Audi Turnersville takes Best Dealership To Work For title again

Audi Turnersville in New Jersey reclaimed the No. 1 spot on the 10th annual Automotive News list of the 100 Best Dealerships To Work For.

Best Companies Group selected the winners based on surveys of 40,146 U.S. employees. Automotive News announced the winners Tuesday at the Four Seasons Hotel in Chicago.

The 35-employee Audi Turnersville won in 2019 and made the Top 10 in 2018. It also ranked No. 42 in 2015.

General Manager Jimmy Magee said his dealership learned how to be a better employer during the COVID-19 pandemic.

"We thought 'flexibility' meant working from home," Magee said. "But now we realize that what (employees) actually meant was the ability to fit their work into their personal lives."

Magee also shared advice for fostering diversity, equity and inclusion in the work force.

"Promote pay equity," he said. "Develop a strategic training program. Make it easy for your people to participate in employee resource groups."

Audi Turnersville parent company Penske Automotive Group Inc. owns six of the top 10 Best Dealerships To Work For this year. Stores from Lithia Motors Inc. and Larry H. Miller Dealerships — soon to join Asbury Automotive Group Inc. — make up the remainder.

Penske dealerships commanded 35 spots on the 2021 list, the most of any dealership group. Its stores didn't appear in the 2020 rankings, but the 2019 list featured 33 Penske locations.

Penske, of Bloomfield Hillls, Mich., ranks No. 2 on Automotive News' list of the top 150 dealership groups based in the U.S., with retail sales of 178,437 new vehicles in 2020.

Learn more about Audi Turnersville and the 99 other 2021 Best Dealerships To Work For here.

Here are the top 10 dealerships this year:

1. Audi Turnersville, Turnersville, N.J.
2. Larry H. Miller Hyundai Peoria, Peoria, Ariz.
3. Mini of Warwick, Warwick, R.I.
4. Porsche Monmouth, West Long Branch, N.J.
5. DCH Kay Honda, Eatontown, N.J.
6. Jaguar-Land Rover Englewood, Englewood, N.J.
7. DCH Academy Honda, Old Bridge, N.J.
8. Mercedes-Benz of Fairfield, Fairfield, Conn.
9. BMW of Warwick, Warwick, R.I.
10. DCH Millburn Audi, Maplewood, N.J.