TrueCar reviews

3.7

55% would recommend to a friend

(434 total reviews)
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29% approve of CEO

54% positive business outlook

TrueCar has an employee rating of 3.7 out of 5 stars, based on 434 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have a good working experience there. The TrueCar employee rating is in line with the average (within 1 standard deviation) for employers within the Information Technology industry (3.9 stars).

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434 reviews
1.0
Apr 24, 2019

Do not come to work here.

Anonymous employee
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Pros

There are very few and they are certainly not worth it. My guess is they will offer you a very strong compensation package. You will regret if you accept it.

Cons

I wanted to post this review because of the sudden, random five star reviews that started showing up. Very suspicious. There isn't a lot more I can say about how awful it is to work here than what has been said below (the negative reviews are true, they aren't just scorned employees who were weeded out). I will make this simple. You will get more of a "vision" by asking the transients that sit outside the office in Santa Monica than you will from any executive here. The environment is very political. Expect to do what you are told, when you are told or be gone. Also expect to throw your coworkers under the bus at every opportunity in hopes of a 5% raise that may or may not happen. In summary, the reset button needs to be hit on this place. Everyone with a VP title or above needs to be removed and replaced with people who know what they are doing.

1.0
Oct 9, 2012

Hostile work environment

Anonymous employee
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Pros

Location, food, compensation are all nice and the parties are expensively put together. Swag is cool, some nice IT folks

Cons

Long hours, culture very corporate despite start-up style perks, disorganized, directionless, boring content, fighting between and within teams, strategy changes constantly, revolving door of employees

1.0
Sep 20, 2012

Former employee, avoid this place

Anonymous employee
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Pros

Free snacks, obstructed ocean view

Cons

Untrustworthy managers, lack of vision, fear of CEO. Employee attrition is reaching critical levels, no one will disagree with CEO and is inappropriately afraid of presenting mixed/bad news to CEO (who is competent, bright, has a solid vision, and open to suggestions). Highly political organization where silence is golden, innovation is discouraged, interdepartmental "turf wars" slow progress, invite discord, demotivate talent, and embraces a 90's tech infrastructure that poorly recognizes current strategic opportunities in favor of the the "know-how" and myopic vision of current staff. Two days ago, there were 28 job available on the Truecar site, that seems odd to applicants, particularly to those who are aware that these are "backfill" vacancies. If you prefer an Apple II, you would fit right in.

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