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DriveTime Automotive Group

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DriveTime Automotive Group reviews

3.5

57% would recommend to a friend

(1,384 total reviews)
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Mary Leigh Phillips

71% approve of CEO

50% positive business outlook

DriveTime Automotive Group has an employee rating of 3.5 out of 5 stars, based on 1,384 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have a good working experience there. The DriveTime Automotive Group 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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1K reviews
2.0
Mar 6, 2012
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

If you are new in the work world and looking for some experience under your belt, you will get it there. The benefits are pretty good. The put great emphasis on health and wellness, I loved that! They have a very good Tuition Assistance program. I recommend everyone take advantage of it. Most of the people you work with are great!

Cons

Company has a great philosophy about being open and honest with feedback (this is a fantastic idea) however, in reality it would seem that they are all too scared to actually tell their employees where they stand. As a result employees more often than not feel blind-sided when approached about performance. The climate of the organization is that everyone is constantly waiting for the call telling them that they no longer have a position with the company. Smart Intelligent people won't stay long, because when you interact with the top managers, you realize that they all simply regurgitate what they hear from the Upper Management. No one seem to have anindependent thought. If you choose to voice an independent thought, then you are branded as not a team player. Lots of buzz words. Look out for words like vulnerable, intangable, framing, four parts of speech. While change is a great thing and keeps companies agile. Change for the sake of change is dysfunctional and this is how the company operates. They came up the bright idea of cutting the HR Department in one day and executed it within a week. They often brag about how this company is a pioneer of change but does not seem to recognize the dysfunction. This company has a lot of potential. Hope it can be realized.

2.0
Mar 3, 2012
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

Good place to get experience and make a paycheck. Very relaxed culture and fun at times. You get to interact with senior managers at the corp office.

Cons

They will write you off as soon as you stop fitting their mold. If you don't have the golden parachute, then one misstep and you're fired. If you don't spend every waking second emailing, calling, or talking to every manager in the company, then you're seen as not communicative. It's a team environment so anyone who is driven and inventive who breaks out of the pack is seen as a lone wolf. Everyone is underpaid compared to current market salaries. The company will fire amazing employees because of what they call "no longer a culture fit." Retail turnover was %50 and corporate was %35. They have no HR department and therefore the employee is barely considered and seen more as a replaceable asset. Many corporate people were fired or quit within a month of being hired because they didn't fit the "Culture." Also the CEO likes to move people around. He will move HR people in training, car buyers into IT, finance people into car buyers. People who aren't qualified end up moving to a department they have no skill in. Our head of IT was forced out of his job which he had been doing for 13 yrs. In the last year a dozen high level managers have quit. A company of 2400 employees last year lost over 1000 employees. Odds aren't good for you. Lastly drivetime will talk about a project and tell everyone to have it done yesterday, then in 2 months put it on hold, change vendors and then 6 months later say they needed it yesterday. Flexibility is key because things change every day, for neutral or for worse. Either you'll be fired, your department reorganized, you transferred to an area you don't want to work, or you'll quit. One way or another you will be looking for a new job in under 24 months.

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