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
3.0
Jun 12, 2014

Good job for this hard economy

Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

Benefits,paid uniforms,nice coworkers,flexible with schedule, see a lot of interesting cars

Cons

Low pay , high turnover ratio, no raises , advancements not possible

3.0
May 23, 2014

Past Employee

Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

Pay and staff are worth coming in for, but that is really it....

Cons

Corporate idealism and lack of practicality

1.0
Mar 24, 2014
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

work life balance is about the only thing they seem to have figured out.

Cons

Review limited to Carmel (corporate). Overly formal for no reason. Found "management" to be largely under qualified ladder climbers with zero to none experience of leading or managing people. True Leadership and the concept of servant leadership is unknown concept to this organization. It's a top down management so I look good at your expense style of management, in what I would consider to be a very un-comtemporary and unsophisticated IT shop. I ran into many people who were looking to get out of the IT organization complaining of "micromanagement" which I would agree with 100%. Worst micromanagement I saw since I was new to IT in the early 1990s. No one accepts responsibility for a mistake out of fear they will be released for the tiniest little things. I saw it happen with my own eyes so it is a real fear. Fear based leadership. People with 5 years experience in were considered Sr. and put into leadership roles leading people far more capable than themselves. It would be hysterical if it wasn't real. Saw every amateur management mistake made literally on a daily basis. I personally didn't see any process for anything, it was all fly by the seat of your pants and react to the latest event rather than be proactive. Numerous times I brought issue to my boss and he ignored my input or concern. All he cared about was how he looked. Without question the worst place I've ever worked.

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