Once great company now lacks soul and support - Anonymous employee Cars.com Employee Review

1.0
9 Jun 2026
Anonymous employee
Recommend
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Pros

It used to be great. Hard to think of any pros now. But before, it was amazing under AV.

Cons

They lost any ounce of soul and human decency. You are just a number now. Literally my manager knew my employee number. They almost make you feel like you are worthless, always failing, and don't think about going somewhere else, because you kind of suck. Knit picking everything. Even though I was a top performer for several years in a row. Corp change, with new President who brought her friends in... no auto experience. It went from bad to worse. More pressure, more layoffs... they have to pay her friends somehow. The weird thing here is, they let sales go, but kept bad middle management. I quit and got a new job elsewhere. It's ok to leave. You are valued elsewhere. I promise! Good news is, how bad they are there, makes you want to work hard for your new place because everywhere and anywhere else is so much better!

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5.0
9 Apr 2026
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Pros

Highly collaborative culture and lots of humility, people take ownership of their work and care to see it through to the end, and everyone is approachable and easy to work with.

Cons

New leadership means lots of unknowns at the moment.

1.0
13 Apr 2026
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

Cars.com or CARS or CARS Commerce (whatever you want to call this company) is going through its own internal identity crisis. Over 7 years ago, this company was one of the best to work for. However, over the last few years, many “bad actors” in leadership have snaked their way through bad performance and rewarded with promotions. The few good people that remain are the only positives of the company. It seems, though, after every yearly layoff, more and more of these OG employees that “bleed purple” are forced out via PIP or Re-Org.

Cons

The cons list is long… it all starts with an HR department that creates job titles and requirements out of thin air but then doesn’t abide by any of them for their cronies. A constantly changing pay plan seems to be a way to confuse Sales and justify reasons not to pay. You must constantly watch your pay checks to ensure they’re accurate (just like at a car dealership; ironic?). Then they tout all the other benefits of working for the company to mask all the wrong being done.

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