Copart reviews

Copart the company is a crap whole. Their prices are some of the lowest out there and the only reason why the buy vehicles is because they take advantage of people when they are most desperate. Vehicles they sell on auction sell way below wholesale prices. As a Vehicle Purchasing Agent the best way to describe this position is they over promise and under deliver. The current purchasing team is full of agents who were recruited using improper taxctics. (Ex. They show you old paycheck stubs of employees who made 75-125k a year. What you don't know is the average purchasing agent makes about 40k. ). They recruited many people away from VERY good jobs, and the entire team is distraught that they came to work for Copart. Many are leaving and those still in this position are job searching on the side. When the program started you could make 60+k but after many bad decisions the position has now changed and you become a glorified CS agent. They have combined 3 roles into one and you are over worked and under paid. The CEO and Upper Management are just a bunch of yard dogs who were in the right place at the right time. They have no idea what they are doing and took a purchasing program that used to Profit 2 Million a year, and thrown it into despair and they are now losing 500k-1 Million a year on the program. There was a reason why the Director or Copart Direct left the company in the Fall of 2011. I now view Copart as the worst mistake in my Professional Career and I am still recovering from this mistake.

Your compensation is pegged directly to the size of your yard NOT skill or ability. So be prepared to relocate if you want to advance. Bonus - ignore it. The KPI used is constantly changing; published well in the mid-year and most are metrics you lack authority to directly impact. As a General Manager, you have very little discretion on how to run your business; Not allowed a company credit card for expenses or travel. You’re required to travel, but on a reimbursement bases and the authorized accommodations are shared rooms at the hotel-6 (be prepared and know your place). Nepotism is strong. From the CEO (who’s married to the founder’s daughter) down the chain of people commonly referred to as “pre-public”. With both a “Chain of Review” and a “Chain of Influence”, you never made a move without finding out how much the person on the other end is juiced. Seldom will they hesitate to "make a call". The largest problem is the company functions and makes decisions as a creature of consequence. It doesn’t matter if I was dealing with a bidder that felt his purchase was misrepresented or an employee needing guidance and leadership, the tone was always the same – you’re expendable – and HR largely supported this approach. The only exception was with the sellers (insurance company). If they moved, Copart flinched. Some of the buyers started figuring this out and went direct to the sellers with complaints. Copart would trip over themselves to do the right thing.