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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
4.0
Oct 21, 2011
Recommend
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Pros

Great pay, work hard and you can make a lot of money.

Cons

No opportunities for females or minorities to advance past GM. Only white guys who say what upper management want to hear and don't make waves. Company asks for ideas, but they do not really want to hear from you.

1.0
Oct 5, 2011

Think Twice, Maybe Thrice

Anonymous employee
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Pros

It depends on your career goals. If you are looking to gain entry level sales and management, DT is for you.

Cons

Advancement beyond floor line is going to be extremely impossible as they cut 30-40% staff yearly. Now they are making relocation manadatory and people up & moving to new cities was not smart because most store employees do not stay long enough for the move to be healthy. Upper management do NOT want to provide development if it means you moving into their department. HRM's rely too much on gossip and the GM's do NOT do anything but hide in their offices on their cells ALL day while the SM's and OM's are slaving on the floor. The Market manager over all the new stores (guy from Florida) does NOT listen, He talks to hear himself talk and NEVER answers your question directly. The Regional Strategist, how she got into that role, I'm unsure, but I question the competency of the Recruiters who hire these incompetent people, and the Executives who see fit to promote. Catty environment and too much gossip and hostility. There are training modules but that is about it. A company who shaves off 30-40% of staff yearly, there is no stability and advancement is only in relevant to sales (GM or SM). The hours are too long and if you are in management, you are expected to work by yourself all day and evening if there is NOT another manager and uppermanagement will NOT come to assist; they hardly answer their phones. If you anger an SM or GM off, they are QUICK to make a hostile enviorment and DT has allowed too many people to go based on this. They are opening too many dealerships and cannot keep up as they are severely short-staffed and most managers are burnt out in 6 months or less. PLEASE do your research and think twice.

3.0
Sep 28, 2011
Recommend
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Pros

Great work environment, adequate benefit package and time off (though I believe the medical plan is being dropped for an HSA option), reasonable pay compared to peers (which means still underpaid given today's prices), and DT keeps up with technology quite well.

Cons

Ran by an old boys club you don't dare cross if you hope to go anywhere. Another major problem at DT is the lack of performance management. A major consideration before joining is the fact that DT is privately owned and company objectives can change overnight, sometimes costing numerous jobs.

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