Frat politics and - Anonymous employee CARVANA Employee Review

1.0
May 8, 2024
Anonymous employee
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

I loved my team. I met some of the hardest working people of my life in my time at carvana. The first 6 months were so much fun “culture” wise. My direct lead made such an impact on me. The work was easy for me.

Cons

Where to start. Management is so far below the expectations of what management is defined in the dictionary. Every department i worked with was ran like a frat house. From people delivering Red Bull shots to peoples desks blasting edm at 7 am to workplace rumors never being taken seriously by hr. It’s just a messy environment. Very unfortunate because the some pretty amazing people work there, and they are usually punished with being overworked. Which leads to the extreme underpayment of most roles. It seems very specific people get paid well. The pay is not in a fair range across departments and genders. The micromanagement in some departments is wild. The management tends to not listen to ideas unless they like you. It’s weird. The whole clique mentality in the manager levels were so strange. Overall, i wouldn’t work there unless you really needed the job title and experience for something later.

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Cons

No clear vision or long-term strategy for the Safe & Secure department. * Constant reorganizations and changing priorities. * Positions eliminated, reinstated, and eliminated again. * No stability or clear career path. * Lack of structure and accountability. * “Blind leading the blind” culture. * Chronic understaffing. * Employees expected to do the work of two or three people. * No additional compensation for increased workload. * Leadership’s answer to resource constraints is to “be scrappy.” * High levels of burnout. * Extremely low morale. * Significant loss of talent and leadership. * Employees quitting without another job lined up due to poor working conditions. * Operations Center dismantled, relocated, and then effectively rebuilt again with no clear strategic reason. * Experienced employees terminated, only to recreate similar functions later. * Loss of institutional knowledge. * Frequent reactive decisions instead of proactive planning. * Constant uncertainty creates stress and uneasiness. * Lack of confidence in leadership direction. * Heavy workload with limited support. * Minimal investment in retaining top performers. * Environment not conducive to building a long-term career.

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