Pros
Good place to get experience and make a paycheck. Very relaxed culture and fun at times. You get to interact with senior managers at the corp office.
Kontras
They will write you off as soon as you stop fitting their mold. If you don't have the golden parachute, then one misstep and you're fired. If you don't spend every waking second emailing, calling, or talking to every manager in the company, then you're seen as not communicative. It's a team environment so anyone who is driven and inventive who breaks out of the pack is seen as a lone wolf. Everyone is underpaid compared to current market salaries. The company will fire amazing employees because of what they call "no longer a culture fit." Retail turnover was %50 and corporate was %35. They have no HR department and therefore the employee is barely considered and seen more as a replaceable asset. Many corporate people were fired or quit within a month of being hired because they didn't fit the "Culture." Also the CEO likes to move people around. He will move HR people in training, car buyers into IT, finance people into car buyers. People who aren't qualified end up moving to a department they have no skill in. Our head of IT was forced out of his job which he had been doing for 13 yrs. In the last year a dozen high level managers have quit. A company of 2400 employees last year lost over 1000 employees. Odds aren't good for you. Lastly drivetime will talk about a project and tell everyone to have it done yesterday, then in 2 months put it on hold, change vendors and then 6 months later say they needed it yesterday. Flexibility is key because things change every day, for neutral or for worse. Either you'll be fired, your department reorganized, you transferred to an area you don't want to work, or you'll quit. One way or another you will be looking for a new job in under 24 months.
