Chaos with a (small) side of compensation. - Inventory Associate CARVANA Employee Review

2.0
6 Nov 2016
Recommend
CEO approval
Business outlook

Pros

You'll frequently meet interesting people as their revolving door hiring/firing process continues. Loosely positioned and inexperienced management allows great opportunity to slack off. You have access to great cleaning supplies and chemicals, so your personal vehicle can be kept in fantastic condition. If you're a social person that can smooth talk, you'll rarely have to do any real work.

Cons

Employment is never secure. Annual raises never happen. Experience is never rewarded. Achievement is never praised. You can be the best of the best at your job and not get one cent of compensation or word of praise for it. Management is easily coaxed into complacence by smooth talking slackers, then when the work doesn't get done they rain hellfire across the whole Winder facility. Last week of each month is a nightmare. Every February is 12 hour shifts, 6 days a week. You will NOT be promoted, you will NOT be given a raise, and your PTO requests will NOT be accepted.

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Pros

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Cons

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Pros

* Corporate roles offer flexibility, and no one micromanages how you structure your 8-hour day. * Good holiday schedule and work-life balance if you’re in the right role.

Cons

No clear vision or long-term strategy for the Safe & Secure department. * Constant reorganizations and changing priorities. * Positions eliminated, reinstated, and eliminated again. * No stability or clear career path. * Lack of structure and accountability. * “Blind leading the blind” culture. * Chronic understaffing. * Employees expected to do the work of two or three people. * No additional compensation for increased workload. * Leadership’s answer to resource constraints is to “be scrappy.” * High levels of burnout. * Extremely low morale. * Significant loss of talent and leadership. * Employees quitting without another job lined up due to poor working conditions. * Operations Center dismantled, relocated, and then effectively rebuilt again with no clear strategic reason. * Experienced employees terminated, only to recreate similar functions later. * Loss of institutional knowledge. * Frequent reactive decisions instead of proactive planning. * Constant uncertainty creates stress and uneasiness. * Lack of confidence in leadership direction. * Heavy workload with limited support. * Minimal investment in retaining top performers. * Environment not conducive to building a long-term career.

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