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
2.0
Jul 14, 2016
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

For the short time I was at Adesa, coworkers were very friendly and helpful. Cool office atmosphere.

Cons

What was failed to be mentioned was how phone orientated the entire job was. The corporation literally tracks how long you are on the phone for and make you feel like a puppet. If you like to do business more face to face with people and not ENTIRELY OVER THE PHONE don't apply for this position.

1.0
Jan 13, 2021
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

25 holidays and bank holidays

Cons

Clueless management Repetition of the same mistakes People that haven’t worked in any other part of the motor industry for 20 years + thinking they know how a tech company should run

2.0
Jul 30, 2020

More Cons than Pros

Anonymous employee
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

-Co-workers are great. They really made working there so much better than it was. -Benefits are OK -Some departments allow for flexible schedules

Cons

-In the middle of no-where - not easily accessible by transit or, depending on where you are commuting from, by car -Pay is low -Micromanaged -Management has unrealistic expectations of what can be done in a day -Often asked to stop current task to do some other task which causes backup of regular duties -To add to the last two points above: overtime is not encouraged but when work is not completed there's issues -Not all managers allow for flexible schedule -Vacation time can and will be denied if they see fit -I will repeat micromanaged again to really stress the point of how much micromanaging goes on -Customers are allowed to treat you horribly and nothing is done about it -Proper training is not in place - thrown in the deep end and its sink or swim. Co-workers do the best they can to train but then they aren't able to keep up with their work -Often made to help other departments at the expense of your own work -There isn't any support from management when there are issues -It's very much a boys club and favourites are chosen (and definitely don't fall out of favour) -If you aren't liked or can't pick things up fast enough, fall out of favour, you are gone -There is no room for growth - lateral moves sometimes happen but moving up is non-existent unless you are a favourite and in the boys club. They often hire outside of the company for those positions -There aren't any raises or they are inconsequential to the average employee - Bonuses are for management -Prudent to keep a record of everything (phone calls,emails, meetings) for backup as placing blame for any mistake is swift -There is no loyalty for long-term loyal employees

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