mid - Customer Relations Coordinator CarMax Employee Review

3.0
Feb 11, 2025
Recommend
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Pros

Although towards the end management wasn't the best, everyone was easy to reach and responded fast if you needed help or advice. Some team building opportunities and everyone was really friendly. Starting pay was good for me at the time. The company culture overall was pretty nice and cheerful with some perks and events every now and then.

Cons

Tiring: Usually you have to take calls, do emails, look at reviews, etc so there is a nice balance and you're not on the phone for 8 hours a day straight. However, eventually they just started scheduling me on the phone for the entire shift. The customers are not always nice. Being yelled at for 8 hours with no buffer other than lunch is not sustainable. Micromanagement: Management was good for some time but they brought new management into Customer Relations which destroyed the culture. We were being micromanaged. Management would listen to calls which is totally normal but if you took too long on a call or a call was too short or if you didn't say exactly what they wanted to you to say that week they would call and nitpick everything you said on calls. I brought this to senior management and then it all got worse. Low pay: I asked for a pay raise after two years after a colleague with less experience told me her pay was much higher than mine for the same position. I was denied and was not explained the reason.

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5.0
Jul 13, 2026
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Pros

we treat each other like family

Cons

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4.0
Jun 13, 2026
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Pros

The perks of working at CarMax are quite extensive. Associates are offered an aggressive 401k program, Stock Purchasing Plan, in store discounts on sales and service, access to the CarMax Wholesale system, excellent healthcare, plenty of PTO, and at my location we are given as much OT as we want. My coworkers are generally good people, that I enjoy being able to work along side day in and day out. Management is very understanding in regards to calling out sick family emergencies, and schedule requests.

Cons

Despite doing the work of 5 people, and very politely asking for a raise management will not give me more than my 3% annual raise which is the single biggest let down. The bonus change of 2025 being labeled as "exciting" was straight corporate gaslighting unlike anything I've ever seen. Since the start of 2026, as of this review being written we have lost 7 associates largely due to pay, and I am soon to join those associates. Management from the store level up to corporate needs to understand that to retain their top performers they need to be compensated like a top performer. Some members of management are cliquey and moody which is very frustrating to deal with. Quality of Management varies wildly from store to store as well

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