Used to be better - Dev Ops Engineer CARFAX Employee Review

2.0
May 2, 2023
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

In all fairness, there are still some good things about working here. 4 day summer work weeks (but we think that's going away), you get lots of CARFAX stuff, like tee-shirts. Lunch provided on Wednesday (hit or miss), happy hour now and again. People are fun and smart.

Cons

Company forces us to come into the office even though it makes no sense and only makes our jobs (and lives) more difficult. The tech is pretty old and the business does things "the way we've always done them." Compensation is terrible, equity is no longer given and raises are tiny - 1-2%. Office in VA is morose - people are super upset about having to come back for no reason at all.

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CARFAX Response
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Thanks for your honest feedback! We agree that our people will always be what drives us to the top. We made some difficult decisions that we knew wouldn't please everyone, but we've shown time and again that we're at our very best when we're together. When we come together as a team, we are unstoppable. Thanks for being a part of Team CARFAX!

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Cons

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