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1.0
Jun 19, 2025

Not a place to make money

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Pros

Nobody really cares about anything. You can go smoke every 10 minutes outside

Cons

Low pay no hours will hire anyone to drive even if you just got your license. Reason being no experienced driver is going to work for their pay. Auto haulers make 100k a year you might get half that. All college degree working in logistics never been behind the wheel of a truck have no idea except what they read ln paper. Out of touch with reality in the field of trucking... Work Schedule has no room for overtime. Work 12 hour days and only 7 days in a 14 day work week.Benefits the company from paying overtime. You pay for your health insurance which is very high. No perks trucks are leased through penske if you have a problem with the equipment you better off asking the truck then management they have no experienced. I have no idea how they are on the top 100 companies to work for it sure isn't for their transportation divison.. Large corporations aren't concerned about much except metrics and the stock price.

1.0
Jun 19, 2025
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Pros

Money. That's the only reason I worked at this cess pool.

Cons

Horrible communication from management. Horrible management style all together. They will micromanage you to the grave. They will constantly change things that don't need changing. Conversely, they will not change the things that need the most changing. "Evolving" is what they call it I think. Job description says a lot of things. Key point is it says "assist with the wholesale auction". Nah. You'll run it. And you won't be compensated properly for it. This job is a scam so CarMax can make more money by hiring less people to do one of the most important jobs in the entire company. They are cold as can be. Robotic. Corporate to the bone and they don't care about their employees. They only care about how much money they can make and their precious image to their precious wholesale customers. I was personally threatened in the office I worked in with 3 witnesses. Instead of having my back they fired me for how I reacted. This place doesn't care about you. You are as expendable as the air you breathe. Zero motivation for good performance. They give you no reward for hard work or exceptional work other than the corporate "way to go bud!" Your raise? Lmao. Enjoy your "merit" raise. You'll work there for years and only increase your pay by a marginal amount. Dangerous working conditions as well. They will send you out to the heat/bitter cold in the middle of 500 cars and expect you to work through it with no complaints. No shaded areas. Nothing. They will send you out in cars that will have high potential of breaking down or critical components failing. Zero career growth opportunities. They dangle the carrot for you and leave you to chase it for eternity. Unless you kiss the ring of course. All in all. Complete waste of time. Ask yourself. Who wants to live that life?

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