Good environment, great dev team. Very happy here. - Frontend Developer Cox Automotive Employee Review

5.0
Jun 21, 2017
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Pros

A small dev team made up of talented, passionate people with a focus on solving customers' problems with technology. The atmosphere is friendly, relaxed and highly collaborative. Most importantly, the business implicitly trust the dev team, if we have a great idea they'll let us run with it, but equally if we tell them that something they want to implement isn't a good idea we know that will always be taken on board. It's very apparent that the company works hard to make Motors a great place to work - and Motors has come on in leaps and bounds in all areas from where they were a few years ago. The business are also extremely transparent, if you have a question for anybody within the organisation they'll always offer an open, honest answer. It's not perfect, but I wouldn't be here if I didn't genuinely enjoy working for Motors and have faith in our ability to evolve, iterate and continue to deliver.

Cons

Location isn't all that exciting (good transport links tho), and the office isn't particularly glamorous. Dev team could be more diverse, and some devs seem to be put off coming here because we're outside the conventional tech hubs. Not allowed to wear shorts :(

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Pros

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Cons

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1.0
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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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