Angi Employee Reviews about "culture"

Pros

Amazing company culture (though I hear it's been declining since they were acquired by Home Advisor)

Cons

Metric driven to a fault. I understand it to a point, given the nature of the positions, but very little empathy is displayed from management towards call center employees. I was lucky enough to move up, but many people who could have been GREAT employees elsewhere in the organization were either restricted from transferring, or fired, due to rigidity of policies.

Pros

Open work environment; executive team is very accessible; maintains a lot of the fun tech benefits; strong company culture

Cons

Tough to attract & retain developer talent in the midwest. Salaries don't compare to what silicon valley can offer, even though cost of living in Indiana is drastically lower.

Pros

Strong company culture with a vision to become a household name drives the pace & has resulted in phenomenal growth. Tremendous career opportunity for anyone who wants to roll up their sleeves & contribute.

Cons

Like any start-up, it isn't perfect and is still a work in progress. But Handy has a real shot at breaking out in an even bigger way & that is the appeal.

Pros

Angie's List has a great company culture as I was lucky enough to work with superiors who were truly invested in my success and well-being. The hoky department in charge of corporate culture/happiness wasn't needed, because the people made it exist and the from the CEO all the way down the message was that we are a family that takes care of its own. Of course, you have disgruntled employees--sales is hard and not for everyone, but those who had a talent for it and worked hard found success almost invariably. Those that tried to coast, hide, or do just enough often found themselves frustrated.

Cons

The biggest drawback was that the IT team wasn't up to the challenge of taking the company where it needed to go and hence they found themselves bought by Home Advisor after falling way behind. It's tantalizing to think of where the company would be right now if they had top-notch IT development abilities five years ago. Perhaps the merger will help in this regard.

Pros

Some company events are fun

Cons

Extremely micromanaged, no trust in your ability to do your job. Very little flexibility- constantly having to say where you are. 'rewarded' work from home days in competitions but often have to report what you are doing at home because of a lack of trust. Management in my department was toxic- overshared about other members of the team and would tell you exactly what people were saying about you- overall ,i didn't feel I could trust in my manager. Manager would say 'I have no problem giving feedback' but then when there was an issue with someone on the team she would ask that you developed and corrected them rather than dealing with it herself, as a manager. Unprofessional leadership style. Plays major favorites with other managers in the company and their groups because of personal relationships and it is highly felt among the team. The job is sold as having a great company culture but the recruiting team never really got to participate- sales teams would constantly get incentives to leave early or have extra time off but the recruiters were constantly pressured to do more and pressured to work extra hours. No professional development- the manager just says the team should be able to do what she was able to do in the position but doesn't offer any additional coaching/development/training. Immature manager who is clearly not ready for leadership. Highly underpaid.

Pros

1. Nearly limitless opportunity for those that step up to the plate and take ownership over products and technical challenges 2. Extremely talented pool of engaged engineers who also happen to be great human beings that I like sharing beers with 3. New upper leadership dead-set on focusing on improving the lives of customers & service professionals 4. Very challenging technical problems that will take time, creativity, and talent to overcome

Cons

1. The organization is three families all brought under the same roof in a very short span of time. Morale is low in some areas as cultures merge and people depart as the org. rediscovers itself 2. Hybrid-remote provides a lot of flexibility and opportunity, but if you like to be surrounded by coworkers in a single office, you might find that missing here 3. Across the various technical stacks there is plenty of legacy systems and technical debt that needs to be addressed. Can be frustrating at times trying to wrap one's head around how it all pieces together

Pros

Culture (had a great sales team with people I often met up with after work) Laid Back Flexible Schedule (can take time off whenever as long as you give notice)

Cons

Pressure you into constantly lying and yelling at contractors Recycled leads results in people hanging up as soon as they hear you say "homeadvisor" or even knowing beforehand It took 4 months of me asking my manager to teach my how to prospect to finally give me the quick run down. Manager was very narrow in his focus, only caring about sales, not caring about retention which is where a bulk of your pay can come from. Very unprofessional work environment (cool at first being out of college but gets old real fast) Lead to believe during training you will make far more than you do, when you actually make less off of each sale once tenured. Continuous lying by upper level management and direct manager about it constantly being "the best time to sell during the year" to improve moral

Pros

There is an awesome culture and tons of activities that the whole company participates in! They have amazing benefits and really work hard to incorporate the best of the best into the business!

Cons

About the only con that I can come up with is that the free vending machines only have pepsi and not coke products! But hey it's countered with the free La Croix!