Autotrader reviews

3.4

59% would recommend to a friend

(468 total reviews)

Sandy Schwartz

66% approve of CEO

44% positive business outlook

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
3.0
Feb 25, 2010

Too many management layers

Anonymous employee
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Pros

Company reputation was great (at one time), and they made excellent efforts to bring salaries in line with industry norms, particularly if employee was underpaid when hired. Decent benefits and individual managers/supervisors were generous when it came to needing personal time off.

Cons

Many changes in management and restructuring in attempts to flatten chain of command only resulted in creating more layers. Too many meetings were required before any project could begin, and then the pressure was on to complete them by original deadlines. Often, when the approval was finally given and all parties signed off, the need at the customer level was no longer urgent -- or -- business priorities changed and the project was dropped completely.

2.0
Jan 26, 2010

Bring back the old AutoTrader.com.

Anonymous employee
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Pros

Company has huge growth potential in the marketplace. People are still engaged in trying to make a difference and do the right thing.

Cons

The culture was very good when I first started. People had a purpose and company had vision and goals. Constant growth has caused the the company to become too large and poltical. Nothing gets done well.

3.0
Jan 5, 2010
Recommend
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Pros

Family Life Balance Great Benefits Worked from home office

Cons

Constant change Very political Boys Club The company use to do everything they could to help the dealers sell cars now the focus is how much money you can make off the deal and how many dollars a week you can make the company

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