CarGurus reviews

4.1

82% would recommend to a friend

(487 total reviews)
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Jason Trevisan

93% approve of CEO

71% positive business outlook

CarGurus has an employee rating of 4.1 out of 5 stars, based on 487 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have an excellent working experience there. The CarGurus employee rating is in line with the average (within 1 standard deviation) for employers within the Information Technology industry (3.6 stars).

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487 reviews
3.0
Nov 5, 2020
Recommend
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Pros

Great environment to work in

Cons

Very micro managed and favouritism shown by management

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CarGurus Response
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Thanks for being a part of our team! We strive to create and foster a work environment that our employees feel they are accepted in. However, I’m extremely sorry to hear that you’ve experienced or seen forms of micromanagement or favoritism. We do not tolerate or condone these actions whatsoever. I’d welcome the opportunity to further discuss your experiences at CG and how we can continue to improve our culture. - Andrea Eldridge, Chief People Officer
5.0
Jan 7, 2019
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

I love CarGurus. The company is growing 40-50% year over year and management really cares about how the employees feel. I think having Snoop Dogg headline our private holidays party says a lot about how fun CarGurus is and how much management appreciates us all for helping the company grow.

Cons

None yet. The company is awesome, growing and I love it.

4.0
Sep 13, 2018
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

- Top-of-market pay. Good benefits. Free parking is a nice touch - Free lunch is very cushy - Good snacks with healthy options - Automotive market is extremely lucrative and company is positioned for high potential - While it's not a company where you could sit down with anyone and start a conversation, folks are nice and happy to be here - Although the team doesn't always do things the right way, the team is fairly senior and doesn't need too much convincing if you know a better way to do things - My manager/lead is very on-top of things and understanding of tradeoffs - Minimal micromanagement - Tolerable amounts of tech debt. While I'm running into lots of "we really shouldn't be doing it like this" moments in general the team is on-board with changes and no single problem is so bad that it is unsolvable - Work-life balance is great. I have been able to leave my laptop at work most days (have brought it home when I had some late risky deploys going out that I wanted to be able to follow-up on) - Really solid place for top performers. Lots of opportunities for growth and making an impact. Low-pressure, high-reward environment is really refreshing and the company works hard to help you focus on what matters most

Cons

- Work isn't terribly exciting but could be in a few years. Lots of helping the company dig itself out of holes. I was a bit surprised to find that the scale of our problems was significantly lower than other smaller companies I've worked for - E-mail is a total joke in Engineering. Spammed to death by bots to the point where all of my info needs to come through Slack or in-person. Office 365 for everything is also a real pain - On-boarding was a bit chaotic - I'm a little tipped from training, but the company culture and values statements are pretty weak and generic. The company allegedly came up with them only a few years ago and is trying to force them into the day-to-day for the sake of it. In my frank opinion - the company is just a good working culture; producing results and getting things done but keeping a steady pace and taking care of its employees along the way - Coming from startups I was pretty frustrated by how much was gated off that I had to figure out how to get access to, but things are good now - Technical skill level and care is a few steps lower than what I'm used to. As someone who is highly experienced with the tooling we're using this isn't a problem for me but this may be a poor place to learn how to do things the right way. On the other hand, it's a good place to execute and get the company to doing things the right way. Playing the role of technical babysitter gets old though - Haven't seen any high-level plans of what we're doing and why. Again, maybe there's town halls and all that being planned, but cross-company communication is very poor - Not a huge con, but I wish there were more social groups - I'd like to see more diversity amongst the team

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