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Anyone who has to tell you they’re honest probably isn’t - Anonymous employee Honest Buildings Employee Review

1.0
16 Jan 2018
Anonymous employee
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

- Catered lunch every Friday! Joking aside, I learned a ton here because I care about my career and wanted the company to do well. I had plenty of opportunities to make things better.

Cons

They have a reputation of mass layoffs. I knew this going in and I wish I had listened to those who told me. I really wanted the best for HB, but they never seemed to know what they wanted for themselves. Hours were long, work-life balance sucked and demands were unrealistic. Leadership was vague, unsupportive, and sent mixed messages. Feedback was never clear and direct. Fire at will was a best practice. They don’t care about your career growth nor are they willing to train you to learn things outside of your core skillset. It’s easier for them to fire you and find someone else. If you do decide to work here despite the other horrible reviews I’ll give you one piece of advice: Ask for your equity to vest on DAY ONE, not after one year. Maybe then the organization would consider investing in you as they expect you to invest in them. And those glowing reviews from December 2017 are hilariously from the leadership trying to fluff their Glassdoor rating. Nice try! Maybe if you didn’t treat people as disposable objects you wouldn’t have to do that.

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Honest Buildings Response
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At Honest Buildings we care deeply about our people and know that they’re our biggest asset. We’re determined to make sure that everyone joining HB has learning and growth opportunity, and take all feedback very seriously - so thank you for taking the time to write this review. A few things I’d like to address directly as it pertains to this feedback: We have never had mass layoffs and no one has ever been fired without just cause. We offer all our employees the opportunity to own a piece of Honest Buildings and we do that by providing equity options - all with a vesting period that is standard across the industry. At Honest Buildings our culture is one of open feedback and we are committed to creating a transparent and collaborative environment for our employees. We aim to set clear expectations for our employees and do so with company and department level goals, as well as by conducting periodic performance reviews. We are proud to be growing very quickly and our newly formed People Team is focused on scaling our culture as well as long-term goal setting for teams and individual employees. Our ability to retain our employees is one of the highlights of our company that we plan to continue prioritizing.

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Pros

- great colleagues, fun atmosphere - tons of support for on-boarding and training - free catered lunch on Fridays - great location in FiDi - booming company, so exciting news coming all the time with the company expanding - product that's easy to believe in; I truly believe Honest Buildings will be an industry standard in the future

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- growing pains as the company continues to succeed and expand - lots of change; sometimes it can be hard to feel settled knowing things are not going to remain constant for long - occasional tension between engineering and other teams surrounding volume of work; everyone needs to remember we're all on the same team

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4.0
31 Jan 2018
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Recommend
CEO approval
Business outlook

Pros

- Great market traction, the product is solving real pains for customers. Customers are raving about the product. - Huge industry, waiting for disruption - "Get sh*t done" attitude - "If it doesn't work - then let's change it" attitude. Not a single soul at HB is waiting around for things to magically get better by themselves. Everything is a prototype. I love that sense of urgency, and that's why I work at a start up. - Incredibly smart and humble people - Open and transparent vibe, lots of collaboration going on - While I seven days a week choose cool and smart people and real problems to solve over some snacks or a free lunch here and there, can't complain about the perks. Unlimited vacay and sick days. Sick!

Cons

- Some growth pains. Hiring is tough, but needed. Finding the right internal processes and structures without slowing things down is tough, but needed. - We do need a next level office soon, with our own style, and even more space to collaborate. I'm really surprised about the negative reviews, almost in shock, but I guess it's maybe like Yelp in a way. It's either 1 or 5, and if you don't like your experience you're more likely to submit a review. Well, here's a positive review to balance it out. Without being asked to submit one. Is it the perfectest job ever? No. If you're looking for that, you will do nothing but look for the rest of your life. Is it damn good job where you learn a lot every day? Hells yes.

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