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R&R is still one of the largest. The elitism was definitely something I saw when I wrote the RCI integration at Dealer Wizard around 2014. I've heard they've been trying to change the culture internally. I'm not sure how that's going, but it'd certainly be welcome.

Does Fortellis even accept other DMSes? I've dealt with it a bit to integrate with eLeads (now CDK CRM), but there didn't seem to be much on there apart from CDK's APIs.

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From a hiring standpoint, the culture at R&R is “beyond absurd” / “jumped the shark”. They utilize an IQ test which has many extremely “cultural” questions — quite a few questions have nothing to do with IQ, just trivia you’d only know if you’re from a very specific background (white, old). Things along the lines of “What celebrity died in 1997 in a car crash involving paparazzi?” (Princess Diana) … “what sport did Jack Nicklaus play?”. I fit the profile they are looking for, and knew all the answers to these questions, but I still felt they were "beyond the pale".

This is for software programming. Their salary ranges are also unbelievably low and they avoid interviewing anyone with even moderately strong qualifications (which would be considered "mediocre" qualifications in any tech hub).

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