CarMax reviews

3.5

59% would recommend to a friend

(8,181 total reviews)
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Keith Barr

44% approve of CEO

49% positive business outlook

CarMax has an employee rating of 3.5 out of 5 stars, based on 8,181 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
1.0
Oct 30, 2019
Recommend
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Pros

None I can think of at the new CEC in Norcross

Cons

Where do I begin… I started working for Carmax at the store level and then moved to the CSS where I enjoyed my job very much… Then Carmax decides to go with a new Omni channel approach… they call us customer experience consultants but all we are is bodies at desks being told to read Scripts. The bonuses we are all supposed to get would take an MIT graduate to even understand and there are over 200 people here who are up in arms about being exceedingly underpaid and not being paid what they’ve earned. They bring people in from the stores to work leads which take money out of our pockets because that’s the only way we get paid. All the people at the stores who used to make good money now have their commissions cut in half or to zero, because of the new CEC. Management here is punitive and has no clue how to run this business.. the company itself started this with no plan of action with no organization and the only result is… The people that work for them are making a lot less money and Carmax is making a whole lot more money. Everybody at the CEC… Even though we don’t meet with customers… has to wear a Carmax uniform… More money for Carmax.. we are not allowed to have a pen and a piece of paper or any personalization on our desks. There is so much more I could say but what I will tell you is run fast ..do not work for Carmax anymore… They will lie to you they will cheat you and I will steal from you… And I have documented proof of all of this.

1.0
Aug 12, 2019

Greedy Company

Recommend
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Pros

The co-workers, benefits, and discounts are the best part.

Cons

New 'Omni' is designed to reduce consultants commission by 50% due to the 3-4 minute avg time invested by the newly 'hourly' employees. Where's the so called 10% increase going that the consultants who are now losing a lot of money each pay period going? According to one of our mgrs, it has created a 22% revenue back to the top. This thing is a disaster for those on commission!

1.0
May 26, 2018
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

They are flexible at times.

Cons

This company is a joke. Period. Unpaid mandatory training coupled with unpaid mandatory internet office hours will add up to 20 hours a week of unpaid time or more! On top of that, management is forced to micromanage by corporate and will constantly belittle and harass you the minute your monthly sales drops below standards. But wait, it gets better! If by chance you are lucky enough to get a customer to come in that conflicts with an internet office shift, you will be forced to split the sale. No exceptions. Put simply, you will be forced to work for free while losing a sale that you worked hard for. Overall, my advice to any aspiring sales consultants is run while you still have a chance.

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