Angi Employee Reviews about "leadership"

Pros

I have to put words here. In all honesty, it used to be really great. It used to be an environment where people felt valued, smart colleagues working together to solve complex problems, and generally a really great place to work. There is a reason HomeAdvisor was listed as a top place to work for 5 years in a row. Then HomeAdvisor rebranded as Angi and well, everything I just described went off a cliff.

Cons

Leadership changed over a few times and the environment is unrecognizable from the one I joined years ago. Deadlines are chosen like a game of darts on a calendar and no one is rewarded for actually meeting the outrageous deadline that was decided. There are surprise layoffs that seem to strategically happen before financial events like company earnings, employee stock vestings, the annual bonus review, etc. To which leadership will say those who were let go were 'low performers', they were not. Often times managers are also left out of these discussions and are just as surprised as the employees are. If you are looking for a place to be rewarded for hard work, feel valued, work alongside smart coworkers, and have a great work/life balance then you will want to look elsewhere. HomeAdvisor/Angi somehow always finds new lows to the cliff it fell off of.

Pros

Great to work for a leader in the industry.

Cons

New leadership is poor and inexperienced. Culture is going downhill. Little to no diversity. Lack of real meaningful values & mission.

Pros

Angi is a rapidly changing environment and with every change comes opportunity. You don’t have time to get stagnant which is exciting and fulfilling.

Cons

Priorities need to be well defined by senior leadership to maintain momentum and growth without stretching teams to thinly.

Pros

Profitable, stable org. So much potential, if leadership could operationally deliver on the organization's stated vision.

Cons

Toxic leadership group that actively participates in closed-door gossip sessions about employees, peers, and C suite. Poor working relationships between leaders in the major tiers of the organization is a constant issue. Product leadership conflicts constantly with development leadership. Enterprise IT, and infrastructure teams conflict with development at fundamental levels, with the bare minimum of cooperation. Improper/unprofessional ethical practices when terminating employees. Vision changes constantly. Blame culture consistently perpetuated from the top down constantly counters the stated vision. Lack of operational capabilities within the leadership team has made progress on the organization's stated vision completely stagnant. Stagnant technology due to fear-based, blame culture. Pay across all non-leadership positions does not meet the existing market. Self-described as a technology company, the existing org is no more than an e-commerce company that values profit and existing revenue generation over innovation. Those that value technical direction and support of that direction from leadership will struggle here.

Pros

Decent benefits, some things on campus to take advantage of including a gym, coffee shop, cafe, etc. Easy access to downtown.

Cons

Weak and inexperienced senior leadership in the product department that has led to many missteps and an unfocused approach to product development. This has had a direct impact on the company's ability to execute on it's plan.

Pros

- Angi has grown and is continuing to see growth, so there are opportunities that have been created that have given employees the chance to move up and advance in their careers (myself included!) - Work-life balance is respected and my manager is supportive in knowing that sometimes things come up. They actually encourage me to take time off when I need it. - Our leadership makes themselves accessible to new hires and employees alike (offer hour with leadership). Leadership also takes the time to talk with new hires during their first week which doesn't happen at all companies. - Angi has taken steps to evolve in a post-covid world. They understand that working from home has it's advantages, and my team has supported me in doing so. That being said, they still invest in fostering an inclusive and engaging environment in the office (office days with catered lunch, fun activities, etc). They also put on remote events that employees can attend virtually. - We hire a lot of new people, however, there are still people who have been here for awhile. It's nice to have both perspectives.

Cons

- We been going through some very fast growth where you may have to reprioritize and pivot based on the change in environment. This change can be hard for some people, but it can be a lot of fun too.

Pros

Flexibility- that is literally it.

Cons

I'll name a few. Honestly I had no intention of writing this review but they now have someone on staff whose job is to just harass you for reviews on glassdoor apparently. I got over 4 emails asking to write a Glassdoor review so here ya go. Turnover: Just when you think you know where to go for things- someone else quits. This place can't keep people longer than a year at a time. Leadership: Lots of favoritsm and leads are recycled all while 100% lying to pros. Morals: the things they tell you in sales are borderline harassing people. I finally had to give pushback that I didn't feel comfortable lying and then I was iced out.

