CarMax reviews

3.5

60% would recommend to a friend

(8,203 total reviews)
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Keith Barr

60% approve of CEO

50% positive business outlook

CarMax has an employee rating of 3.5 out of 5 stars, based on 8,203 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
4.0
Oct 15, 2017
Recommend
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Pros

You meet some of the most amazing people. They're caring, funny, and what make you love coming back every day. The benefits were good. They'll have meetings, and if you're even able to attend, they give away food and prizes. Managers are willing to help you with work life balance for sure. They have grants to help you if your family needs it. If you ask for work opportunities, they'll help you, but be aware...they MAY use you to benefit their business first.

Cons

Scheduling was horrible. How did we have 3 people scheduled until 1pm, but still expected to get our personal assigned work done, on top of giving great customer service. The managers/leads are great at telling you to do something, but they don't take the initiative to do things themselves. Then they'll ask why you're stressed. Your opinion does not matter. The business office helps every single department. 1. Makes the worst pay in the building. 2. Constantly disrespected by Sales managers and their consultants. 3. They're quick to tell you what you do wrong, and not what you excel at. Oh and 4. The service advisors will tell their customers to come after hours, but there's a major issue not disclosed...so guess who gets screamed and yelled at by a person who we know nothing about. Advisors make the good money but horrible at communicating and customer service.

1.0
Sep 24, 2017

Pay is horrible

Recommend
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Pros

You work with some pretty good people

Cons

Compensation structure is archaic and I never felt like the company really was moving forward. Company is tired and the showrooms show it. Every carmax is like walking into the 90s all over again. So ugly and uninviting. The break room was worse.

5.0
Sep 13, 2017

Great place to work

Anonymous employee
Recommend
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Pros

It's a very relaxed and friendly environment. One of the kindest places I've ever worked.

Cons

Since the folks are so nice, many stay here a very long time. Much of the IT team have been at the company for 15+ years and haven't had the training to keep their knowledge/skills current. There is a definite skills gap with newer technologies.

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