DriveTime Automotive Group reviews

They will write you off as soon as you stop fitting their mold. If you don't have the golden parachute, then one misstep and you're fired. If you don't spend every waking second emailing, calling, or talking to every manager in the company, then you're seen as not communicative. It's a team environment so anyone who is driven and inventive who breaks out of the pack is seen as a lone wolf. Everyone is underpaid compared to current market salaries. The company will fire amazing employees because of what they call "no longer a culture fit." Retail turnover was %50 and corporate was %35. They have no HR department and therefore the employee is barely considered and seen more as a replaceable asset. Many corporate people were fired or quit within a month of being hired because they didn't fit the "Culture." Also the CEO likes to move people around. He will move HR people in training, car buyers into IT, finance people into car buyers. People who aren't qualified end up moving to a department they have no skill in. Our head of IT was forced out of his job which he had been doing for 13 yrs. In the last year a dozen high level managers have quit. A company of 2400 employees last year lost over 1000 employees. Odds aren't good for you. Lastly drivetime will talk about a project and tell everyone to have it done yesterday, then in 2 months put it on hold, change vendors and then 6 months later say they needed it yesterday. Flexibility is key because things change every day, for neutral or for worse. Either you'll be fired, your department reorganized, you transferred to an area you don't want to work, or you'll quit. One way or another you will be looking for a new job in under 24 months.

Beware of words this company likes to use such as intangible, perception, and transparent. Drivetime will use these words to brainwash employees to believe that they are more important than what they really are. The fact is Drivetime sees each employee as dispensable asset. I have worked for this company for over a year and they have eliminated many positions and with those positions hard working people that say they loved to work for this company. Although it's true that they do promote from within however promotion are few and far and only spread to those who have earned favoritism amongst the middle management. Be aware that if this "management" (which is under qualified and egotistic) perceives anyone in a negative light. They will hinder any chances to move up within this company. So in short you must know how to "kiss ass" to move up. So having an independent personality that is not in their opinion "Drivetime" 2.0" culture will brand you in a negative light. Drivetime says this company isn't metrics driven and they believe in self develop through the feedback of your management and peers however GM and SM and OM will always push for numbers breathing down each SA's back to make themselves look good towards their regionals. This company is not transparent as they claim to be, they constantly go through "changes" to self promote themselves into higher positions for better pay. I've read through a lot of the negative reviews here and for the most part I agree with a lot of them. The Pros are very similar and the CONS carry a lot of weight behind them because I've experienced them myself. As a current employee that has finally realized how manipulative this company is to their general work force, I am looking for a new job with a better culture... Inventory that this company uses is terrible, they punish the hard working sales advisor for faulty merchandise and Auto loans designed to set customers up for failure.