Bloated Giant - Media Representative Autotrader Employee Review

2.0
Aug 23, 2013
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

* Community Service * Training * Brand Awareness * Excellent Co-Workers ATC has all the right ingredients to be a fantastic company (and it used to be) but it is overloaded with Managers/VP's/GM's and more managers!

Cons

* Comp Plan * No career track * Saturated market * Tons of red tape and corporate waste. Years ago this was a HOT company to work for, now its almost sad. There is absolutely zero chances for advancement. No structured career path, no growth and no hope. If you have worked at ATC for 7 years, attended every training (NADA/Jumpstart/Passion etc), earned every certificate and excelled at customer service and product knowledge you will have no better chance for advancement as a brand new hire that had a very good month. ATC is burdened with too many managers. VP's, RSD's, GM's Senior Managers all titles that have little or no contact with the customers and even less with the sales reps. There seems to be an effort to cut sales people by squeezing and cutting their comp and increasing their workload. A word to the wise; You will work harder for less.

Explore other reviews about Autotrader

5.0
Jun 15, 2026
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

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
CEO approval
Business Outlook

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.

1
See reviews by: Helpful|Rating|Date|All