid employees have to train you so it's like a game of telephone where the training contains just a little less information or a little more incorrect information each time. Pay for other positions in the organization is below average. When applying for those positions internally, they want to base pay on your current role instead of based on qualifications for the job being offered. There is a pay range listed for jobs, don't expect to get anywhere near the top and you are LUCKY to see the middle of that range. Pay raises are not anywhere near inflation rates, so if you stay more than a year you are losing money.

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