was a great place to work, now a sad shell of what the company was built on - Associate Manager Autotrader Employee Review

2.0
Jul 5, 2012
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

Benefits through Cox are good. People are talented, but constrained by management If you are in the right circle and enjoy drinking your career will go far

Cons

Very sterile enviroment. Communicating with peers through email or IM only No privacy during meetings - all glass meeting rooms Very top heavy organization In fighting amongst department heads Departmental survey yields low rating results but issues are never addressed Takes too long for management to make decisions

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5.0
Jun 15, 2026
Recommend
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Pros

Great company to work at. excellent benefits and leadership. Lots of things to do and they like to promote from within

Cons

once you max out in your pay range you have to switch jobs in order to get anymore raises

3.0
Sep 12, 2025
Recommend
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Pros

Generally the benefits are good, but are declining. The head of CoxEnterprises believes in employee empowerment and benefits. The values of CEI are wonderful and the reason I stay.

Cons

Current leadership over AutoTrader (CAI) prioritizes profits over all else so we have reorganizations every year or so making it an unstable environment. The company is now run by Finance and HR, so you can imagine the culture.

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