"Sinking Fast" - Director Cox Automotive Employee Review

2.0
28 Nov 2017
Recommend
CEO approval
Business outlook

Pros

Family Oriented Company Decent Benefits Work/Life Balance

Cons

Poorly Managed Poor Senior Leadership Lack of Vision Inability to Execute Acquisitions have hindered ability to stay in line with competition Us vs Them mentality, internally Customers have multiple salespeople calling on them which causes confusion and irritation by clients Fragmented Go To Market Strategy; causing confusion with clients and internal resources Lack of Managerial fortitude for change Recent 3% RIF caused by a mysterious $100MM Expense Overrun, which was only discovered or at least communicated in March/April timeframe. Resulting in a poor bonus payout, horrible morale, confusion by many, lack of wanting to do your best; wondering when the next RIF is coming (seems to be every 2 years).

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Pros

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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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