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WELCOME TO

CARGURUS

ONBOARDING

We'll get started at 10:45am ET

Guru Onboarding Guides

Lanie HammerShe/Her

Johnny MatthewsHe/Him

Learning & Development
Learning & Development

Introduce Yourself

Where you are working from

Department @ CG

Most Memorable Road trip

Name & Pronouns

Activity: Pair off into breakout groups to meet another guru - 10 mins!

Onboarding Schedule

Monday

Wednesday

Tuesday

Welcome to CarGurus
DEIB @ CarGurus
GO Send Off!

10 - 10:30am

10am - 12pm

10- 11am

Chi Vo & ERG member

Learning & Development

L&D

Lunch
Enablement

10:45am - 12pm

12 - 12:30pm

Fl 20 - Cafe

Thursday

L&D

Benefits Overview

12:30 - 1:30pm

11am- 12:15pm

L&D with Benefits

4Q25 Town Hall
Boston 101

1:30 - 2pm

L&D with People Operations

IT & Equipment Setup

2:15 - 3pm

IT Service Desk team

Manager Pick-up

3:15pm

CARGURUS

ROAD TRIP

CarGurus Core Values

Wherever we go, our values guide the way
Wherever we go, our values guide the way.
Wherever we go, our values guide the way.
We are collaborative
We are data-driven
We are pioneering
We move quickly
We are transparent
We have integrity

CarGurus Mission

We give people the power to reach their destination

Consumers

&

Dealers

Marketplace

US, CA & UK

We give people the power to reach their destination

CG app

Pistonheads

Autolist

Research

Consumers

Finance

Buy

Sell

Source

Dealers

Market

Sell

CarGurus Vision

Be the #1 digital destination for consumers and dealers to confidently and conveniently buy and sell any vehicle, anywhere with the best selection and price

CARGURUS

How we work together

CarGurusLeadership

Founder

Langley Steinert

CEO

Jason Trevisan

General & Adminstrative

Product & Engineering

Revenue

President & COO

Sam Zales

GC/CS

Javier Zamora

CPO

Jen Hanson

CPO

Ismail Elshareef

CTO

Matt Quinn

CMO

Dafna Sarnoff

CRO

Mike O'Hanlon

CFO

In Progress

Office Locations

1200+ Gurus and growing
Boston, MA Headquarters 2006
Detroit, MI Ad Sales team
Austin, TX Autolist 2020
Dublin, Ireland Sales
Raleigh, NC Engineering
London, England Pistonheads 2019
Remote Gurus US, CA & UK

Life at CarGurus

60% in-office

Minimum of 60% in-office per quarter

Intentional communication

Conference spaces, gmail, and slack

Remote & on-site work

Mindful working hours

Global company with multiple locations

Collaboration days

In-person days at team/department level

CARGURUS

DRIVERS MANUAL

ENABLEMENT
  • Checklist
  • Company AI tools
  • Systems overview
  • Culture

Onboarding Checklist

New Hire Checklist
  • First Week
  • First 30 Days
  • First 60 Days
  • First 90 Days
  • Beyond 90 Days

Guide of things to complete and recommended actions during your onboarding journey

AI Resources

Gemini

Glean

Internal Knowledge Hub SearchChat Agents People

Creative & Productivity Partner Gmail Doc, slides & sheets Meet

Check out Gemini

Add Glean

Navigating your Journey

FUEL

GPS

Wiki

Learn something new! Explore courses on onboarding, career development and technical skills!

Get involved! Our Intranet - acting as your hub for company news, information, and more

New Guru Navigation! Helpful pages to get started within the wiki

Compliance Trainings

Add Company Calendars

Watch past events

Employee Recongition

Bonusly

Send & receive recongition around our core values!

  • Month Points refresh
    • 50 points Individual Contributors
    • 100 point Managers
    • 150 points Sr Management Team
  • Redeem your bonuses
    • Pick a reward or Make a donation
  • #culture-valuesinaction Slack Channel

GURU ONBOARDING

SEND OFF!

Test your CG Knowledge

What did we learn?
  • Teams
  • Pick a team name
  • Have fun!

Success at CarGurus

01

Setup reoccuring 1-1s with your manager, review role & responsibilities and ask questions.

Connect with your Manager

Attend all hands, join an ERG, ask questions and take part in all that CG has to offer!

02

Get Involved

Ask for feedback from your manager, buddy, teammates and others throughout your journey.

03

Ask for Feedback

Continue to meet people outside of your direct team, lean on your GO cohort to make connections!

04

Expand your Network

Guru Feedback

100 Day Evaluation

45 Day Evalutation

Guru Onboarding Evaluation

Culture Amp
Culture Amp
Friday!

90 Day Check-in

30 Day Check-in

You & Manager
You & Manager

GO Bingo

Complete as many as possible!

Complete in 30 days

Aim to complete all squares in your first 30 days!

Upload to New Guru Slack

At day 30 you will receive a reminder to upload your completed card!

Swag!

Upload you will receive some CG Swag!

Thank you!

We are #Data-Driven

Learning & Development Program Evaluation