CarMax reviews

3.5

60% would recommend to a friend

(8,198 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 8,198 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
4.0
Oct 28, 2013

Stagnate

Anonymous employee
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

company makes work atmosphere a wonderful place to work

Cons

Company builds its product on the back of underpaid commission sales reps.

3.0
Oct 27, 2013
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

They hire very nice people. Fairly pleasant working conditions. Stable job.

Cons

You will have many frustrations with customers taking your time to assist them to find the type of car they want and they go elsewhere to buy it or their current car is not paid off enough for them to be able to afford a new one. Managers will be on your case if you are not selling enough cars. Some do it in a constructive way to help you, others just annoying. Most of your customers will be selling a car and not buying. That takes your time and most don't want to sell after they see your offer.

2.0
Oct 21, 2013

Sales Consultant

Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

Great Co-workers - the employees work hard and make it fun.

Cons

Long hours, no work life balance. Lots of meetings without pay. Micromanaging all your functions. Your conversation with customers on the phone is played on a speakers for everyone to hear and critique instead of management taking the time to do their job of training you properly. Sales Consultant are not really sales people you do appraisals mostly which you don't get paid for unless the customer sells cars to carmax. Most of the time customers don't sell their cars due to low appraisal value. Very high employee turnover. Your job responsibility is a process you are not allowed to think outside the box or give suggestion. If you don't mind being a robot this might be a job for you.

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