Jumping ship! Don't Stay for More Than 3 Years - Anonymous employee CARFAX Employee Review

2.0
Jan 24, 2023
Anonymous employee
Recommend
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Pros

Lots of food, lots of friendly coworkers, interesting work

Cons

-99% of the company dislikes the return to office mandate. We miss the old CEO, Richard Raines. As a result, a bunch of people caught COVID at the company party 2 weeks ago. -Total compensation increases of only about 2% to 3% per year. -End of year "bonus" should really be allocated throughout the year as part of normal paychecks. Company fires people before bonuses are paid so as to save on compensation, despite the company being ridiculously profitable. -No mentoring or systems in place to grow employees. Ask some of the leaders about coaching and mentorship and they look at you like you have 3 heads. -Some leaders gaslight their teams and/or throw people under the bus. -It's a career cemetary, so don't stay more than 3 years or you'll be left in the dust by workers outside the company. -Very little turnover at the director and VP levels, resulting in some of the same outdated and stale mentalities for decades on end. -Some employees are really drunk on the Carfax kool-aid and are happy to do the exact same job at Carfax for 10+ years while gaining 20 lbs. If you are a career-minded professional, run away and never look back.

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Cons

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