AutoTrader.com Employee Job Reviews in the United States

"Nice place to start a career, but don't plan on anything long term. Best to take experience and move on."

What do you like about working at AutoTrader.com?

"Nice laid back atmosphere, used to have weekly 10 minute chair massages."

Do you have any tips for others interviewing with this company?

"Cutting edge IT shop, know your stuff."

What don't you like about working at AutoTrader.com?

"Would have liked more opportunity to display my abilities. Too many cooks in the kitchen."

What suggestions do you have for management?

"The company grew away from nurturing employees, and more towards fear tactics in the face of recession."

"Great place to work, company out of business, now."

What do you like about working at AutoTrader.com?

"Great territory, fantastic customer relations, fun, great boss, bonuses."

What don't you like about working at AutoTrader.com?

"Automotive market was slowing."

What suggestions do you have for management?

"Management did a great job. They did the best they could in a slowing market."

"A company for its employees."

"Freedom with accountability."

What do you like about working at AutoTrader.com?

"Freedom."

What don't you like about working at AutoTrader.com?

"Red tape."

What do you like about working at AutoTrader.com?

"I worked from my home."

Do you have any tips for others interviewing with this company?

"Be prepared for change."

What don't you like about working at AutoTrader.com?

"Constant change."

What suggestions do you have for management?

"Keep change to a minimum."

"A Waste of Great Potential"

What do you like about working at AutoTrader.com?

"During my tenure at Autotrader.com, the company had very stable performance and seemed to be poised for potentially enormous growth. All forecast and projections were very positive and the company's future seemed to be well assured. During the time I worked for the company, new positions were being creative at an very nice rate, when other companies were making cutbacks, so job security was not much of a concern.The offices were nice and well maintained and the company gave adequate attention to ergonomics so that employees were comfortable while working. Equipment like computers, monitors and phones were modern and well maintained. From a physical perspective, the environment was very nice."

Do you have any tips for others interviewing with this company?

"If you are thinking of working for this organization, make sure that you are either a golden boy favorite of someone who works there, or be extremely good at cozying up to upper management. You talent alone will get you nowhere."

What don't you like about working at AutoTrader.com?

"Autotrader is yet another organization that doesn't care enough about it's employees needs for growth and development - unless you are one of the chosen favorites of a manager of supervisor or VP. Or if you are a part of the good 'ole boys club.Increasingly it seems that effort, talent, performance, knowledge and doing the right thing will get you nowhere - unless you are in one of the aforementioned groups. The organization suffered from an extreme lack of decent leadership (managers who had little understanding of job responsibilities and challenges of their direct reports) who were more concerned with their own careers that with improving processes or doing an actual leading. During my last year there, I worked for a complete narcissist who unfortunately had risen well above her level of incompetence. Previous managers were only slightly better."

What suggestions do you have for management?

"I think that the leadership of this organization needs serious review. The organization needs to refocus on the great talent that is within the organization and lose the losers."

"It's a great place to work, I just don't want to work with car dealers anymore."

"It was a great job while I attended college."

"Excellent company, aggressive, long hours and high turnover."

What do you like about working at AutoTrader.com?

"Selling our services to Dealerships in over 8 states."

What don't you like about working at AutoTrader.com?

"Our pricing became to much and unaffordable for many Dealers when the car industry dropped."

What suggestions do you have for management?

"Keep up the excellent work and continue to focus on service as much as we did sales."

What do you like about working at AutoTrader.com?

"Employee friendly; health conscious; travel."

What don't you like about working at AutoTrader.com?

"I enjoyed the company."

"Working at Trader ruined my health, am now disabled."

Do you have any tips for others interviewing with this company?

"Run as far away as you can."

What don't you like about working at AutoTrader.com?

"Idiotic, greedy management, employees treated as cattle."

What suggestions do you have for management?

"Quit."

"A great position, both challenging and rewarding but not in an industry I was passionate about."

What do you like about working at AutoTrader.com?

"Relationship sales, very rewarding, industry leader."

What don't you like about working at AutoTrader.com?

"I am not passionate about the automotive industry."

"Base pay was only $100/week."

"A great company to work for."

What do you like about working at AutoTrader.com?

"The value placed on their external and internal customers. They really value their customers as well as their employees."

What don't you like about working at AutoTrader.com?

"Nothing."

What do you like about working at AutoTrader.com?

"Great compensation plan."

Do you have any tips for others interviewing with this company?

"Great company with a strong compensation package, but long term advancement or job security shouldn't be expected."

What don't you like about working at AutoTrader.com?

"Salesman were made to feel expendable."