Folliard must have drank Obama's koolaid followed by the rest of the VPs - Operations Manager CarMax Employee Review

3.0
14 Jan 2011
Recommend
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Pros

Associates have great training, management feedback getting better with CIP rollout, great job security as long as your an associate doing what is required within your job description. Great benefits

Cons

Folliard turned out just to be a comedian, not a leader. Company felt like they needed " Change " and are re-structuring everything at such a fast pace. Carmax has always believed in change and staying ahead of the competition but now its without employee or management feed back, which is what made this company so great in the past. They selected a few senior managers from the field, stuck them in corporate and now their the ones changing things for the worse. ( 1 ) CIP.. while its saving Carmax a ton of money, its destroying employee's financially and emotionally. Carmax blames the high efficiences on the commissioned associates. Lets be clear, in order to be have a high efficiency, a cosmetic supervisor, RPM, TPM or Ops Mgr had to of approved the work. UNIONS! Heres a prime time to get into Carmax. Just find a detailer, painter, prepper, mechanic and ask them their thoughts about CIP. Have a card ready..lol Then the company has changed the whole management program and you basically have to guide yourself through a program called MAP without senior management or RVP support. These changes are happening too rapidly and without employee or store management feedback. last it is very sad to see people like Ed Hill not stand up and run operations like he should. He's kissing Tom's ass and losing the respect from his management team across the country. p.s. You should of kept your recon techs.. It's a shame that you canned them so that you could create a new team at an hourly rate a few years later.. Look! Dent Wizard is eating your lunch financially.

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Cons

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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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