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    K. Hovnanian Homes Reviews

    Updated October 13, 2018
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    Ara K. Hovnanian
    89 Ratings

    180 Employee Reviews

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    • "Very archaic practices and upper management styles" (in 14 reviews)

    • "Very Cyclical Work/Life Balance" (in 4 reviews)

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    1. "K. Hov Review"

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      • Culture & Values
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      • Comp & Benefits
      • Senior Management
      Current Employee - Land Acquisitions in Cleveland, OH
      Current Employee - Land Acquisitions in Cleveland, OH
      Recommends
      Positive Outlook
      Approves of CEO

      I have been working at K. Hovnanian Homes full-time (Less than a year)

      Pros

      Proven leadership and management, effective training and systems, and a culture of integrity.

      Cons

      I haven't experienced any downside to working with the company that I can share.

      Advice to Management

      Keep doing what you're doing. It's obvious that management has its priorities in order which is further demonstrated by the company's success and its productive and happy employees.

    2. "Cis"

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      • Senior Management
      Former Employee - CIS in Upper Marlboro, MD
      Former Employee - CIS in Upper Marlboro, MD
      Doesn't Recommend
      Neutral Outlook
      Approves of CEO

      I worked at K. Hovnanian Homes full-time (Less than a year)

      Pros

      Nice boss very helpful and seems to care

      Cons

      Very unorganized don’t seem to get answers. Refer
      To power point.

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    3. "Purchasing Coordinator"

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      Former Employee - Purchasing in Red Bank, NJ
      Former Employee - Purchasing in Red Bank, NJ
      Doesn't Recommend
      Positive Outlook
      Approves of CEO

      I worked at K. Hovnanian Homes full-time (More than a year)

      Pros

      Great Holiday parties each year

      Cons

      Low Salaries, Management fails to resolve issues between employees fairly.
      Frequent layoffs

      Advice to Management

      Listen to all of your employees

    4. "Abusive CFO"

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      • Senior Management
      Former Employee - Controller
      Former Employee - Controller
      Doesn't Recommend
      Negative Outlook
      Disapproves of CEO

      I worked at K. Hovnanian Homes full-time (More than 5 years)

      Pros

      Good work life balance with market pay

      Cons

      Egomaniac CFO who has made terrible financial recommendations yet keeps his position through tearing down his finance and management team. Uses fear and intimidation vs. collaboration.

      Advice to Management

      Get rid of the old and in with newer capable finance professionals who are in touch with reality, employees and not dictatorships. CEO encourages and supports bad behavior.

    5. Helpful (2)

      "Sales Consultant Palm Beach County FL RUN AWAY LIKE YOU ARE ON FIRE!"

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      Former Employee - Sales in Boynton Beach, FL
      Former Employee - Sales in Boynton Beach, FL
      Doesn't Recommend

      I worked at K. Hovnanian Homes full-time (Less than a year)

      Pros

      None - except they have health benefits

      Cons

      Treated like a number or cattle easily replaced, disrespected, always on eggshells like you were afraid to speak up if you did there was retribution. Just a terrible work environment.

      Advice to Management

      I would give negative stars if I could! Get your act together. You claim you are a team of inclusion start treating your employees as assets and nurture them not destroy them and manage by fear that is old school and will have you out of business

    6. "Sales Consultant"

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      Former Employee - Anonymous Employee
      Former Employee - Anonymous Employee

      I worked at K. Hovnanian Homes full-time

      Pros

      Potential income, selling well in Houston

      Cons

      Slow production because of the high turnover in construction managers.

    7. Helpful (1)

      "Architectural Graphic Design"

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      Former Employee - Architectural Graphic Designer in Red Bank, NJ
      Former Employee - Architectural Graphic Designer in Red Bank, NJ
      Doesn't Recommend
      Negative Outlook
      Disapproves of CEO

      I worked at K. Hovnanian Homes full-time (More than 5 years)

      Pros

      Stable, benefits, paid time off, 2 weeks off after 5 years.

      Cons

      Disruptive people in the office; lower management is petty, abusive and don't listen to the people who actually do the work. A hand full of people in particular in the office are gossips and inappropriate. It's a high school setting, unprofessional and it gets old quick. In my situation my manager smothered the flames and his entire team left over the course of a couple months and made promises he couldn't keep. He's gone now, but drove a lot of good people away before that happened.

      Advice to Management

      Listen to your workers and support them not push blame.

    8. "Sales Reprentative"

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      Former Employee - Anonymous Employee in Chicago, IL
      Former Employee - Anonymous Employee in Chicago, IL
      Recommends
      Positive Outlook
      Approves of CEO

      I worked at K. Hovnanian Homes full-time (More than a year)

      Pros

      Good company to work for. Great marketing. Quality Homes. Equal opportunity to woman and men.

      Cons

      Must be willing to work nights and all weekends

    9. "Unethical company with poor communication"

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      Former Employee - Anonymous Employee in Sacramento, CA
      Former Employee - Anonymous Employee in Sacramento, CA
      Doesn't Recommend
      Negative Outlook
      Disapproves of CEO

      I worked at K. Hovnanian Homes full-time

      Pros

      They are trying to fix the areas that are broken. They just do not know how.

      Cons

      No matter how many closings you have, it's never enough.

      Advice to Management

      When you have 75% of your employees rate you as unethical on an anonymous, division survey, you need to stop throwing band-aids at your problems.

    10. "Rude, uncommunicative managers. On your own"

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      Former Employee - Anonymous Employee
      Former Employee - Anonymous Employee
      Doesn't Recommend
      Neutral Outlook
      No opinion of CEO

      I worked at K. Hovnanian Homes full-time

      Pros

      Growing in size, and possibility for growth but depends whom you work with and what projects.

      Cons

      You're basically thrown to the wolves

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