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      Autotrader

      Part of Cox Automotive

      Engaged Employer

      Autotrader reviews

      3.4

      59% would recommend to a friend

      (468 total reviews)

      Sandy Schwartz

      66% approve of CEO

      44% positive business outlook

      Ratings by demographic groups

      Autotrader has an employee rating of 3.4 out of 5 stars, based on 468 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have a good working experience there. The Autotrader 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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      468 reviews
      3.0
      Nov 4, 2010

      Just a little over two years

      Sos provider
      Recommend
      CEO approval
      Business Outlook

      Pros

      Pay plan...before it changed---good benefits---flexibility of benefits good---local management very supportive--flexible work schedule--constantly increasing the price of the product to equal our perceived value

      Cons

      Lack of organizational stability---total moral ineptness of customer base (car dealers)--very shady regional leadership (at the time) changes have been made since then

      2.0
      Jul 7, 2010

      Was once a giant. No more!

      Sales consultant
      Recommend
      CEO approval
      Business Outlook

      Pros

      There are great products in their core business (Used Car Advertising). Pay can be very good in Sales. There are many very good employees and managers. Recovering from a reputation of greed with customers by concentrating on service and holding the line on rate increases.

      Cons

      Rather than concentrate on their core business and ways to improve it and increase revenues there, they concentrate on moving into new areas where they seemed destined to fail (every time). Very political structure within the overly extensive middle management ranks. There is a whole lot of CYA going on. Butt kissing is valued more than ideas and dissent is not tolerated.

      3.0
      Feb 25, 2010

      Too many management layers

      Anonymous employee
      Recommend
      CEO approval
      Business Outlook

      Pros

      Company reputation was great (at one time), and they made excellent efforts to bring salaries in line with industry norms, particularly if employee was underpaid when hired. Decent benefits and individual managers/supervisors were generous when it came to needing personal time off.

      Cons

      Many changes in management and restructuring in attempts to flatten chain of command only resulted in creating more layers. Too many meetings were required before any project could begin, and then the pressure was on to complete them by original deadlines. Often, when the approval was finally given and all parties signed off, the need at the customer level was no longer urgent -- or -- business priorities changed and the project was dropped completely.

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