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CarGurus management wants to grow the company by growing its employees. If you like learning new things, and facing new challenges regularly, then this is a great place to work. If you like predictable, static assignments then you should look elsewhere.

The  hybrid work model gives a nice balance between heads-down detailed work and collaborating with your team in-person. There's a lot of flexibility, making parental obligations easier to accommodate.

Teams are very supportive. I've never seen a place like CG, where egos get parked at the door, and helping each other achieve the team's goals (sprint or longer term) is the normal practice. 

I do feel a bit spoiled by the workplace perks, such as free lunch, snacks, games room, and organized activities. I worry that this might create a sense of complacency (I've seen it happen at places like Google).

That being said, the company is a bit cheap with the computers being given to engineers. They are nice MacBook Pros, but with the smaller (14") screen, and with only 16 GB of RAM, which can rapidly run out when running a normal development environments (IDEs, Docker, etc.). I'd suggest negotiating for a better machine.

The most enjoyable aspect of the job is the feeling of accomplishment, when solving someone's technical problem, or delivering new functionality. People at CG are very generous with their recognition and praise.



I'm disappointed that zero stars isn't a thing. I had the most miserable time in my life in a short stint at CarGurus. Things were so bad that I quit without even having another job lined up.

They don't hire for specific roles. They just hire you in general, and then when you start they stick you on a team based on who needs people the most, regardless of your skills or interests. I got put on a team for which I had no experience and so I didn't know how to do anything. I'm a quick learner, but they tolerated zero ramp-up time so I was in trouble immediately. If I took the time to teach myself a new skill, I got chastised for being too slow. If I asked for help, I got chastised for not being autonomous enough.

Perks were incredible, but pay was lower than average.  Fun workplace but I echo the sentiment that it can be a bit cultish and clique-y with a bit of a mean girl vibe depending on your department.  Not the best place I've ever worked, but not the worst either.  For an EA, the expectations were simultaneously unrealistic and MUCH less strategic than I was used to.  Not really a place where you partner with your executive.  Asking for help was a double-edged sword.  All of that said, I don't regret the experience.  I didn't learn anything, but I did have fun.

This company has a great environment and culture to nurture growth and development. They are dynamic to the market. Always leading the way for new innovation. This makes it easy to sell their product. They supply so many resources and tools to be successful that the ones who struggle are the ones who are not utilizing the tools available.

What is the best part of working at the company?
Company culture really supports a forty-hour workweek (I'm not in Sales)

What is the most stressful part about working at the company?
Leadership is untrustworthy, and doesn't hold themselves to account

What is the work environment and culture like at the company?
Not a lot of expectations at CarGurus means easy days, but mediocre output

It's a bit like a combination of admin tasks and collaborating with Account Executives for upselling opportunities. You would be working cross-functionally with Product, Customer Success and Billing. Be prepared to constantly learn! Senior Manager is a sweet heart and the TL's are awesome. I also really like my coworkers they are incredibly helpful. I'm still new but so far so good!

Was great at first before we expanded to over 400 employees. Culture totally changed. Lots of shady dealings on the 7th floor that I'm sure the CEO is unaware of. Management was horrible. Had To be a member of the good ole boys club to stay afloat. And if your loyal, have the CEO's back, and over 50, whatever you accomplish, will go unnoticed. 

Onboarded and worked 100% remotely due to COVID, but working remotely did not prevent team productivity, spirit, collaboration, or fun. I had one of my best managers ever: she supported me throughout, trained me when I had any need, and gave me the opportunity to train someone else. Nothing but praise for the groups I worked with!

The culture is great for those that are really in with the right people. If you aren't in the "in"crowd you will struggle to advance your career. That being said, if you enjoy and excel at traditional style inside sales, and you dont mind putting in the sometimes insane hours needed to hit KPI's, you can make decent money.

CarGurus has a great culture, the people and products are superior in spite of a high pressure, numbers driven senior leadership team.  Good people, just profit focused, not so much focused on developing people.

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