Customer Experience Consultant - Customer Experience Consultant CarMax Employee Review

1.0
Oct 30, 2019
Recommend
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Pros

None I can think of at the new CEC in Norcross

Cons

Where do I begin… I started working for Carmax at the store level and then moved to the CSS where I enjoyed my job very much… Then Carmax decides to go with a new Omni channel approach… they call us customer experience consultants but all we are is bodies at desks being told to read Scripts. The bonuses we are all supposed to get would take an MIT graduate to even understand and there are over 200 people here who are up in arms about being exceedingly underpaid and not being paid what they’ve earned. They bring people in from the stores to work leads which take money out of our pockets because that’s the only way we get paid. All the people at the stores who used to make good money now have their commissions cut in half or to zero, because of the new CEC. Management here is punitive and has no clue how to run this business.. the company itself started this with no plan of action with no organization and the only result is… The people that work for them are making a lot less money and Carmax is making a whole lot more money. Everybody at the CEC… Even though we don’t meet with customers… has to wear a Carmax uniform… More money for Carmax.. we are not allowed to have a pen and a piece of paper or any personalization on our desks. There is so much more I could say but what I will tell you is run fast ..do not work for Carmax anymore… They will lie to you they will cheat you and I will steal from you… And I have documented proof of all of this.

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Pros

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Cons

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4.0
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Pros

The perks of working at CarMax are quite extensive. Associates are offered an aggressive 401k program, Stock Purchasing Plan, in store discounts on sales and service, access to the CarMax Wholesale system, excellent healthcare, plenty of PTO, and at my location we are given as much OT as we want. My coworkers are generally good people, that I enjoy being able to work along side day in and day out. Management is very understanding in regards to calling out sick family emergencies, and schedule requests.

Cons

Despite doing the work of 5 people, and very politely asking for a raise management will not give me more than my 3% annual raise which is the single biggest let down. The bonus change of 2025 being labeled as "exciting" was straight corporate gaslighting unlike anything I've ever seen. Since the start of 2026, as of this review being written we have lost 7 associates largely due to pay, and I am soon to join those associates. Management from the store level up to corporate needs to understand that to retain their top performers they need to be compensated like a top performer. Some members of management are cliquey and moody which is very frustrating to deal with. Quality of Management varies wildly from store to store as well

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