Corporate Greed. Fake Culture that Senior Management does not believe in. - Buyer CarMax Employee Review

2.0
Dec 17, 2017
Recommend
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Pros

The hours were great and when I left work for the day, my day ended when I left Carmax. The job was very easy for me and I excelled at it consistently. I always enjoyed working with my direct peers. We could always find a way to have fun at work in the buyers office, so much so that other departments would always flock to our office.

Cons

The culture changed so much over the last 5 years that all Carmax wants is robots. They do not care about the people that helped build the company to where it is today. They RIG the yearly gallup survey with an internal code so they can track your responses. This is how they are able to stay on the Fortune 100 best places to work. The reviews here are more accurate as I have also read them all. They have some major deceptive practices that I can't comment on the details being a former employee. As an employee of Carmax, I was trained and forced to defend these policies that were against our customers best interests. The micromanagement and disrespect of Senior Management are the reasons I left. They will talk about you in depth behind closed doors, so much so that you need to become close with a senior manager in another department to find out what is said about you.

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Pros

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Cons

Slow days can be demotivating.

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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