Great company but certain business units need work - Learning Operations (Project) Specialist Cox Automotive Employee Review

3.0
Jun 2, 2021
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

Overall Cox is a great company! They care about their associates and having a work-life balance is important. I started as a non-exempt employee and was given at least 24 days of PTO and benefits started on day one. As an exempt employee, you have unlimited PTO to use of course you have to run it by your manager. Cox was very proactive when COVID hit. We were told we would work from home until further notice. There was a furlough period for many people, but we got to keep our insurance during that time. For the people who were brought back from furlough we still got bonuses and were given an extra $1,000 to buy equipment for a home office. Every year the company evaluates your job title/ responsibilities and pays you according to the market.

Cons

You can get very siloed on your team and there feels like there are parts of the business you never learn about because of this. During summer 2020 my team restructured and we lost a lot of great people either because their roles were eliminated or they didn't want to go through the interview process to get their jobs back. I was brought back from furlough and was placed in a role management created, but was given ZERO training. Because of the reorg, I was reporting to people who have never been people leaders before. And again, they were provided with ZERO training. There's not a word available to accurately describe but the cloestes one is trainwreck.

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5.0
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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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