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      Autotrader

      Part of Cox Automotive

      Engaged Employer

      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 demographic groups

      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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      468 reviews
      2.0
      Aug 14, 2010

      Better than previous employers

      Anonymous employee
      Recommend
      CEO approval
      Business Outlook

      Pros

      The company has a very relaxed atmosphere. Not stuffy at all. Employees are nice and I've met some lifelong friends there. The executive team is also very friendly and they share the company goals once a quarter. During these meetings they are willing to answer any questions asked of them. A annual employee survey allows employees to rate the company and provide constructive feedback to management. Management usually makes moves to work on the areas of improvement.

      Cons

      Middle management is a joke. Half of them only have their jobs because of who they know, not what they know. Some of them don't take the time to ever learn their jobs and the employees who do the job are the ones that suffer. Lately management has been more apt to let you take the fall for their short comings so they can keep their job. Decisions are made not based on any real data. And its usually the wrong decision.

      2.0
      Jul 7, 2010

      Was once a giant. No more!

      Sales consultant
      Recommend
      CEO approval
      Business Outlook

      Pros

      There are great products in their core business (Used Car Advertising). Pay can be very good in Sales. There are many very good employees and managers. Recovering from a reputation of greed with customers by concentrating on service and holding the line on rate increases.

      Cons

      Rather than concentrate on their core business and ways to improve it and increase revenues there, they concentrate on moving into new areas where they seemed destined to fail (every time). Very political structure within the overly extensive middle management ranks. There is a whole lot of CYA going on. Butt kissing is valued more than ideas and dissent is not tolerated.

      3.0
      Jun 24, 2010

      not all it was cracked up to be

      Anonymous employee
      Recommend
      CEO approval
      Business Outlook

      Pros

      Nice break rooms. Employee benefits were good. Training classes were worth attending and added benefit (both professionally and personally). A lot of nice people work there.

      Cons

      Too many middle "managers" who were all title - spend all day moving from meeting room to meeting room avoiding anything that remotely resembles real work. Directors did the same meeting dance and spent any available time trying to get noticed by execs. Too much CYA politics.

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