Great people to work with; getting more and more formalized and less fun than used to be. - Senior Sales Consultant CarMax Employee Review

3.0
16 Dec 2013
Recommend
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Pros

Name brand recognition so most customers are familiar with concept; quality vehicles; great to meet new people and help them without bias since paid same regardless vehicle purchased. No games to play with customers. Good money when sales happening. Schedule flexibility when achieve President's Club level. Good people to work with.

Cons

Often lots of down time; unpredictable income; most departments and employees not really emotionally invested in company. Is a job. As training gets more formalized, less individuality/skills necessary to be successful. Long days, often hard to tell if worth time spent with customers since may more may not buy that day. Great way to blow a beautiful weekend.

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5.0
4 Jun 2026
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Pros

Amazing benefits with 6% 401k matching and tuition reimbursement.

Cons

Highly reliant on the quality of management at the store location.

4.0
13 Jun 2026
Recommend
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Pros

The perks of working at CarMax are quite extensive. Associates are offered an aggressive 401k program, Stock Purchasing Plan, in store discounts on sales and service, access to the CarMax Wholesale system, excellent healthcare, plenty of PTO, and at my location we are given as much OT as we want. My coworkers are generally good people, that I enjoy being able to work along side day in and day out. Management is very understanding in regards to calling out sick family emergencies, and schedule requests.

Cons

Despite doing the work of 5 people, and very politely asking for a raise management will not give me more than my 3% annual raise which is the single biggest let down. The bonus change of 2025 being labeled as "exciting" was straight corporate gaslighting unlike anything I've ever seen. Since the start of 2026, as of this review being written we have lost 7 associates largely due to pay, and I am soon to join those associates. Management from the store level up to corporate needs to understand that to retain their top performers they need to be compensated like a top performer. Some members of management are cliquey and moody which is very frustrating to deal with. Quality of Management varies wildly from store to store as well

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