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3.6

69% would recommend to a friend

(56 total reviews)

Gary V. Wood

81% approve of CEO

61% positive business outlook

Red McCombs Automotive has an employee rating of 3.6 out of 5 stars, based on 56 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have a good working experience there. The Red McCombs Automotive employee rating is in line with the average (within 1 standard deviation) for employers within the Retail & Wholesale industry (3.5 stars).

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56 reviews
2.0
Jan 2, 2018

Run of the mill mega-dealership!

Anonymous employee
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Pros

Here's the deal. This place belongs to Red McCombs, one of the richest men in Texas. He doesn't rely on the dealership for his livelihood. Great man, texas icon, great friendly managers... run of the mill environment. From a sales stand point, you gotta remember there are 4 major Toyota dealerships in the San Antonio area. You're not offering anything that the guy across town isn't selling at the same price. So pretty much every deal you make is gonna be a "mini" deal($100). The problem with Red McCombs is that corporate office orders the GM and sales managers to hire, hire and hire every week. They hire whoever whenever. So if you're a seasoned salesman starting off to work there, be prepared to stand outside with a 20-35 20 year olds to hound down whatever poor unexpecting soul decides drive up to "look around". Most customers that pull up already have an appointment when they go there so getting "ups" isn't something to rely on. The other problem working there are the hours. You'll be putting 60 plus hours a week here. Hopefully you'll be selling one car a day which is unlikely. Most sales people struggle to hit 9 sales a month. They hire too many inexperienced and novice guys just to keep corporate off their backs. Red McCombs Toyota should focus on developing the talent that they do have rather than losing sleep over trying to beat Universal or Alamo City Toyota. That's why no one in sales stay there long term. The 2 or 3 cats who do well in sales aren't that great at sales at all, but have become a fixture here there but couldn't duplicate their performance if they'd have to change jobs. They just outlast everyone else who quits and keeps all the repeat customers. You'll see the "top performers" buying sales from the rookies the last week of the month just to hit their bonuses. It's just a matter of survival.

Cons

The free lunch on Saturday is always crappy. The sales spiffs aren't even good for gas money.

1.0
Oct 15, 2017

Sales Professional

Anonymous employee
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Pros

New facility; free training; lunch on Saturdays and some bell-to-bell workdays.

Cons

Employees always looking for another job opportunity; people leave and management does not say why; Commission only work with no base salary; multiple levels of micro-management; bean counting in lieu of strategic planning; blame salesmen for not achieving sales objectives; lack of teamwork among commission-only workforce; rapid turnover of personnel; too much "stick" and not enough "carrot; brow beating and the blame game prevalent; ineffective advertising campaigns

5.0
Jul 20, 2015

SALES ASSOCIATE

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Pros

great opportunity to make lots of money if you can handle the time and the summer heat.

Cons

sometimes you spend all day on a customer that can not finance a pack of gum from wal mart

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