CarMax reviews

3.5

60% would recommend to a friend

(8,202 total reviews)
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Keith Barr

55% approve of CEO

50% positive business outlook

CarMax has an employee rating of 3.5 out of 5 stars, based on 8,202 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have a good working experience there. The CarMax employee rating is in line with the average (within 1 standard deviation) for employers within the Ventas al mayoreo y al menudeo industry (3.5 stars).

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8K reviews
3.0
Jun 14, 2016

Sales Consultant

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Pros

Attempts to make workplace fun. No haggling on prices

Cons

Management does not live up to integrity espoused by Corporation. There are ongoing efforts to de-personalize the sales consultants. The corporation talks about promotional opportunities for employees and then hires from outside. Not truthful about earnings.

2.0
May 25, 2016
Recommend
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Pros

Great training process, great people, huge selection of inventory, large number of walk-through customers, very few slow days, good sales crm tools and the process for buying cars is easy albeit a bit flawed. It's a good entry-level job for the training and experience.

Cons

Rigid processes, employee feedback not always taken into consideration, pricing high and MaxCare no longer as good, sub-prime auto loans with very high interest rates, car hold policies, managers will pressure sales people to be pushy even if it means poorer customer service. Sales commission structure hadn't been increased in 10+ years, unless a manager is what you want to move into, not a lot of room for growth, lots of turnover, and favoritism is found in each department. Hard to request time off and schedule changes.

4.0
May 16, 2016
Recommend
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Pros

Very laid back environment. Very casual dress, good culture, managers care about associates. Good training program for fresh out of school, starting salary with bonus not bad. Great work life balance, rarely work over 40 hours a week, if you do, it is only by 2-4 hours. They do not contact you once you are off work.

Cons

Have to work nights and weekends, systems in place back from when Carmax Auto Finance was a small company, not a Fortune 250. Manager salaries are not great, Department manager and above could be good, but team manger is not great, some associates make more with their monthly incentive structure. Good starting for college, but limited growth in terms of salary and promotion. Only so many Department manager positions and unless they leave, no openings. They have a thing called MAP you have to pass, system is not set up well, about 50% of people do not pass and have to take a position ad paycut or leave the company.

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