ADESA reviews

3.1

45% would recommend to a friend

(619 total reviews)

John Hammer

47% approve of CEO

39% positive business outlook

ADESA has an employee rating of 3.1 out of 5 stars, based on 619 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have a good working experience there. The ADESA employee rating is in line with the average (within 1 standard deviation) for employers within the Retail & Wholesale industry (3.5 stars).

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619 reviews
4.0
Nov 1, 2016

Great Company

Recommend
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Pros

Good Pay, Great hours and excellent working conditions. Benefits are good and career growth potential is great. Great bunch of people working there.

Cons

Some jobs are outside working lot function and when weather's bad the job has too get done so if elements bother you not a place for you ,but if you like being outside its excellent. Also can be very busy during sales with a lot of vehicles moving so safety is paramount so if you don't like crowds or fast pace working environment jobs probably not for you

4.0
Oct 15, 2016

Block Clerk

Anonymous employee
Recommend
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Pros

It's a great place to start out when you need to find a way to gain office experience for college students. What was great about being a block clerk at Adesa was learning to work in a fast-paced environment, since auctioneers announce bids at 90km/hr. Like I mentioned, aside from learning what you do as a block clerk when working with auctioneers, adesa provides the opportunity for you to gain front counter experience. Students can gain both customer service and other general administrative experience (processing tax forms for dealerships, confirming purchases, using Adesa's computer software programs to generate car information for dealership representatives). They offered the best part-time hours for students. I was able to go to school and get work experience simultaneously. So by the time I graduated, I was able to apply full-time positions at other big organizations, with Adesa's reputation. Lastly, I had to leave Adesa for my last semester of school, since it had conflicted with my school schedule. After I had graduated, I had asked if I could work there again, while finding a full-time position elsewhere. They were more than willing to recruit me, even though it was a temporary position that I requested for. I had a great supervisor, and whenever I needed help, she was always there.

Cons

There isn't much room for growth and opportunity for those who are looking for a more full-time permanent position. Like said, it's a good place to start out for college students. The block clerk position is quite repetitive.

2.0
Oct 12, 2016

Great place to work if you're into abuse

Anonymous employee
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Pros

Most of the staff are really friendly, hard workers. Wage is not great, but, okay, depending on your position. Same with health plan (pretty good really) & stock options seem to be available to all staff. Your best day here will probably be the day you leave for retirement/a better job/or no job at all.

Cons

Nepotism is RAMPANT here! The GM is a severe micro manager. You are required to fill out a sheet daily, marking down exactly what work you did, from a phone call, to how many emails you read, answered, sent etc, to how many times you sharpened your pencil or refilled the paper in the photocopier. Sent a fax did you? Mark down how many & no, don't try & "guess" at the end of the day, management may have been monitoring you today & if your #'s don't match up with their #'s, you may find this to be your last day of work. And no, they apparently don't have better things to do with their time. If you work in the office, you then have to enter all that on to your computer, if you work outside, you must fill in the sheet & hand it in to an office manager who then enters all your info onto the computer (another great time waster for THAT person!). You must also enter the relevant stock numbers of the vehicles you inspected/entered/moved etc on a computer etc. It takes easily 10-20 min out of your work day to fill in the paperwork & then that much more to enter on the computer. Quotas must be met, or else. Keep in mind this is really a customer service industry, but there are no check boxes for spending time assisting/answering customers etc. It's very archaic & most of the staff find it an insult. Especially the staff that have been around more than a few years.

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