Stay away - Software Engineer Houzz Employee Review

1.0
Aug 12, 2019
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

Free lunch and snacks. Unlimited PTO

Cons

Projects specs are outlined poorly with unclear expectations and results. Conflicting decisions from higher ups about what to do/how to carry out specific tasks due to poor communication. Poor documentation leads to lots of questions being asked over slack with limited number of people who know how to answer them. Most of the time your question will be lost in the waterfall of other questions/posts in the channel and you are left to your own devices to figure out a process that was put in place by someone else Engineers are focused on their own tasks and do not care much about working as a team to bring a project to completion. Lots of meaningless drivel across the office which lacks professionalism and sometimes leans towards borderline harassment. Expensive product with no real innovation. Looks like they are copying Wayfair and Laurel & Wolf. Work has diluted down to creating static pages that basically say “buy our product”.

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Houzz Response
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Thanks for submitting feedback on your time with us, although I’m sorry to hear that your experience so far has not been a better one. We have worked hard to create a collaborative team culture, so I can’t say I agree with your observations about teamwork. Your comments in terms of professionalism are quite serious and not in line with what I have observed across the company, so I hope you will reach out personally. Jerry Krikheli, VP of Engineering, Houzz (jkrikheli@houzz.com)

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