Pros

Without a doubt, everyone I worked with day to day was great. There is a "we're in this together" attitude, which I’d say is rare. This is exemplified by many engineers and managers, including myself, choosing to leave Angi after a recent round of layoffs heavily impacted our teams. You will be challenged by your work and expected to write code that is testable and bug free (Angi has no QA team for many of its product teams, not a pro). You will also be expected to do tasks outside of your title which I enjoyed for learning and growth (example: a font end engineer may need to act more full stack occasionally). Work life balance is pretty good. Stepping away for a doctor's appointment or other personal events is usually not a problem. I was never pressured to work late nights, but you'll definitely have enough on your plate to work late if you want. "Unlimited" PTO is definitely a perk and if your manager is good like mine was you'll have no problem taking off. Although, I never felt comfortable taking a full work week off at once. Meeting schedules are very reasonable. Usually just one 30 minute to an hour long meeting at the beginning of the day to talk with your team about what you've been working on.

Cons

HomeAdvisor was a great company until its merge with Angie's List and rebrand into Angi. The leadership was great and you could tell they knew how to run a public company. HomeAdvisor was growing and revenue was up. Things were being done right. Once the rebrand to Angi occurred the company had most of its C-Suite execs replaced with people from start up backgrounds. Thats when the layoffs began. Shortly after the rebrand, product directors and managers who played a key role in making sure the rebrand was successful were fired in a first round of layoffs. Believe it or not the home services business model is actually fairly complex and a lot of business specific knowledge is gained the longer you work here. That knowledge cannot be easily replaced. However, the new C-Suite believes that the business model can be simplified. Therefore, this knowledge is disposable. This would be true, but when you have built your entire tech stack around the first business model it is very unwise to layoff the people who are most knowledgable about it. But, that is what happened. The second round of layoffs came when our new CTO asked for a list. From this list, the new CTO chose dozens of engineers to be laid off without consulting their managers. This layoff came right after our quarterly reviews where my colleagues who were fired passed with flying colors. It was a huge shock to us all. On top of this, those of us who got to keep our jobs were notified about who was being laid off before the individuals being laid off were. Therefore, when we reached out to our fired colleagues to tell them how sorry we were they had no idea what we were talking about. Then in our next company wide meeting we were told that the layoffs occurred because of a “new company direction” and that most of my laid off colleagues’ positions would be rehired for. Finally, when our new CTO was asked when the next round of layoffs would be he laughed. I would expect this kind of behavior from a start up struggling to raise series A funding, but not a public company. I’ll work for HomeAdvisor, not Angi.

Pros

I have been with Angi for several years and have seen a lot of change, both as a professional and within the organization. Angi is a place where I have been able to build a solid career and progress in my skills and leadership. I have had mentors throughout the organization who became advocates for me and have taught me so much. Through all the change, I have become a better leader, teammate and professional, although it hasn't always been easy. Pros: - Great colleagues/ people to work with - Dedicated leadership team -Professional Development - one of the core values at Angi is 'Be an Owner' this ownership and empowerment throughout the organization is great for development, building skills and doing incredible things - Massive opportunity - Angi is about one year out from our rebrand and we have a massive opportunity ahead to really revolutionize home services. - Consistent Communication and new engaging events - Internal comms is great for a company our size. We have firesides every other week where we actually get to see and interact with our whole leadership team. Really unique! - We get to work with some exceptional pros, small businesses and support them and help homeowners realize their dreams. It's a cool mission!

Cons

- Compensation is often within "market rates" but just barely and often only looking at total compensation, not base - Work/Life balance is not in a great place, long days, lots of work (but I like to look at this as an opportunity, lots of work - lots of opportunity) - Inconsistency between departments and teams - some teams are strong, stable, with great leaders who effectively communicate objectives and what success looks like... other teams and departments not so much. Consistency could be improved

Pros

- it is so refreshing to see a company where there is minimal red tape between the various level of leadership. No idea is too small or employee too insignificant. - they genuinely put customer first. Not so much the funds they bring (although we can't minimize its necessity) but more so about their well being after they receive a service from Angi. - the tech stack is well maintained and the staff engineers have done a great job in empowering the engineers focusing on the various verticals and getting out of the way - there is a sense of ownership that is also very refreshing. Problems are not passed around like a hot potato, and no matter who identifies the issue, through word of mouth (slack channels), the right team is found and the issue is solved in quick order. - your development work will be valued, both by the various levels of management as well as your own colleagues. It's really a tight knit community and everyone is more than willing to help.

Cons

- there is a lot of red tape around infrastructure and all problems have to be resolved by them, which can create a bottle neck