Corky McMillin Reviews

Pros

Gain experience in your field.
Great benefits and pay
Co workers are reasonable and managers are too
Get to work in some beautiful houses

Cons

Get to work in some not so beautiful houses
The work requires a lot of thinking
People are scrupulous with the landscaping of their homes

Advice to Senior Management

Increasing pay is always good. We need to expand and advertise homes that we have remodeled are custom-built so that people are aware of how great our homes can be.

Pros

Nice offices, tight knit group of coworkers
Very generous salary and benefits
Team building activities, holiday parties and generous paid time off, holiday pay
Flexible work hours and good work/life balance
My original manager genuinely cared about my well being, highly professional and was a motivator that earned a lot of respect within this industry
Top notch real estate agents-very professional and well loved by their clients

Cons

Once the real estate market went through it's downturn there was a lot of reorganization-which is understandable-however the changes were not effectively communicated to employees-that led to a lot of uncertainty and stress
Favorites were definitely showed greated consideration by upper management, even when they were not necessarily the top performers or the most knowledgeable
The company used to be a very reputable name in the community, but over time I felt that there was a lot of negativity felt towards them
A lot of layoffs, some of which were jobs that were necessary and employees who had been long term-in the down turn understandable, yet during that time, management, including owners brought in their own friends and family members to come to work-not the right message to send when others had to face unemployment
Management did not do much to improve morale of remaining employees during periods of lay offs

Advice to Senior Management

The general managers do what they can and are probably overworked and tired from all the changes and layoffs over the last few years. However, upper management-I would say to you that your communication, honesty and integrity needs to be addressed. Many employees were overlooked or laid off without you truly realize the value of their work and skills. I bellieve that with better decisions and more conservative spending on your part, more jobs could have been saved.

Pros

Good work environment, they generally treat people very fairly. Very new & clean work environment (office). There is potential to make money in a positive real estate market. Discount benefits that come with working for a homebuilder.

Cons

A real estate downturn, like the one we are in now will very likely lead to loss of employment. Also, the company tends to pay people less than what the market usually bears, but this could be attributed to an excessively large staff which makes you not have to work 60-80 hours per week. Most people work a 40-50 hour week.

Advice to Senior Management

Get a little more aggressive with taking risk.

Pros

The people in the Visalia Office are a great group of people to work with and make coming to work enjoyable.

Cons

The decisions are all made out of the Corporate Office in Southern California, so you can receive an award one week and be let go the following. This also creates issues with the corporate office not knowing who is doing what within the separate divisions.

Advice to Senior Management

Have better communication with the division employees and get a better understanding of who is doing what. The decisions are made from 300 miles away and the employees in other divisions can tell.