A cautionary tale of a company with so much promise, mismanaged into the abyss - Dealer Sales Manager CarOffer Employee Review

1.0
5 Feb 2025
Recommend
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Pros

-Great office space -Used to have the culture of a family business where management had their employees backs -benefits and hybrid work schedule was a plus when CarGurus took over

Cons

Every decision CarGurus made following the departure of Bruce Thompson continued to sink the business. New leadership brought in did not take the time to understand the details of what made the business work, and where things were being held together by band aids. They saw the business continue to decline as new processes kept being implemented, pay plans changed rapidly, and multiple new account management models saw employee roles changed with no consistency in driving a vision toward improving the business. Not knowing what else to do, they executed massive layoffs, with some of the company's top performers included. With a now thin workforce, the business is still trending in the wrong direction - just look at CarGurus past few earnings reports.

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5.0
31 July 2025
Recommend
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Pros

Massages, free food on Fridays. Awesome upper management and owner. Awesome bonuses to work on the weekends.

Cons

Stuck in a cubicle all day.

2.0
2 Apr 2026
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

When the company was started and running well in the covid ravaged automotive market, it was awesome. Cross-department synergy. Genuinely good leadership who actually cared about those they managed and wanted everyone to succeed and not just themselves, barring a few exceptions.

Cons

Once it was gobbled up by a bigger fish, the culture changed and fear became the tool of management. Additionally, it seemed they cared about the tech and this was their longterm goal. Those who came out at the end with a lot of money, tended to be early investors who took their benefits and ran from the fire without pulling the alarm.

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