Definition of soulless corporate work - Software Engineer II Cox Automotive Employee Review

2.0
May 13, 2024
Recommend
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Pros

Decent work/life balance. Good healthcare benefits. "Unlimited" time off. Great place to work if you want to be a mindless corporate drone

Cons

No training. They won't teach you anything and expect you to just figure it out. Will put you on call for site support without telling you how any of it works. Top-down, command-and-control management style. ICs are given no ownership or input over their work, they are expected to take orders and ask no questions. Any attempts to address technical debt or make improvements not specifically requested by the business are dead on arrival. Tons of time is wasted waiting for upper management to make decisions that the teams themselves should be empowered to make. Pay is far below market rates and pay raises are minimal (<2%). Time off isn't actually unlimited. Management will complain when you take off and remind you not to take too much time too early in the year. They treat employees like tools, not people. They constantly shift people between teams with little or no warning and no regard for the employee's skills or career goals.

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5.0
May 28, 2026
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Pros

Great opportunities to learn the latest tools and technologies

Cons

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1.0
Jun 26, 2026
Recommend
CEO approval
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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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