Houzz Reviews

Pros

- Relatively flat engineering org. Still regular meetings with cofounders for everyone. Generally candid and open, honest convos.
- Collaborative, organic environment. Easy to help on many challenging projects from deep learning to scaling infrastructure.
- Product and design driven engineering. Coworkers care a lot about building good products, which is very refreshing.
- High density of technical and problem-solving talent. You can trust things to either work smoothly, or fast turnaround for fixes.
- Compelling, robust business model and overall company vision. Often run into users that love the company.
- Mature and responsible culture. Many parents, no brogrammers. Healthy, sustainable work-life balance.
- Progressive social values. People take maternity and paternity leave. Business decisions are made in alignment to social values, which I personally really respect.

Advice to Management

I think we can be bolder. Lots of companies want to copy us but having stronger visibility will attract more talented people so we can innovate faster. Especially would like to have more technical women leadership, and I think we should make proactive efforts to recruit them.

Pros

This is the best job I have ever had. Not only is the culture amazing but the management is very helpful and creative. I feel appreciated and valued everyday and can't imagine working for a better company.

Advice to Management

Keep doing what you're doing. The creative activities and competitions are amazing. I appreciate everything you guys do for us.

Pros

1. Most important.... TONS OF ROOM TO GROW!
2. STRONG family environment
3. Management does actually care about you
4. Hours you cannot beat
5. Fun trips and sales incentives
6. Upper management goes out of their way to explain things
7. Kitchen is always stocked!
8. Pay is right with what we do!

Its easy to find complaints about any company on here. I've been lucky enough to travel with Houzz and have done some really cool stuff because of this company! You get to meet the CEO often and she is someone you can really stand with! I cannot express how much opportunity there is to move up or even around. The Houzz product is great and really is changing the industry (I truly believe in it)! You'll love the atmosphere! Management takes time to hear you out and they all have done what you've done. So, they understand when you really are struggling ......*they promote within!!!

Advice to Management

Keep listening and keep up the solid work. Thank you for being honest with us about issues and addressing them so quickly when they show up!

Pros

I have been working at Houzz for almost a year and it's been the best work environment I've ever been apart of. The incentives for sales people are amazing and the leadership team is always encouraging.
-The work life balance is so great
-The opportunity for growth is amazing, I've already been promoted
-The kitchen is fully stocked so I don't ever have to spend money on breakfast/lunch
-My Manager is extremely supportive of the path I want to grow towards here at Houzz. She helped me get this first promotion and works hard with me to help me get to where I want to be.
-The people that work at Houzz are just great. I've met some of the best friends I've ever had here.
-Our office has a beautiful view
-PTO is extremely generous and the health benefits are amazing. They even let my partner be on my insurance (we aren't married).

Advice to Management

Honestly, keep doing what you are doing. The environment all the managers have created in this office is extremely positive and encouraging.

Pros

Relatable Leaders: Our President, Alon, works really hard to keep the org structure relatively flat. He regularly comes to the office cafeteria alone, grabs food and sits with regular employees to hear their feedback. He cares so deeply about the product that you see him regularly testing the website, and often knows more about the features than the teams that own those features. He works hard to not be an “out-of-touch” leader, and I really admire that.

Women Leadership: While other tech companies try really hard to recruit women, Houzz is inherently a gender-equal company. Half of our leaders (including Adi, our CEO/Founder and Tom, Head of Design) are women. This sets the tone for the rest of the company -- women’s opinions are well respected and listened to from top-to-bottom.

Broad Responsibilities: Houzz is a multi-billion dollar business with a dev team well under <200 people; this means enormous responsibility for each individual. There’s more than enough work to go around and individuals own huge domains of responsibility with a large degree of autonomy to shape the roadmap.

Advice to Management

The company is growing fast and I really appreciate everything management does to keep the company feeling small. We may want to consider new processes and 3rd party services if we want to scale faster.

Pros

-Amazing Office
-Great people
-Strong company culture
-Employees are valued
-Employees are provided all of the resources needed to be successful at their job

Pros

There has never been a day when I have not wanted to go to work since starting with Houzz. The office culture is positive and the people you meet are always kind. The work is challenging in a great way. It is very rewarding to be able to push yourself to succeed in a role that has so much to offer if you dig in and do your best every day. I have never felt more encouraged and rewarded for performing well on a consistent basis.

The greatest quality about working for Houzz is their adaptability. They are constantly working to improve day to day procedures to make things more efficient. Most importantly, every time a suggestion is made it is strongly considered. Where else can you walk in to an Upper Management office, say you have an idea, and within weeks it is put in to action? From the first day working at Houzz, management has always made it clear that they are there to help, and they've always met that goal.

Pros

Free lunch on Fridays, free breakfast on Mondays, random incentives (PTO, gift cards), stocked kitchen, beautiful offices. Great work/life balance.

Advice to Management

Please heed my suggestions above. I took the time to comment because I care. This company could be really great, but it's walking down a backwards path. You will lose your talent if you can't put the human experience before sales. We all want to be part of something bigger--Houzz remains "just a job." Many billion dollar companies do these things very well (Amazon, Apple)--why can't Houzz?

Pros

By far the people: smart and nice. Super hard working. Everyone helps each other out and it really feels like you are on a shared mission. I've been able to do more in my role than I thought possible, which is one of the benefits of working at a fast-growing startup. The founders really care about the company and their employees.

Advice to Management

Continue rewarding team members for great work

Pros

I've been working at Houzz for a little over 6 months and everyone I've met has been really welcoming and helpful. I was given the guidance I needed to get up to speed, the opportunities to take ownership over important projects and been celebrated for my accomplishments by my team and management.

Advice to Management

Continue to reward folks for a job well done and provide transparency about where the business is headed.