I had high expectations for my job at Edmunds like most people would. The office is like nothing I had experienced in my previous employment ventures. However the perks and great scenery of the Santa Monica location fades like cheap wall paper. The training is mediocre at best to get started and you are a victim of products that don't work as well as the competitors. Sure the subscriptions are cheaper than Auto Trader, Cars and True Car, but in life you get what you pay for. The ideas are worn and dealers need a whole suite of products to get any results really. The management group is the worst I have ever dealt with. The management and upper executive positions change and turnover in a heart beat indicating a huge problem. ROWE is great but you always feel guilty to take any time off and if you are in sales you loose momentum with any breaks. The account managers many times are way too slow to address issues and often their is a snowball effect, which hurts the customers since the subscription really does not work without the full suite of products. . Running reports and seeing dealer results are agonizing most months and for a business with a defined number of opportunities you are on borrowed time before the dealership realizes the return on investment regardless of the spin is often with half of the car brands at least poor.
