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A Fall From Grace - Assistant General Manager DriveTime Automotive Group Employee Review

1.0
Feb 14, 2021
Recommend
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Pros

Learned valuable skills and had some amazing managers.

Cons

This is hard for me to leave such a low review but I feel like I have to. I started with DT almost 9 years ago. It felt so different and unique for a company and a car company at that. The culture was amazing and it was fun to go to work. Over the years I was promoted and the growth made sense and was fair. Something terrible happened I would say 3 or 4 years ago. It shifted from a great place to a nightmare. As a manger you are required to work all day with very little support. You are expected to make your employees work as hard as they can, going 110% all day every day. Who cares if they are tired? It was never enough. My assistant director led us my fear. Constantly making employees question there reason for being there and making people cry in front of new hires. They did not protect us during the pandemic. They did and still do not care. We got yelled at for not pushing the optional crap harder during the pandemic. It’s an EVIL company and I would avoid working here at all costs. People are promoted by who they know. No matter how many employees complain about that manager.

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DriveTime Automotive Group Response
5y
While we of course wish the comments were much different, we respect your perspective and appreciate the feedback. 9 years is certainly an incredible run, and we’re glad to see you find personal success with the training and career pathing available to all of our Retail team members. In an effort to serve our customers we do work hard; but fear, crying and evil are not words we ever want our company culture to be associated with, and these are claims we take very seriously. We hope you spoke up and shared these concerns with our Talent Support Team prior to your departure, as we want all employees – be it entry level or executive – to have a voice and be heard. We will also be looking into the situation to learn more.

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Pay is good. Structure is better

Cons

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DriveTime Automotive Group Response
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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
May 20, 2026
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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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