AutoNation Reviews

Unreasonably high turn-over of UX/ UI designers who are usually terminated by the director over political and hyperemotional (and irrational) reasons. Lack of growth opportunities for contract employees; there are many of us that have been there over a year with no option in sight to become a direct hire. The UX team is the ONLY team comprised almost entirely of contract employees in Marketing. As such, contract employees are treated with disdain by the director who likes to run the team with intimidation and the constant reminder that our work is meaningless and that we are expendable. Poor team organization, lack of autonomy, vague project direction and abominable benefits (poor health insurance, no paid time off, no vacation pay, no paid bereavement, no 401k) round off all of the contributing factors that make this office a toxic workplace.

In IT, the new CTO brings his colleagues who all got laid off from his ex-workplace due to M&A. Almost all the management positions till the Director levels are replaced with the members of his old boy's club. None of this new club members has any interest in winning the confidence of the team they are supposed to lead. Most of them don't even talk to any of their team members including managers. They are all behaving in the same fashion that their only purpose in AutoNation is to please their club leader and has zero concern on the well being of their team.