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CarGurus Claimed Company

We're re-engineering car shopping. Join us for the ride. Headquartered in Boston, Massachusetts, CarGurus is the all-in-one platform that’s moving the entire car shopping journey online and guiding customers through each step. This includes everything from selling an old car to financing, purchasing, and delivering a new one. Today, tens of millions of consumers visit CarGurus.com each month, and more than 30,000 dealerships use our products. We have a people-first culture that fosters kindness, collaboration, and innovation, while empowering our Gurus with tools and resources to fuel their career growth.?Our goal is to give all people—consumers, dealers, and our employees—the power to reach their destination. read more

This company is accepting feedback from verified employees EMPLOYEE PARTICIPANTS: 400

TOTAL RATINGS: 11564

CEO: Jason Trevisan

Samuel Zales — President & Chief Operating Officer at CarGurus

Executive Bio

Sam, who joined CarGurus in 2014, serves as President and COO of CarGurus, leading the company’s revenue and go-to-market functions as well as CarGurus’ International. He also leads the company’s digital wholesale business, including oversight of CarOffer, an instant trade wholesale platform in which the company acquired a majority stake in January 2021. Prior to joining CarGurus, Sam held executive management roles at several technology companies including ZoomInfo, Clicksquared, and Buyerzone.com. He has an MBA from Kellogg (Northwestern University) and a BA from Dartmouth College.

President & Chief Operating Officer Impact on Operations Department's Culture

Samuel Zales holds the highest position within the Operations department at CarGurus — President & Chief Operating Officer, and therefore has influence on the culture of the Operations department. The average employee described daily life within the Operations department as a Comfortably fast paced and challenging 8 hour day, stating that they are happy with their work life balance. Employees within CarGurus' Operations department are invested in CarGurus' goals, and feel as though there is space for career growth.

Answer	Percent
Yes	88%
No	12%

Are you challenged at work?

Answer	Percent
Yes	94%
No	6%

Are your company's goals clear, and are you invested in them?

Answer	Percent
Yes	88%
No	12%

Are you satisfied with your work/life balance?

Answer	Percent
Positive	100%
Negative	0%

Is your work environment positive or negative?

Answer	Percent
Great	18%
Good	65%
Average	17%
Poor	0%
Horrible	0%

How would you rate the value & quality of meetings at your company?

Answer	Percent
Yes	94%
No	6%

Does your current company provide you meaningful opportunities for career advancement?

Executive Team Culture Ratings from CarGurus Employees

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CarGurus' Executive Team scores in the Top 5%
of similar sized companies on Comparably

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Do you approve of the job your executive team is doing at your company?

97% Yes

Who ranks the Executive Team the highest?

Gender - Non-Binary 99/100

Department - Customer Success 98/100

Department - Business Development 98/100

Who ranks the Executive Team the lowest?

Department - Design 84/100

Department - Operations 90/100

Ethnicity - Other 90/100

CarGurus' Executive Team at a Glance

Based on 796 ratings, CarGurus' employees are very satisfied with their Executive Team and give them an “A+” or 93/100. On average, Men provided higher ratings for their Executive Team compared to Women. Also, the Customer Success department thinks more highly of the Executive Team relative to the Design department.

CarGurus' Executive Team ranks in the Top 5% of other companies in Boston and Top 5% of other companies on Comparably that also have 501-1,000 Employees.

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