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 Commerce de détail et de gros industry (3.5 stars).

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8K reviews
2.0
Feb 22, 2020

Biased AF

Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

Competitive pay, large selection of vehicles to choose from, training, health benefits, discounts on cars

Cons

Ghetto customers, rampant favoritism, micromanagement, cliquey atmosphere , crappy commission with almost no realistic way to pull oneself out of subsidy in you work 6-7 days straight and follow up on every single lead and take splits constantly. Possible? Sure. Realistic? Heck no.

1.0
Feb 6, 2020
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

Good variety of benefits, amazing middle management

Cons

Senior management is atrocious. They play people off each other, let in-fighting get toxic so it's easier to get rid of people. Hours are never consistent, One week I'll be scheduled for 40 hours, next schedule has 35 and managers complain if you stay over allotted time. Moving to strictly part time associates to avoid having to provide benefits. New onmichannel rollout is a mess. Not ready to go and poor training. Compensation is a joke. $15 an hour and they expect us to be legal scholars in terms of titling laws and property law in the case of death of vehicle owners. They brag about promoting from within, but always hire externally

3.0
Jan 27, 2020

Not the worst company I’ve worked for

Anonymous employee
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

Good training and good focus on its employees and their development. Management has an open door policy and they’re pretty good at listening to the concerns of their employees. They also do a lot of charity work. Good company to start off as entry level office work.

Cons

This is not a job for people with a lot of experience or a job you could rely on to pay bills. Most of my colleagues previously worked in retail and were 20-22, whereas I have 5 years of professional experience. I took it as an in between job to make money while I found a better job and it was good for that, but the pay did not match the cost of living. The pay is ok if you’re entry level. The training is good for entry level people, but felt like I was being talked to like a child. Most of the management in my department consisted of 21 year olds and it’s incredibly hard to respect the authority of people barely old enough to buy alcohol. Whenever they handled escalated matters, it sounded as if they were going off a script whereas the older employees sounded like they had lived experience.

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