AutoNation reviews

3.0

37% would recommend to a friend

(2,410 total reviews)

Mike Manley

39% approve of CEO

37% positive business outlook

AutoNation has an employee rating of 3.0 out of 5 stars, based on 2,410 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have an average working experience there. The AutoNation 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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2K reviews
1.0
Aug 21, 2010
Recommend
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Pros

Large Company, Large Inventory (for car sales), Talented Employees, Some external perks (discounts on merchandise from other vendors.), Several dealerships/locations can help if a location change becomes an issue.

Cons

The industry can be known for back-stabbing, the pay plan is poor in comparison to dealerships owned by smaller and less corporate groups, the health insurance benefit options are costly and do not provide sufficient coverage, the hours are generally 50+ and in an economy where auto sales has declined, your draw works out to be less than minimum wage and your commissions may not come anywhere near what you could be making hourly (more industry related), advancement within the company is not what you know, it's who you know.

4.0
Jun 28, 2010
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

Autonation is a great company to work for..with over 18000 employees, there is plenty of technology to manager and implement and support.

Cons

Thing have been really run unorganized and this has but technology behind and supporting it is hard to do, but not impossible.

2.0
Jun 2, 2010
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

Corperate processes make somethings uniform. Hours are best ever I've worked, however just like anywhere else you have to be there a lot if you want to make a living. I never was "spoken to" when I was sick and called out.

Cons

Upper managment feels the need to micro manage every aspect of the car deal...almost as if they really have no clue what it like to sell a car and are willing to take customers time to find out. Paperwork for buying a car adds a extra 40 mins to the process. Customers often complain it takes too long, nevermind if something "real" pops up ( missing keys, cars out of gas, can't find car, ect....) Benifits are a joke and are only offered once a year by them sending a one page letter to your house, you miss that letter you are SOL. Commisions are very low 16-18% except if you can somehow manage to sell 18+ units a month then you can get it up to 25% (which 25% is the norm everywhere else). Money is taken out of every car with over priced charges before commisions are even figured. Floors are flooded with salespeople (300 unit stores have 45+ sales people). Managers give deals to thier friends.

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