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      Cox Automotive Reviews

      3.7

      69% would recommend to a friend

      (2,315 total reviews)
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      Steve Rowley

      78% approve of CEO

      63% positive business outlook

      Cox Automotive has an employee rating of 3.7 out of 5 stars, based on 2,315 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have a good working experience there. The Cox Automotive employee rating is in line with the average (within 1 standard deviation) for employers within the Information Technology industry (3.9 stars).

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      2K reviews
      2.0
      7 Mar 2019

      Buyer Beware and Proceed with Caution

      Anonymous employee
      Recommend
      CEO approval
      Business outlook

      Pros

      - Good benefits structure. - Flexibility with work/life balance. - Revered and respected brands in the portfolio. - You won’t get bored. - Respect from dealers who know the company and brands.

      Cons

      - Cult-like, immature and fundamentally inept senior leadership - Toxic working environment that is fostered from the top-down. - A culture of incompetence that execs are invested in. - But that impacts employees greatly. - Political undertones that suffocate qualified talent and company progress. - Still too many employees on some teams, meaning there will need to be more cuts in the future. - Lack of innovation - with no concrete plan to fix it. - No career pathing or growth whatsoever - teams and employees are shifted around at will without regard for what those teams or individuals may want to do.

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      Cox Automotive Response
      7y
      First of all, please know that we appreciate your many years of service with the organization. While it’s not easy to hear about team member experiences such as yours, we thank you for your feedback and appreciate the fact that you also underscored your belief in the inherent goodness of your former colleagues. As you mentioned, our industry (and our company) are going through unprecedented levels of change. That has created challenges and required hard decisions. It has also inspired us to make shifts in our strategy and open up new opportunities for our people in order to lead the change we know clients and consumers expect and deserve. Thank you for your thoughtful and detailed feedback and for taking the time to share a review. We wish you the best as you continue to grow your career.
      1.0
      16 Dec 2015

      Brutal Environment - Trashing the Great Cox Rep

      Director
      Recommend
      CEO approval
      Business outlook

      Pros

      Great location, great parent company with pension and good benefits.

      Cons

      Politics, politics, politics. Revolving door for senior leaders. It is all about who "likes you" and nothing about performance. If you are at the director level or above, you have no job security. Mid managers are the fall guys for the senior execs. Do not expect a future in this organization unless you plan to stay at the lower levels where you don't get noticed. Reorgs constantly happening with no benefit. Seems to be how leaders get rid of people they don't "like." Executives (Sr. Director, VP level) just disappear under a vague cloud and no one knows why. Everyone is scared they'll be next. Employees know they should NEVER disagree with their boss or they'll be gone. Apparently no one goes to bat for good employees whose boss decides they don't like them even if they have a great track record. The people who survive are the ones with no backbones who don't even try to drive position change. I have watched the best people leave or be fired. Mediocrity remains. Pressure is to "get it done" with no regard for what the right "it" actually is. Lots of tasking, no strategy. Lack of leadership teaming across the businesses. Every leader driving their own agenda. HR is no help ... they have no credibility and are leading the reorg parade. Eventually it will become clear that the real problem is leadership. Brutal environment.

      3.0
      3 Sept 2017

      Good Company, Weak leadership

      Director
      Recommend
      CEO approval
      Business outlook

      Pros

      Good company to work for. Good life work balance, benefits and working environment.

      Cons

      Layoffs. Mutliple mergers are requiring major layoffs killing moral because of the way it is being handled. Depending on the group you are with leadership is poor. I spoke to my (remote) boss for about an hour evey 2 weeks. No guidence or direction. Politics play a big role

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