They only likes good reviews - Senior Manager Software Engineering Cox Automotive Employee Review

1.0
7 Aug 2025
Recommend
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Pros

There are some great people working at there.

Cons

Top down heavy command and control leadership. They talk about LEAN but do not understand that LEAN is more about vertical leanness and not horizontal leanness because that might mean way less senior leadership roles. The company is way too top heavy and could use a serious senior leadership diet. They have over the past year had a few major RIF's getting rid of many people with over 10 years at the company which seemed very much as agism and when I was RIF'd I was told they are looking to bring in younger team members and the current team members are too old and expensive. Sounds like agism to me. This company is reactionary not innovative as they like to present themselves. It's sad since at one time this was a large company that had a family feel which has been lost over the past few years. Jusy met one of my former team member for dinner and they will only let them use co-pilot and no other AI dev tool live Cursor or Amazon Q which just shows they have no idea what they are doing and the are watching if the team members are using co-pilot or not. Talk about big brother. They will probably realize that the past year of RIF's were a stupid move and start hiring again but we'll see.

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5.0
28 May 2026
Recommend
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Pros

Great opportunities to learn the latest tools and technologies

Cons

there was some travel involved and i hate to fly but wasnt too bad

1.0
26 Jun 2026
Recommend
CEO approval
Business outlook

Pros

Benefits are good. PTO Day 1.

Cons

No advancement opportunity. They claim they hire internally, but they don't seem to adhere to that. Out of nowhere, hours were cut from 40 hours to 32 for our particular shift due to "business needs". However it seems like we are rarely caught up at the end of the night. The same position on another shift did not lose nearly as many hours. Then, there was a location wide meeting where they bragged about record sales and record profits. Seems pretty insensitive to do in front of employees who lost over 20% of their pay. The manager comes off as completely harsh and rude. When you fill out a survey stating facts, they are met with a dismissive tone followed by, "you know this is not true". Training is non existent. Other underpaid employees have to train you so it's like a game of telephone where the training contains just a little less information or a little more incorrect information each time. Pay for other positions in the organization is below average. When applying for those positions internally, they want to base pay on your current role instead of based on qualifications for the job being offered. There is a pay range listed for jobs, don't expect to get anywhere near the top and you are LUCKY to see the middle of that range. Pay raises are not anywhere near inflation rates, so if you stay more than a year you are losing money.

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