This company reminds me of the scene in the Neverending Story when Atreyu is trudging through the Swamp of Sadness. Right now I see Artex sinking to his death, and I'm just screaming, "Artax!!!! Stupid horse! You've got to move or you'll die!!!" But unfortunately Drivetime will not work to save itself or its employees. The following is a list of reasons why I will be leaving after almost five years.1) All or nothing budgets. There have been months where one car was worth close to $10,000 in bonus payout. This causes an unnecessary level of stress, and leads to dishonest behavior.2) The company has decided that it wants to change to a traditional model with higher credit clientele, but has offered 0 flexibility and has alienated their core business, before getting the tools needed to succeed with these customers (a person with an 800 FICO still has to give us a check stub and a down payment).3) Promotions are obtained by agreeing to move to very undesirable locations. Basically, you uproot your family in order to get a "favor" to cash in later. You don't necessarily need to be good, just willing to move at a moment's notice. This leads to actual qualified candidates to be passed over in favor of fulfilling a favor for somebody else.4) Mind games. The culture here is designed to make you question your own sanity. Upper management treats their employees with the same dishonest tactics that they train to use on their customers. Employee concerns are not solved, they're "talked off".5) Nothing is ever good enough. My job is threatened on a weekly basis, no matter how well I have been doing, there is always another ball drop that is being focused on.
