Good Experience as a Consultant, a few changes would make this job perfect. great company - Sales Consultant CarMax Employee Review

4.0
6 July 2014
Recommend
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Pros

Great team environment, always learning something new, Sales Managers care about your success. Coworkers very helpful and friendly. shows employee apprciation with occasional free breakfast and lunches

Cons

As a Sales Consultant your pay is unpredictable. your pay is usually determined by how well your particular market is doing, and it gets tough to count on the pay as reliable income. It seems like management is always trying to give you busy work in down time even though when all is said and done, each consultant works for themselves as there is no base pay and all the money you make is money you earn.

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5.0
4 June 2026
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Pros

Amazing benefits with 6% 401k matching and tuition reimbursement.

Cons

Highly reliant on the quality of management at the store location.

4.0
13 June 2026
Recommend
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Pros

The perks of working at CarMax are quite extensive. Associates are offered an aggressive 401k program, Stock Purchasing Plan, in store discounts on sales and service, access to the CarMax Wholesale system, excellent healthcare, plenty of PTO, and at my location we are given as much OT as we want. My coworkers are generally good people, that I enjoy being able to work along side day in and day out. Management is very understanding in regards to calling out sick family emergencies, and schedule requests.

Cons

Despite doing the work of 5 people, and very politely asking for a raise management will not give me more than my 3% annual raise which is the single biggest let down. The bonus change of 2025 being labeled as "exciting" was straight corporate gaslighting unlike anything I've ever seen. Since the start of 2026, as of this review being written we have lost 7 associates largely due to pay, and I am soon to join those associates. Management from the store level up to corporate needs to understand that to retain their top performers they need to be compensated like a top performer. Some members of management are cliquey and moody which is very frustrating to deal with. Quality of Management varies wildly from store to store as well

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