Exceptional individual contributors, often lousy leadership at director and above. - IT Employee Autotrader Employee Review

3.0
Mar 23, 2010
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

Salaries are good. Many of the contributors are really excellent. Great place to launch your career, definitely needs the help from skilled people at the management level! The company is growing and has a good market position. You can connect to different Cox companies from here.

Cons

Leadership thinks they communicate, but they don't. Things recently have gotten more closed at senior levels even though there is an "open door policy". Some people have gone from OK to toxic.

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5.0
Jun 15, 2026
Recommend
CEO approval
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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
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.

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