poorly managed and horrible work life balance. - Technician Cox Automotive Employee Review

2.0
Sep 16, 2025
Recommend
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Pros

Good hourly pay and the technicians you work with aren't bad.

Cons

This is for the Dallas location at west keist blvd. Horrible management. Work life balance is non existent. They will expect you to work till 3 in the morning and be back to work by 8 am. They dont care about you, or any other employee in the shop. You are just a number to them and who cares if you are hurt or tired. They have no problem asking you to do more work but when you want pay to match all the new responsibilities they try to get rid of you. I've heard from former coworkers that its finally starting to get better.

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Pros

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Cons

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1.0
Jun 26, 2026
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Pros

Benefits are good. PTO Day 1.

Cons

No advancement opportunity. They claim they hire internally, but they don't seem to adhere to that. Out of nowhere, hours were cut from 40 hours to 32 for our particular shift due to "business needs". However it seems like we are rarely caught up at the end of the night. The same position on another shift did not lose nearly as many hours. Then, there was a location wide meeting where they bragged about record sales and record profits. Seems pretty insensitive to do in front of employees who lost over 20% of their pay. The manager comes off as completely harsh and rude. When you fill out a survey stating facts, they are met with a dismissive tone followed by, "you know this is not true". Training is non existent. Other underpaid employees have to train you so it's like a game of telephone where the training contains just a little less information or a little more incorrect information each time. Pay for other positions in the organization is below average. When applying for those positions internally, they want to base pay on your current role instead of based on qualifications for the job being offered. There is a pay range listed for jobs, don't expect to get anywhere near the top and you are LUCKY to see the middle of that range. Pay raises are not anywhere near inflation rates, so if you stay more than a year you are losing money.

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