Beazer Homes Reviews

Pros

Local division is very caring towards their employees-treated as a member of the family
Commissions paid are very decent
Build a very good home
Care about their customers
Good warranty and after sales service

Cons

Upper management is taking more of a micro management approach
a lot of "Big Brothering"
Some decisions made out of fear of losing their jobs or their relevance-not necessarily because the decision makes any sense

Advice to Senior Management

Have more confidence in the people you have hired. If they are going to be held accountable for results, they should have the power to effect change.

Pros

The Work versus life balance was good here. Beazer also offered a competitive benefits package including health & 401k matching.

Cons

Poor communication from upper management to other staff. No feeling of employees being "team members" or having your suggestions taken seriously. Upper management seems to make decisions without listening to feedback from people on the "front line," even though we are the ones who deal directly with the customers.

Advice to Senior Management

Upper management should communicate more directly with employees, and make them feel they have a stake in what the do.

Pros

Good Pay, Flexible workplace, left to produce, you must produce or you will be gone.

Cons

Favorites get better communities and breaks, fairness is lacking, must work most holidays, long hours, management out of touch with today's market, low morale, High new home prices led to low sales. Low sales means low pay. Eat lunch as you work.

Advice to Senior Management

Listen to your employees. Take time to shop all competition. Treat people better.

Pros

Great sales training program by local executives, decent benefits, good backing by corporate for planning and marketing strategies as well as national promotions.

Cons

After the media struggles, the company has a very poor reputation and it would be difficult to sell a beazer home right now.

Advice to Senior Management

I wish there was something corporate could have done to revive the Charlotte division after the media blitz against the company.

Pros

Compensation and benefits are slightly above average. Initially bonus programs and ability to obtain bonuses was very good. The local division had a low employee turn rate and very high moral.

Cons

Beazer Homes initially allowed Divisions a high degree of autonomy in the operation of the company. With the downturn in the housing market all autonomy was eliminated. Earned bonuses are not paid and bonuses programs were severely reduced. What had been an employee/customer focus became a bottom line focus. Corporate upper management bonuses were not reduced. Frontline employees suffered while upper management prospered.

Advice to Senior Management

The frontline employees are the strength of any company. Most frontline employees are willing to help the company as long as management is willing to carry the same burden.

Pros

It is within the Residential Construction industry.

Cons

Senior manangement seems disconnected with the tools required to preform adequately.

Advice to Senior Management

Perhaps the market downturn is a substantial cloud on operations and progress. The companies focus should be more accurately communicated and combined with reasonalbe expectations of when proper tools will be provided to succeed.

Pros

Individually there are managers that care about the company and it shows.

Cons

The downturn in the industry has created an environment of extreme cost cutting - no dollars are allocated to training or employee welfare. The employees are treated as if we should be appreciative of still having a job. The company refuses to embrace flex time for any corporate employees.

Advice to Senior Management

The employees that haven't jumped ship as of yet should be treated with respect and appreication. Showing appreciation does not automatically equal spending money.