We Put the Fun in Dysfunction - Anonymous employee Cox Automotive Employee Review

2.0
Feb 11, 2015
Anonymous employee
Recommend
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Pros

Great employees and supervisors, casual dress code

Cons

-Pay structure is terrible. Account managers are paid well below industry average. We are paid $6 for every client that renews but $100 for every one that cancels. How does that make sense? You soon find out that the sales team sells services under false pretenses and when you speak with the client they have the wrong expectations of the service. The account manager must then reset expectations which makes the client not trust us and leads to cancellation. All account managers have far too many clients to provide any real value. Management does not care because the philosophy is to bring on as many clients as possible and collect the management fees. When clients cancels because they were sold under false pretenses who do they blame? The account managers. Training is terrible. There were many days that the trainees were just left in a conference room because their trainers had other responsibilities and couldn't train. If you make someone a trainer that should be their only job. We get that this is a growing company and going through "growing pains" but no one is doing anything to make it better. The majority of employees are looking for other opportunities where they are paid what they are worth.

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Cons

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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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