Good people, great company - Anonymous employee Cox Automotive Employee Review

4.0
Sep 18, 2016
Anonymous employee
Recommend
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Pros

Exceptional company comprised of 25 of the automotive industry's strongest brands! The engineering teams and their technical managers are some of the brightest, most fun and driven folks you'll find in the technology industry. Plenty of legitimate growth opportunities on the technical level. Reasonable compensation plan with 18 PTO days to start for FTE's. The company does a great job of plugging into our local communities across the country for worthy causes. The culture is really driven by the people you work with on a regular basis and for the most part the experience is positive. No company is perfect but I can say that there is more good than bad. :)

Cons

A fair degree of organizational churn across all arms of the business and technology divisions that can be attributed to M&A's particularly with our senior and executive level management. Too many dotted lines. Leadership at business units outside of our Atlanta HQ across the country are loosely viewed as accessory to the majority concentration of leadership based out of our Atlanta HQ office despite efforts to improve on that sentiment. Not much growth opportunity seen as a leader outside of Atlanta HQ. Company 401k plan currently restricts HCE contributions but there hasn't been official announcement of this change. HR practice and related communications have opportunities to improve.

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5.0
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Pros

Great opportunities to learn the latest tools and technologies

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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