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DriveTime Automotive Group

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Terrible job, low pay for work load. - Operations Advisor DriveTime Automotive Group Employee Review

2.0
15 Mar 2015
Recommend
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Pros

Coworkers are usually friendly and welcoming.

Cons

Things started out ok but after about 6 months the cracks began to show. People at this company are two faced and shady especially those in management. They expect operations advisors to carry the store but pay them the least. I can't tell you how many times managers have passed off something they were supposed to do or were capable of doing to OA's simply because they could. Also don't expect to leave on time. It is almost forced on you to stay late because if you dare leave on time you'll get looked at funny. Although this is great for overtime it's terrible for work/life balance. Might as well forget that. The store set up is crazy. Why would you need 4 or 5 managers in one dealership at the same time? And it's not like all of them are working...most of them sit around and wait to tell you what to do. All of that aside the most troubling thing for me was the lack of compassion that came from my GM in regards to my fathers passing. I had transferred to another dealership shortly after his passing as the company only gave me 2 WEEKS to decide whether I was still relocating or not or I'd end up without a job. Christmas time came around and I asked to go home since my father had recently passed. My manager who made the schedules made it nearly impossible and I had to go to my GM who only gave me 1 extra day and proceeded to say "we gave you two weeks" as if to imply that that's enough to get over the loss of a FATHER. Absolutely disgusting. Even if you don't care you could at least ACT like you do but I guess that'd be asking for too much. I would strongly advise anyone who gets an offer from this company to run far away. It is a dead end and I don't know anyone who's had a good experience with them. And not to mention when I left the company I was kind enough to give notice and they removed my bonus from my last check stating that if you leave the company before the bonus checks are cut you don't get the bonus even if its from the PREVIOUS month. Just pure greed at its finest. As I stated before run FAR away.

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5.0
11 Dec 2025
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Pros

Pay is good. Structure is better

Cons

Long hours, ever changing policies

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DriveTime Automotive Group Response
4mo
Thank you for sharing your experience as a General Manager. We’re glad to hear you’ve had a positive experience with our pay and structure. At the DriveTime Family of Brands, we have established processes and leadership support in place to help teams stay aligned as the business grows and evolves. We focus on clear expectations, consistent communication, and providing resources that help teams navigate change effectively. We appreciate your perspective and thank you for being part of the DriveTime Family of Brands.
2.0
20 May 2026
Recommend
CEO approval
Business outlook

Pros

It use to operate like a startup. Flexible with the right management. Outings can be fun, but most of the fun has been laid off or budgeted out. Red tape, metrics, favoritism, and budgeting ruined everything. I miss what it use to be.

Cons

They have let go at least 50% of IT, and another 20% have left on their own if not more within the last year. The good old boy club is very strong, was told there's no where to move up. Years in a row never having any actual achievable goals to show accountability for promotion. They are running out of technical knowledge and the only one's who are staying are those who've been there for a long time, only. Even some of those are getting laid off unexpectedly. Having connections outside of work seems to matter more than skill or contributions wether that's code or hours spent. Be wary of applying here, they are running on a skeletion crew on just about every team, this was not the case a year ago. What's left is not the biggest contributors or most impactful team members. Once the CTO (Greg) left, it all started a shift, a little over a year ago. No sense of ownership on any of the teams, while every team is so fragmented. One could be implimenting something affecting the whole company and get laid the same day.

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