Fired everyone over Vaccine Mandate - Senior Instructional Designer Cox Automotive Employee Review

1.0
22 Nov 2021
Recommend
CEO approval
Business outlook

Pros

Great salary and benefits, unlimited PTO.

Cons

Issued vaccine mandate, fired everyone who refused. Denied religious exemptions. Very SECRETIVE about the entire process - some religious exemptions approved, others denied, no one really know who was making the final decisions or why. Required employees to provide personal medical history in order to be approved for religious exemption. Really heartbreaking that they would fire dedicated and high preforming individuals over this - especially given that the company would not allow for any accommodations (work from home, weekly testing, etc.) Should also add - Cox is a VERY "WOKE" company - be prepared for all that comes with that.

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Cox Automotive Response
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Thank you for your review. We understand that not everyone will agree with our decision to require COVID-19 vaccines for employees. But keeping our employees, customers and communities safe is very important to us, and we want to do our part to end the pandemic. We appreciate your time at Cox and the time you took to write this review.

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