Great place to work with amazing people, but has its problems
Pros
Cox Auto, and Cox as a whole, is a great place to be with good, kind people - outstanding health insurance benefits and a yearly bonus - great campus, but also very open to and flexible with wfh and remote work. Cox really embraced flexible work after covid and listened to employees (95% of employees wanted to stay remote) - strong and well-known portfolio of companies that perform well and aren’t going anywhere - the best people I have ever had the pleasure of working with. Everyone is nice and wants you to succeed, even if that means finding a new opportunity elsewhere - everyone cares about you and I felt like part of a family while I was here - company is private so big emphasis on employees and customers since there are no shareholders to answer to - lots of opportunities internally after you get your foot in the door
Cons
- SLOW. Me and many other people I’ve known who worked here all report the same thing. There seems to be an issue of many full-time people with hardly any work to do - I eventually left because I felt I was not being challenged and should continue to learn. I felt stagnant and bored out of my mind. It was nice at first since it was remote but it eventually became too much - low pay and low-balling me when I originally came in - low-balled me when I was looking for new opportunities internally which is why I went externally for much more money - bad communication from leadership. We were all totally in the dark about the supposed return to office and there was radio silence - politics at play here. Hush hush policy of no in-role promotions for everyone, except for that certain someone every year… - also no pay raises except the 1-5% performance based one which is still better than nothing - I left because after being there a year and a half I was hardly making more money and didn’t have much to show for it - can be isolating if you do not have an engaging team/leader. Covid killed off the great cox office culture that once existed and now most people work remotely - lots of managers and leaders but not many actual analysts. They’ve been dealing with this problem for a long time and will constantly restructure to fix but eventually go back to toploading the structure - IT is bad but that’s been my experience at every company - out of touch leaders who play politics and stifle growth and career paths for lower-level employees