Good experience for sales, but too many scheduled hours and required morning training is unpaid. - Sales Consultant CarMax Employee Review

The shifts that were scheduled at my particular location were nine hours in length and varied greatly. Shifts ranged from 8:30-5:30, 9-6, 10-8, 11-7, or 12-9. The two days off each week were different as well. The erratic work hours provide its employees with a variety of different business hours to help build their sales, but on the down side, it was extremely difficult to have a life outside of work. In regards to that, if a sales consultant did not want to split their sales with another consultant, they would need to come in on their days off or stay late. There was very little respect for balance of work life and home life. The initial training for sales was paid at $12 per hour, which was great. However, upon finishing the training, all sales consultants are required to arrive early a few days during the week to complete morning training. The issue was that the required time was not paid, even though the sales consultant couldn't be on the floor selling cars. The training sometimes helped sales consultants build sales, but nonetheless, it should have been paid. All income is completely commission based. If a consultant has a sluggish pay period in commissions and the total amounts as less than minimum wage, the full minimum wage will be on the consultant's check for that pay period. However, the minimum wage is "subsidized," so the amount that was added into the previous pay period would be taken out of the check in the next pay period, as long as the total commissions made were more than minimum wage.