left tech industry for GOOD after working here. - Software Engineer CARVANA Employee Review

1.0
Jun 1, 2025
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

receiving a paycheck was nice

Cons

by far the worst company I've ever worked for in all my 9 years as a software engineer. the merge with ADESA is a complete mess. management is a complete and utter joke. they like to make up rules that don't matter because they think it makes them more powerful. or successful. I don't know. but they don't care about you or your health. be ready to go into an office 5 days week and have all remote meetings with your team that you'll never meet because they're all remote and get to wfh. oh and don't expect much vacation the first year. and try not to get sick. you only get a few days a year to be sick. so unless you're living, breathing, and bleeding for all things carvana, you should just avoid this company. feel free to buy a car from them because they approve literally everybody (look it up) but that's all they're good for. I've suffered my fair share of poor management and office politics in the tech industry but carvana has received the gold medal for being so bad I never want to be a developer ever again.

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5.0
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Pros

Pay is good, consistent up in pay

Cons

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2.0
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Recommend
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Pros

* Corporate roles offer flexibility, and no one micromanages how you structure your 8-hour day. * Good holiday schedule and work-life balance if you’re in the right role.

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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