Favoritism ruins the experience - Electrical Engineer Cox Automotive Employee Review

1.0
6 Mar 2026
Recommend
CEO approval
Business outlook

Pros

Interesting work, great mission supporting EV batteries. Potential to be an awesome company and one of few PCB design opportunities in Oklahoma City.

Cons

The electrical team specifically mixes personal dynamics way too closely with work. This results in favoritism towards personal friends and the romantic partner of the team manager. There is a lot of talking behind other employees' backs, meetings are treated as exclusive affairs instead of keeping the whole team in the loop, and there is a lot of hostility if you end up in the "out group." It's a shame because this company has the potential to offer awesome opportunities for engineers, but the dynamics tend towards being immature far more than professional.

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5.0
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Cons

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1.0
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Pros

Benefits are good. PTO Day 1.

Cons

No advancement opportunity. They claim they hire internally, but they don't seem to adhere to that. Out of nowhere, hours were cut from 40 hours to 32 for our particular shift due to "business needs". However it seems like we are rarely caught up at the end of the night. The same position on another shift did not lose nearly as many hours. Then, there was a location wide meeting where they bragged about record sales and record profits. Seems pretty insensitive to do in front of employees who lost over 20% of their pay. The manager comes off as completely harsh and rude. When you fill out a survey stating facts, they are met with a dismissive tone followed by, "you know this is not true". Training is non existent. Other underpaid employees have to train you so it's like a game of telephone where the training contains just a little less information or a little more incorrect information each time. Pay for other positions in the organization is below average. When applying for those positions internally, they want to base pay on your current role instead of based on qualifications for the job being offered. There is a pay range listed for jobs, don't expect to get anywhere near the top and you are LUCKY to see the middle of that range. Pay raises are not anywhere near inflation rates, so if you stay more than a year you are losing money.

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