Toxicity at its Best... Run - Senior Leadership Cox Automotive Employee Review

1.0
Jan 17, 2023
Recommend
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Pros

Good pay and benefits as well as long term incentives (if you can stay). Beautiful campuses.

Cons

Most horrible place I have ever worked in 20+ years. The level of toxicity amongst leadership was like nothing I had ever experienced before. There were no well defined roles leading to people stepping in each other's roles and back stabbing each other at every chance they had. Executives encouraging gossiping within their own teams was the most berserk I've ever seen cause very poor relationships with your own peers. Publicly shaming others in meetings " they called it feedback" was a behavior I have not seen in a very long time. No matter how hard or how well you did your job, they always picked on the negative to give feedback. If you did 99% right, they will call you out on the 1% that was not right. No strategic guidance within their "People" organization. Basically figure out what your job is and then we will tell you what is wrong with what you are doing. Avoid this place if you are at an executive level.

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5.0
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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
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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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