Does Autotrader pay their employees well?

According to anonymously submitted Glassdoor reviews, Autotrader employees rate their compensation and benefits as 3.8 out of 5. Find out more about salaries and benefits at Autotrader. This rating has decreased by 7% over the last 12 months.

How satisfied are employees working at Autotrader?

59% of Autotrader employees would recommend working there to a friend based on Glassdoor reviews . Employees also rated Autotrader 3.4 out of 5 for work life balance, 3.4 for culture and values and 3.2 for career opportunities.

What are the top reviewed jobs at Autotrader?

Advertising Consultant (51) , Account Manager (10) , Sales Consultant (8) , Sales (7) , Account Executive (6) , Director (6) , Associate Manager (5) , Manager (5) , Senior Manager (5) , Analyst (4) , Customer Service Representative (4) , District Sales Manager (4) , Sales Associate (4) , Sales Manager (4) , Sales Representative (4)

What are the pros of working at Autotrader according to real employee reviews?

"Benefits through Cox are good." ((in 71 reviews)); "Great people to work with" ((in 33 reviews)); "Good pay and expense accts" ((in 32 reviews)); "A great work life balance" ((in 25 reviews)); "Work from home model was great." ((in 22 reviews))

What are the cons of working at Autotrader according to real employee reviews?

"ATC is burdened with too many managers." ((in 19 reviews)); "Poor leadership of cross functional activities" ((in 15 reviews)); "Employees are too scared of upper management (even with their "Open Door" policy and Management's 'chants' of TTT) to give their opinons on what everyone really thinks, therefore, no changes will be made." ((in 13 reviews)); "loss of communication through the different departments" ((in 8 reviews)); "Middle management is ineffective and typically unavailable bringing virtually no value to the sales team." ((in 5 reviews))

What are employees saying about Autotrader layoffs in 2026?

Explore Glassdoor’s employee reviews to understand what current and former employees are saying about Autotrader layoffs and their outlook for job security at Autotrader in 2026.

What are the top reviewed Autotrader locations?

Atlanta , Los Angeles , New York , Dallas , Brookhaven , Chicago , Brea , Boston , Dunwoody , Raleigh , Irving , Tampa , Detroit , Houston , Cincinnati , Sacramento , San Francisco , Denver , Portland , Miami , Clearwater , Oakbrook Terrace , Grand Junction , Northern , Paterson , Dothan , Mobile , Lake in the Hills , Mount Zion , Norfolk

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Autotrader

Part of Cox Automotive

Autotrader reviews

3.4

59% would recommend to a friend

(468 total reviews)

Sandy Schwartz

66% approve of CEO

44% positive business outlook

Ratings by category

3.8

Compensation and benefits

3.5

Diversity & inclusion

3.4

Culture & values

3.4

Work/Life balance

3.2

Career opportunities

2.8

Senior management

Autotrader has an employee rating of 3.4 out of 5 stars, based on 468 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have a good working experience there. The Autotrader employee rating is in line with the average (within 1 standard deviation) for employers within the Retail & Wholesale industry (3.5 stars).

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Reviews by job title

468 reviews

2.0

Dec 31, 2012

Chip Perry-WAKE UP!

Account executive

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

Sales team works from home office-when not in meetings, attending seminars, etc.

Cons

Favoritism, Management expects you to be dishonest to Dealers in order to squeeze more money from them, you'll get fired if you don't make your sales goal-I've seen many talented people fired! Or, the territory gets switched around so you have no prospects, past due A/R accounts that go against you, no chance to succeed!

3.0

Dec 30, 2012

Top of the industry and outstanding company, but not for everyone.

Anonymous employee

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

• Fast growing with existing advancements each year. • Plenty of growth opportunity is most departments. • Employee feedback matters. • Plenty of industry and job related in-house courses and advancement programs. • Most executives are accessible, involved and pleasant. • The company is still new to being "BIG", so the family atmosphere is still there. • Amazing benefits. • Company loves and encourages "shadowing" and mentorships for career progressions.

Cons

• Many of the "needed" internal technical changes take years to launch. • Communication across departments is mediocre, so emergency/reactive solutions are abundant. • While the higher levels of leadership are of very high quality, middle and lower leadership often lack general and technical knowledge of the "trades" their managing. This problem leaves unaddressed opportunities a struggle to pursue and constant distractions from ego conflicts.

2.0

Dec 29, 2012

AC

Account executive

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

Good pay and benefits that's all

Cons

Mangers for forced to apply all the pressure they want to hit their number

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