Great Benefits, Poor Management - Management Cox Automotive Employee Review

2.0
Apr 23, 2018
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

Salary and benefits are great. The onboarding process was great. The facilities are amazing- great office space, plenty of conference rooms, multiple gyms, great foodservice. The company did a lot to ensure the employees had fun. The company is a huge supporter of the community. A pro and con...when they downsize, which is regularly, they actually compensate departing employees well.

Cons

The company does not have clear strategic direction and management is not on the same page. As a result you have constant change in direction. For example in less than one year objectives changed several times and there were several MAJOR reorganizations. Just as soon as we figured out what was going on it changed. Also the organization is so layered that we spent most of our time in meetings. Most real work got done after hours. You will spend 10+ hours a day working at Cox Auto. There is unprecedented favoritism and significant biases were observed. It is a highly competitive environment where managers work hard to protect their position and others are rewarded for supporting them in doing so. Middle management tends to be rather unseasoned.

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Pros

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Cons

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1.0
Jun 26, 2026
Recommend
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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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