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    KB Home Reviews

    Updated September 19, 2017
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    KB Home President, CEO, and Director Jeff Mezger
    Jeff Mezger
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    Pros

    • Great earning potential, great training (in 11 reviews)

    • Great training program, most of the management team is understanding and helpful (in 10 reviews)

    Cons

    • Long hours, little direction on company expectation (in 17 reviews)

    • The work life balance needs work (in 6 reviews)

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    1. "Land Analyst"

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      • Culture & Values
      • Career Opportunities
      • Comp & Benefits
      • Senior Management
      Current Employee - Anonymous Employee
      Current Employee - Anonymous Employee
      Recommends
      Positive Outlook
      Approves of CEO

      I have been working at KB Home full-time

      Pros

      Management grants opportunities from within prior to hiring from outside the institution. The workplace environment is very pleasant, and I feel surrounded by superiors who want me to learn and get better at whatever I decide to do.

      Cons

      None that I can think of.

    2. Helpful (1)

      "New Home Consultant"

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      Former Employee - Anonymous Employee
      Former Employee - Anonymous Employee

      Pros

      Working with buyers through the New Home purchase. Potential income is high.

      Cons

      Long hours, little direction on company expectation. Training provided is geared to access company client management system and a little sales 101. No weekends or holidays off(Thanksgiving Day/Christmas Day only) Agents are to clock out/in for lunch but not allowed to leave site to pick-up lunch/eat. Work through lunch&breaks, as you eat is expected and the norm. Management is belittling, talks poorly of other agents openly. Federal regulated sick time is discouraged. Agents treated poorly if lawful sick time taken. 100% commission. 12+ months to make money after draw is paid back.. No draw recovery. Unable to reach managers on weekends. Poor agent safety - security.

      Advice to Management

      Better trained managers. Managers to work same schedule as their agents. Job share holidays and/or weekend rotation for better balanced & family environment. Provide base plus commission or draw recovery. Security/saftey for agents. Respect one another.

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    3. "Realtor Liaison"

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      • Work/Life Balance
      • Culture & Values
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      • Comp & Benefits
      • Senior Management
      Current Employee - Anonymous Employee
      Current Employee - Anonymous Employee
      Recommends
      Positive Outlook
      Approves of CEO

      I have been working at KB Home full-time

      Pros

      Big company, good benefits, lots of support

      Cons

      High turnover for sales, lots of conference calls, high pressure to perform

      Advice to Management

      Listen to your employees when they have suggestions, be more self aware.

    4. "Director of Sales"

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      • Senior Management
      Former Employee - Anonymous Employee
      Former Employee - Anonymous Employee
      Recommends
      Positive Outlook
      No opinion of CEO

      I worked at KB Home full-time

      Pros

      The team of people was incredible. Enjoyed going to work with the team.

      Cons

      As all public companies driven to hit Corporate goals for share holders.

    5. "Jeff Metzger assistant"

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      • Senior Management
      Current Employee - Anonymous Employee
      Current Employee - Anonymous Employee
      Doesn't Recommend
      Negative Outlook
      Disapproves of CEO

      I have been working at KB Home full-time

      Pros

      None that I can think of

      Cons

      Jeff Metzger is abusive and foul mouthed.

    6. "Good systems but difficult management at corporate"

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      Former Employee - Vice President Finance in Charlotte, NC
      Former Employee - Vice President Finance in Charlotte, NC
      No opinion of CEO

      Pros

      Experience and good structure for processes. Benchmarking is good. Local management has a big impact on success of the people and division.

      Cons

      Extreme work and performance demands and volatile management structure. Regional management kept changing which made it difficult at the division level.

    7. Helpful (1)

      "Superintendent"

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      • Work/Life Balance
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      • Senior Management
      Former Employee - Anonymous Employee
      Former Employee - Anonymous Employee
      Doesn't Recommend
      Neutral Outlook
      No opinion of CEO

      I worked at KB Home full-time (More than a year)

      Pros

      Bonus program, Great co workers

      Cons

      Way to fast paced, too focused on the bottom line and dollars rather than the customer

      Advice to Management

      Do not over load your employees with un realistic expectations

    8. Helpful (2)

      "New home sales consultant"

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      • Senior Management
      Former Employee - Anonymous Employee in Orlando, FL
      Former Employee - Anonymous Employee in Orlando, FL
      Doesn't Recommend
      Negative Outlook

      I worked at KB Home full-time (Less than a year)

      Pros

      Laid back, nice coworkers, they do breakfast in the morning meetings sometimes.

      Cons

      It takes about 14 months for you to start seeing money, they don't like when you don't agree with the managers on something, the quality of the home it okay but not great.

      Advice to Management

      You guys should give better consumer service to the new home owners.

    9. Helpful (1)

      "Performance Based, most of the time"

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      • Senior Management
      Current Employee - Sales
      Current Employee - Sales
      Neutral Outlook
      No opinion of CEO

      I have been working at KB Home full-time (More than 10 years)

      Pros

      Regular introduction of innovative home building products and processes. Formal training processes in place for people that are new to the industry and seasoned professionals to keep their skills sharp. Sincere focus on customer satisfaction.

      Cons

      Some key regional and corporate leaders are not easy to work with and act unprofessionally. High quality people are not retained because of this. Conversely, people have been promoted for being politically adept, even though absent of key skills (ex. basic algebra) or collegiate degrees.

      Advice to Management

      Punishing or talking down to people on conference calls is not motivational. The company has taught me that people leave managers, not companies; that same lesson can be applied to fix the reasons why there is more turn over in President and key management roles in certain areas of the company than others.

    10. "Financial Analyst"

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      • Work/Life Balance
      • Culture & Values
      • Career Opportunities
      • Comp & Benefits
      • Senior Management
      Current Employee - Anonymous Employee
      Current Employee - Anonymous Employee
      Recommends
      Positive Outlook
      Approves of CEO

      I have been working at KB Home full-time

      Pros

      Highly visible position, work directly with Finance Manager and VP of Finance
      Very talented and knowledgeable peers
      Good pay and benefits
      Good work/life balance

      Cons

      Lack of training
      Poor financial modeling software to analyze data

      Advice to Management

      Keep employees engaged

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