Was a fun place to work - Advertising Consultant Autotrader Employee Review

4.0
Dec 9, 2013
Recommend
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Pros

Great people to work with, but necessarily to work for at ATC. This was a great place to work, but the cultured changed dramatically over the last year. The pay was very not very stable, and made it difficult to budget. The company is very generous with its resources. However, as an individual contributor there is very little autonomy to conduct good business. Also, opportunity is very limited and it appears that the model is to look outside company for management hires.

Cons

The business landscape is changing around ATC, but it appears that it is being ignored. Low to mid level management were at the right place at the right time. Many are not qualified to manage, but were promoted due to ¨being hot¨ at the time of opportunity. These managers would not have been as successful in current selling conditions.

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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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