Cox Automotive reviews

3.7

69% would recommend to a friend

(2,316 total reviews)
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Steve Rowley

78% approve of CEO

63% positive business outlook

Cox Automotive has an employee rating of 3.7 out of 5 stars, based on 2,316 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have a good working experience there. The Cox Automotive employee rating is in line with the average (within 1 standard deviation) for employers within the Information Technology industry (3.7 stars).

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2.0
Aug 23, 2017

It's all smoke and mirrors

Anonymous employee
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Pros

Good benefits. If you can stand it long enough you may be able to transfer to another Cox entity. They give away lots of random things while cutting people's jobs.

Cons

Where do you start??? Constant reorganizations like you've never seen. I'm telling you like every 3-4 months (and that's being generous). What you think that you are starting with most definitely won't be where you end up or what you are doing or who you are working for in the next 6 months. A huge company that is run on cliques and who you know. To get anything actually done, you have to have agreement from probably 10 people who will have various levels of passive aggressive bitterness and interest in not wanting you to succeed. If you actually do produce anything, everyone will hate you for showing them up and will take credit for your work as part of the "matrix" or just deny that you actually did anything at all. Which means that you either have to play their game and not really ever produce anything but a flashy power point describing some fantastic thing that you are planning for 2 years from now (and will never do - just keep pushing out the date and blaming reorganizations), or just get nothing done and "not perform". HR is embedded in everything...yes, day to day processes. That should tell you something. I've never seen anything like this place. 100x's over not what it is sold as.

2.0
Jul 11, 2017
Recommend
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Pros

Good benefits, enjoyed the people, competitive compensation

Cons

- doesn't have a clear, consistent, and concrete telecommute and flex-schedule policy, when your office is located in Dunwoody, this is a real problem. And no, "work with your manager" is not a policy. - Environment became toxic and political as the business started to show signs of a downturn. - Needless layers of middle management getting in the way of progress and innovation. The smallest deliverables on the most inconsequential of projects needed to be approved, revised, re-approved, edited, delayed, revised, re-re-approved etc... by no less than 6 people. It was impossible to get anything done. - Executive town halls were basically just an hour of MBA-jargon vomit. Making it difficult to understand exactly what the goals and initiatives were. - Instructions from middle and upper management were equally dressed in "manager lingo" which I guess is great way of saying a whole lot without really saying anything at all. - Never-ending re-orgs stagnate growth for non-management employees as they are in a constant state of having to both prove yourself to a new boss every 6 months and waiting for the next re-org to come before any changes are made.

5.0
Jun 24, 2019
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

I've had the pleasure of working on two different scrum teams within Cox Auto. I am very much blown away by the competence of my peers, the incredible company culture, and the opportunities for personal growth and development. I certainly feel like I've become a much more capable Software Engineer because of this work environment. Cox invests in their devs and makes them feel truly valued. We are all very happy here.

Cons

I can't think of a single con.

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Cox Automotive Response
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Hi, thanks for your review! We are thrilled to hear that you are enjoying your time with us on our technology team and are glad to know that you're feeling challenged to grow in your software role. Thanks for your feedback!
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