Pros
Straight salary. No commission like sales associates. Bonus is great if you max out, able to bonus monthly. For retail, hours are great. Never work pass 9pm. Even though your salary you are only scheduled 40 hours, sometimes you stay late, but not often. Discount on cars. Not so much for the cars carmax sells to anyone but for the whole sale cars they auction weekly to other dealers. You can buy these at cost and flip them for a Huge profit. Fun job, open check book to buy cars.
Cons
Traveling. Most auctions are local but you can be put on a traveling team requiring over night travel. However, airline miles and hotel points are yours to keep. Politics, some people are content as a buyer and are great. Others want to be senior buyers and purchasing managers, these are the ones you need to watch out for, they will run you over, then back up back over you. Micro managing. It's an easy job once your a buyer, but while you are a buyer in training every move you make and every decision you make will be scrutinized. Don't get on the bad side of the senior buyers and purchasing managers or you will be promoted to customer.
