Pulte Homes Reviews

Pros

Great pay, best in the industry. Good training. Good advertising and model home staging.

Cons

Having two sales people at one community causes problems. I had to split my commission several times with a co-worker because they failed to ask the right questions or look up the person in the database before working with them. Pulte's contractors don't supervise their employees and their work is way below par. Though they make it right, it causes angst with customers.

Advice to Senior Management

Pay for good contractors, they are worth the investment not only in cost, but in time and company reputation.

Pros

company backing out of Colorado operations. Selling assets and closing doors. No future palns for continuing operations in Colorado market.

Cons

no future development taking place. selling inventory and not building any homes except what is in the ground.

Pros

Benefits are decent and the employee discount is a plus.

Cons

Stressful, tough industry, no land acquisition, placing employees on pins and needles. Revolving management door.

Advice to Senior Management

Pay employees better, take different growth path, offer customers more options, fire the mortgage side of the business.

Pros

Good, energetic people that for the most part like what they do. Management was usually easily approachable.

Cons

Home building can get very boring. Often becomes a babysitting job.

Advice to Senior Management

Hold subcontractors and superintendent to a higher standard of professionalism.

Pros

Some managers in other departments make it bearable to go to work.

Cons

Management is terrible. The area process improvement manager is the worst.

Advice to Senior Management

Get rid of Reed.

Pros

Larger and more secure company, multi-state locations if relocation is necessary

Cons

Hardest hit industry in the nation, lots of layoffs, no true opportunity for growth at this point, less than stellar management

Pros

Great place to learn homebuilding at one time! Prioir to the Centex debacle the company had a culture that was enjoyable and envigorating...all of that changed during the fall of 2009.

Cons

Too few people, too much to do and a complete lack of regard for the customer...remember they are why you are in business!

Advice to Senior Management

Remember that nothing happens within a homebuilding organization until a home is sold and more importantly, to grow your business the organization needs to truly care for the "Customer for Life"...What Bill Pulte started as an 18 year old is now an organization that lacks any sense of consistency and a real regard for their customers...Good Luck with that!

Pros

Fantastic medical benefits, lunch provided 4 days/week as well as fridges and cupboards full of food. Free fountain beverages. Worker bees friendly and pleasant to work with.

Cons

Dental benefits not worth paying for. Major disconnect between upper management and workers. Middle management is so focused on adding value to their own positions that they mismanage the people under them. Rewards systems and team atmosphere are non-existent and the sentiment coming from middle management to workers is basically "you're lucky to have this job so you'll take poor treatment and like it." Camaraderie is low and middle management takes no interest in your thoughts, ideas, well-being. You'll enjoy working here if you liked being whipped until you can't work anymore.

Advice to Senior Management

Respect the people who support you. Your business is only as good as your workers and based on Q1 and 2 this year your workers are extremely dissatisfied with you.

Pros

Good people to work with, team approach in some departments.

Cons

No loyalty for hard work, long service and going above and beyond what is asked

Pros

Good benefits, organized, fair management, overall a good working environment. Good reputation in home building industry. Working conditions very nice.

Cons

Due to the economy there is very little opportunity for advancement. Conditions are a little tense around the office as no one has job security.

Advice to Senior Management

Even though the industry is suffering I think they could find creative ways to reward dedicated employees to keep moral up.