CarMax reviews

3.5

59% would recommend to a friend

(8,193 total reviews)
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49% approve of CEO

50% positive business outlook

CarMax has an employee rating of 3.5 out of 5 stars, based on 8,193 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
May 28, 2021
Recommend
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Pros

Tools are provided and are decent quality. If one breaks they usually replace it within a couple of days. Their associate wholesale program is handy if you find a neat project car or need to help family out. The pay is decent for the industry.

Cons

Management is two-faced and will constantly parrot "we've got your back", when in reality you need to be watching it around them. They scrutinize every move you make and are extremely distrustful toward associates. If you don't play into their corporate doctrine and jargon you will be ostracized for it. They don't trust their techs to use their own judgement and hinge entirely on their standard work, regardless of its efficiency. The hours constantly change, so whatever hours you're told you'll work in an interview, they're not true. The work en

1.0
Mar 9, 2021
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

Pretty lax on taking time off If you have the PTO for it

Cons

Asking commission people to work for free, snow removal, merchandising, VIN Verifications. Literally stealing money from sales people since OMNI channel went live. CXC associates could literally never talk to a customer but if a remote lead was submitted, sales people automatically lose half their money once the customer makes it to the store and sells the car. Even though they could have literally done 100% of the work. This company talks about having a culture of integrity but it should be called the culture of hypocrisy. Everything they have done to make the customer experience better has made it worse for the sales people. I didn’t work there to feel good about my job. I worked there to make money and that has become harder and harder since December 2019.

2.0
Oct 12, 2020
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

Company does right by customers so you can be honest, benefits are good, good chance of being promoted from within.

Cons

Commission based pay is very poor and hasn't changed since 1993, company has made changes that directly make that pay even worse, you'll often need to work on your days off as not to lose money, they say you don't need to meet quotas but I watched many employees get bullied into quitting when they did poorly (I was not one of them).

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