Mission: At Edmunds, we wrote the book on empowered car buying. Today, we're driving innovation to make the process easier for shoppers and dealers alike.
Highest Rated CEOs: 2016 (#22)
Our CEO, Avi Steinlauf, has been recognized as one of the highest-rated CEOs for 2016 by Glassdoo! http://glassdoor.com/slink.htm?key=vQCSH
Santa Monica, CA - Avi Steinlauf, CEO of car information and shopping network Edmunds.com, has been recognized as one of the highest-rated CEOs for 2016 by Glassdoor. The jobs and recruiting site houses millions of company reviews that have been shared by current and former employees.
Edmunds was named one of the 2016 Best Workplaces for Diversity, according to Great Place to Work® and Fortune! Read the full article here: http://glassdoor.com/slink.htm?key=vQCSR
SANTA MONICA, CA - December 7, 2016 - Edmunds.com, the leading car information and shopping network, today announced that is has been named one of the 2016 Best Workplaces for Diversity, according to global research and consulting firm Great Place to Work ® and Fortune. Edmunds ranked No.
- Fortune
2016 Best Places to Work in IT
- Computerworld
- Glassdoor
Best Place to Work in Los Angeles 2010 - 2016
- LA Business Journal
7 companies to advance your career in tech -- that are hiring right now
"A robust slate of award winning apps & pricing solutions, editorial content and reviews, which enables car shoppers to buy smarter..."
-BuiltinLA.com
Top 10 Most Innovative Companies of 2015 in Automotive
"For disrupting the traditional car buying process by making price and history more transparent."
- Fast Company
This year's iteration of Summer Camp offered 50+ sessions throughout the 4 days of Academy where employees could learn new skills and have opportunities to grow and develop. Many of these sessions addressed the common themes we saw coming out of our August 2016 round of FUEL Your Potential (our non-traditional performance review process). These sessions included: Presentation Skills, Impromptu Speaking/Thinking on Your Feet, SQL, Data Visualization and Leadership Development. Other sessions offered leveraged the passions of our employees and allowed them opportunities to network and teach each other - Sailing in Marina del Rey, Cheese Tasting and Country Line Dancing, etc.
"The program was created to encourage employees to break away from regular work over the course of four days. Activities included yoga, improv,guitar lessons, rap lessons and karate."
- Forbes
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I have been working at Edmunds.com full-time (Less than a year)
Pros
Progressive work environment unafraid to challenge archaic Industrial era management practices, strong culture with coherent values and norms (they practice what they preach), a company that exemplifies the attitude that how you treat your employees will be reflected in their work product (treat them better, they'll produce better outcomes for the company)
Cons
Low turnover and long tenures can leave new hires feeling like a high school transfer student looking for a place to sit in the lunchroom (even though everyone here is generally friendly and welcoming); anyone more accustomed to a highly structured and process oriented corporate environment may struggle to adapt to the entrepreneurial, outcome oriented mode of operations here that simultaneously makes it such a great place for self-directed and intrinsically motivated individuals
Advice to Management
Rally the company behind the imminent paradigm shift in the automotive sector (e.g. autonomous vehicles, ride sharing, etc.) and articulate a clearer vision for the role that will we play in effecting that change so our collective efforts might be imbued with great significance and purpose
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Application
I applied online. The process took 2+ months. I interviewed at Edmunds.com (Santa Monica, CA) in June 2016.
Interview
The whole process took a little longer than normal because right after my phone interview they filled the last slot of the open position. However, the recruiter was so nice and said they shoudl be hiring again soon and she would circle back. Sure enough I heard from her a month later, scheduled a skype interview and an in person interview and was offered the job a few days later. Overall it was a great experience. Everyone was so friendly and I really felt welcomed. The final in person interview was a little intimidating because you are interviewed by about 6 different employees including directors, managers, and future co workers, but they were all extremely nice.
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