Drivetime Employer Reviews

Great place to work and opportunities are endless. Constantly changing and updating procedures to make company for efficient. Very fast paced and interesting on a day to day basis.

This company was a great place to work, when I started I was rewarded for hard work. I was promoted to sales manager within a year, but this took a lot to happen. I was recommended by several GMs to get a promotion, but the regional manager would make me jump through all kinds of hoops to move up when others didn't have to. I developed a lot of great – more... relationships within the company. The senior level management need to realize that they need to promote the right person for the job not just their buddy or this company will one day be in the hands of poor management!! – less

There is definitely a need for what the company does and the opportunity they provide for they're customers to rebuild and establish credit, but as of late, the quality of the product has downgraded significantly, and it doesn't seem to be improving anytime soon. And even though in-store management is great, there isn't much support from upper management, – more... unless you're kissing up to them and you're willing to sacrifice any morals that you have to succeed. They believe that the dirtier you are, or the more you cut others down, the more ready you are for the next level, but in the beginning, they preach about the embodiment of the culture of DriveTime and doing the DriveTime way. This works for few, but not for many. Not the worst company I've worked for, but it is the most political. – less

As an SA in training I was promised a decent training program that was never given to me. I thought myself everything to be successful as a sales advisor never once throughout my training did my managers go over an curriculum but only was there criticize when I did something wrong, which was hardly ever because I was good at my job. As an SA in training – more... I sold numerous of cars at week 5 when I was supposed to be technically shadowing. My 7 week into training I was terminated for low performance, which didn't make sense because I was selling cars as a trainee, which I shouldn't have even been that advanced in the training process, especially when I thought myself the position. I always felt this vibe that the sales manager never liked me for whatever reason, even though we never had open conflict this is probably why he never attempt to train me. Nevertheless if the management doesn't like you personally at drivetime you will be weeded out. It does not matter how successful you are. I had days were I was the only one who sold a car and once again I was trainee... That's Sad. Anyways I really enjoyed the experience and learned a lot from it. – less

As far as pay and benefits are concerned, it's satisfactory. The company does promote from within, so I did give them three stars for both those categories (although to get promoted, you have to be willing to join in their games of hypocrisy and pretense). Everything else, however, is like something out of the twilight zone! There is back-stabbing galore, – more... and you will be blamed for stuff that you have no knowledge of--I mean you will be scapegoated! Also, there is no organization or structure in place, and senior management likes to micromanage; which is fine if you are a sycophant. In other words, sound principles of management are non-existent. In short, it is an experience I would love to forget, but I probably will remember forever. – less

Began my day immediately, handling customer inquiries via phone as well as in person, payments, breaking down deals, smeading, data entry, handling bills, cross trained in multiple areas in order to fulfill the "GO-TO" experience, one of the many standards of the company. Highly recommended individual that managers and other co-workers depended on, – more... to deliver the expectations of their own position.
The hardest part of the job, was catching up on all work that should have been done by other staff members, after time off.
The most enjoyable is, recognition. My work speaks for it's self and when it goes recognized, it let's me know that I am vital to the team. – less

I was part of a team that worked with cross-functional groups and the change control process to reconcile, validate and implement varied business process and system configuration change requests, as well as work with users to understand complex problems and focus on bringing issues to resolution, escalating as necessary to meet timelines, including, – more... consulting with business partners and stake holders to clarify and define project requirements and scope – less

Excellent Place to challenge yourself and work hard to make money and learn new approaches in a professional environment

Great place to start. Been working for 3 months already moving to being an operation manager. Great place to move up with company. Cant wait ro get more $$$$

Manage a team of 30+ agents. Assist offshore sales team. Monitor call quality and performance. Offer feedback and goal setting. Run reports to provide monthly targets.

I set up the whole region and worked my fingers to the bone for this company for a whole year! They got all of the information they needed for the region and then laid me off. I was called at all hours of the day and evening with questions. Had to pretty much kiss butt to upper management. If you like being used and abused this is the place for you!

Good when business is booming, ridiculous hours. Lack of communication and support between management and corporate offices.

open dealership up and get to motivated and see what business is setup for the day. meet with customers, work on loan approvals, sell, sell, sell. the hardest time at work is during slow times without customers you were always calling to get customer to visit dealership. the company pays well and benefits are good. you will put in long hours especially – more... during the first four months of the year. – less

Ideally DriveTime helps folks with bad/no credit obtain auto financing. Internally the managers are cross-trained to preform every responsibility to ensure smooth car buying experience.

I enjoy the people and the job, but I struggle to find time to spend with my family and I can never plan to do anything as my schedule is inconsistent.

I handled all the data entry of invoices for 75 locatons. Vendor disputes, daily check runs

poor cars and work place, my son got sick, i was a single mother at the time, so i called in to take him to the doctor as he had a high fever. The new manager called me and fired me over the phone.

I dealt with contracts and car payments and had a staff of cashiers.

A busy recon center that produced 30-40 sale ready cars a day. The center is self contained with all phases of recon trom inspection.estimate to paint and body and detail.They taught me many things mangement customer relations crew relatons and corprate interraction

When I first started with this company I loved it. As the years progressed I saw how horrible management treats people and talk behind their backs. They operate on instilling fear and making you feel insecure and are about to lose your job. I was a sales manager with a sales staff and just because upper management didn't like a couple of them was told – more... to "manage them out". It is a disgrace the way upper management treats the managers in the stores. You will sacrifice much and it is never appreciated. – less