Intense Micro Management - Customer Experience Consultant CarMax Employee Review

2.0
Jun 11, 2023
Recommend
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Pros

Working from Home and sick time

Cons

You will be monitored on every call. They listen, watch your screen while you work. While you are on the line, manager will chime in and tell you what to say and when. You have to meet all metrics for sales. No customers are YOUR customers. Fellow employees steal your customer and you lose your points. Store employees do not like the CEC and you are in competition with all peers. Customers are confused as they think they are calling the store and are not happy when they realize you are remote and won't be meeting them at the store to complete the sale. Working on a Sunday... don't do it. It is by far the worst day for sales and progressing the customer which makes it hard to recover from each week to meet your metrics. Pay is extremely low for all of the responsibilities that are expected from you. A lot of your calls are for the service department, complaints for customer relations and not a sales call and that call is considered a "moment" and counted against your sales metrics.

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You are your own boss

Cons

Slow days can be demotivating.

4.0
Jun 13, 2026
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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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