Trulia Reviews

Pros

awesome work place and good people

Cons

no con’s loved everyone there and

Pros

- Amazing work-life balance - Exciting and rewarding work - Great pay

Cons

None that I can think of

Pros

All highly friendly colleagues, great to work with and be friend with.

Cons

Career progression is a bit slow

Pros

+ Work/life balance + Was super effective/agile in its younger days, before the IPO + Lots of parties, if that's your thing + Swanky new office worthy of SfGate article + Lots of smart engineers, PMs + Mostly nice people, egos of most people are checked at the door

Cons

- Ads/sales team pillaged the site, and the leadership failed to keep them in check. Trulia had something special going and it was strip-mined by banners, interstitials, and paid placement. CEO Pete Flint and COO Paul Levine take the ultimate blame here for a deficit of vision and lack of reverence for the product. The tail was wagging the dog. - Dysfunctional compensation. Few people at Trulia cared about the IPO except super early employees and senior management. Talent was often seeing leaving for more generous pastures. - Managers, even first-level, were mostly helicoptered in from outside instead of promoted from within.

Pros

Awesome work/life balance. They have great perks, benefits, 401K, commuter benefit, dental, vision, etc... Core Senior Management has been in place since inception, but have added some amazing talent (COO, VP of Sales) that have truly accelerated our growth and revenue. They listen to feedback and do their best to change direction or adjust very rapidly. Whole company has clear goals and they really let every employee know what is going on - each week. HR and internal support teams really care about making you feel wanted and special.They have gone through a lot of growth in their training and hiring process for Inside Sales. The office has changed a lot in the past year. All I can say is that those people getting hired now and in the last 3 months are way better than the ones brought in previously. The compensation plan has been a steady and really fair plan since March of this year.

Cons

There are two divisions. Working in Inside Sales is very different than being an engineer, or mid-upper level management. Finally, the biggest con is that they do not do much for employees who have been here a long time in terms of career development. They rather hire outside talent than groom their own employees - especially on the sales and management side. Engineers are treated really well, so this is a con if you are not an engineer.

Pros

The people: very non-judgemental of your personal situation. The only thing that matters is that you are fired up about your job. No one cares about what specific hours you keep, though of course face time is valued. The people I've worked with are extremely friendly, passionate, and knowledgable...Great combination The product: everyone needs a home. Our tools to help get people in them are innovative (like commute maps) and work at scale. Perks: great benefits, food is often bought for everyone, nights in (boardgame night) and out (summer party), scheduled fun days, a kegerator on two floors, and plenty of adult beverages nearby. Good social scene. Some good snacks and drinks. The pay is good and commensurate with what you'd expect in the valley/SF Senior Management: has an excellent vision, are very transparent and approachable. They've created a great, open culture that's reflected by the fact that anyone can come up with an innovative idea and communicate it freely to anyone, even the CEO. Also there are no offices...just desks. That goes for senior management as well.

Cons

The main building is older and has crappy bathrooms, no AC, and slow elevators. However, the engineering team is moving across the street to more modern digs. I'd expect a whole lot more if we get a new building in the future...like views of the bay and bathrooms that can handle more than two people at one time. Conference rooms can be hard to book and we need more space

Pros

Definitely a great company and office. Refreshing to work for a company that sells a great product and has a culture in place to support their employees. No job is ever easy...if it was, everyone would do it. There are high expectations but they come with fantastic rewards and career growth which is what a true professional should be looking for. I've seen the company time and time again both pre and post-integration do everything in it's power to do what's right for their employees. If anything the integration has just added additional opportunity. Total compensation is in line with what you would expect a top-tier company would give for real talent. The Denver office in particular is definitely a fun place to work with a great vibe and friendly people in multiple departments. The HR team is one of the best I have ever seen in terms of being approachable and fair while having a nose for what's really happening. Management is encouraging and supportive. Senior management is fantastic. The execs from HQ make regular visits to Denver and have face time with everyone, no matter what role you are in. It is obvious how deeply they care for the success of the Denver team and our clients.

Cons

Very few things to complain about as nothing is ever perfect or goes according to plan all the time.

Pros

The People - Almost all employees are super helpful, collaborative, friendly, and sharp! The passion people share for the company & industry is impressive and I haven't personally experienced this before. The company tends to celebrate everything! (social crowd) which makes for a fun environment. The workspace - Great location (near downtown SF), the office itself is open, light, there are kitchens in each area/department (stocked with drinks & snacks), and "the penthouse" (aka, top floor space) is reserved for recreational activities like Ping pong, videogames, happy hours, etc. The work - The company is making a big difference, applying cutting edge technologies to make residential real estate search more personalized, fun, simple, and interesting. Trulia's mobile products are impressive, and real estate agents seem to truly benefit from Trulia's ad products (selling well)

Cons

Cultural divides: The speed in which the company has built its Inside Sales teams started to create a seperate culture, one that worked different hours, had a different type of job (sales vs. development), and most people on these teams were pretty new to the company and didn't get entirely acclimated with the dev teams. There is tons of work to be done in this area as this team continues to grow.

Pros

I really loved the culture at Trulia and Zillow Group. I started with a summer internship and ended up working as a full-time employee. My team was amazing and so were many other people at the company. The perks were great including the holiday party in Seattle. I really loved how it was dog friendly too. I enjoyed pushing code from day one of my internship to being allowed to work on large features which allowed me to be hired as a full-time employee. It was awesome talking with VPs and the President of the company from time to time. That's pretty unheard of at a lot of large companies. It was definitely difficult for me to leave.

Cons

I can't say there were too many. They seem to have a lot of trouble keeping Senior UX Designers around though. Things started feeling more corporate with time but that was natural with the acquisition. Some of the teams also seemed a little bigger than necessary. I didn't leave because I was unhappy with the company. The Bay Area was unfortunately just too expensive for my family and I.

Pros

Talented, passionate and committed team, focused on building a big and successful online real estate company. I like pretty much everyone at the company and they are a very talented group, the transparency is really good as we have weekly all company meetings and what's going on and what we should be focused on. Expectations are high and for the most part the work is interesting. The culture is pretty easy going, your typical internet start-up. Generally people are on with the strategy. I think as the economy and real estate Industry recovers this company will be in a very interesting company. Has good backers who seem to have deep pockets and a long term view.

Cons

The company is a little under resourced, they are competing with companies with more than double the staff and doing ok, but people are stretched too thin and senior management can often have unrealistic expectations about deadlines. Pay could be better, but fair.