fast growth company at a crossroads - Anonymous employee Autotrader Employee Review

3.0
Jul 27, 2011
Anonymous employee
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

good comp plan and benefits, good people all around, interesting and challenging work

Cons

some execs not big on promotions and recognition, have attitude that employees are lucky to have a job, very different cultures between departments and not a lot of collaboration between some of the execs, the newer crop of exec leadership in PM, Sales and Ops seems to be more innovative than the older execs (who may be waiting to cash in on their stock and don't want to make risky moves in fear of tipping the cash cow)

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5.0
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Pros

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Cons

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3.0
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Pros

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Cons

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