Angi reviews

-There is a fear of change anything around the core product since it is a current source of revenue. Unfortunately that prevents the improvement of known customer complaints and things discovered by employees dog-fooding the product. These changes might impact revenue over the short term, but would result in a stronger product and brand if there was the courage to change. This can be rather demoralizing to those to are customer satisfaction oriented. -Some people shouldn't be in management positions. -Management is good at talking, but not at listening or implementation. -Lack of opportunities to grow career or learn new skills. One Crucial conversations training over the last 3 years, while useful, doesn't count. -Salary is not as competitive for similar roles at other technology companies. There was no annual raise discussion and the unofficial saying was that the best way to get a raise was to get a new job offer. -Often times gestures of appreciation to employees don't feel genuine and ring hollow; this can feel especially stingy after repeatedly hearing how much profit we've made year over year. This is most true when relating to things that IAC has a hand in deciding. As a majority stakeholder of ANGI/HomeAdvisor IAC frequently puts the needs of its shareholders and execs above that of the hardworking employees who create the value. When going public with the ANGI acquisition it took an outspoken employee during a town hall with IAC to force their hand in giving out shares to everyone. Unfortunately these ultimately wound up having an absurd vesting structure that I've never seen used at any other technology company. -Company wants to project a culture of a 'Cool' technology company, but the actual execution has a long way to go. Needs to act like a top-tier tech company and not just pretend.

When I first got recruited to Home Advisor, I came to Glassdoor. The reviews were mixed, either really good or pretty bad. I went forward with the job anyway. They really draw you in, "Oh you can make so much money! It's such a fun environment! We really care about our employees and our customers!" It's all a huge facade. The turnover rate is insane, they have new training classes every three weeks for sales positions because so many people quit. Management uses scare tactics that make you feel like you're constantly on the brink of getting fired no matter how much effort you put in. The top salespeople are manipulative liars. The people they sign up to join Home Advisor usually cancel because they've been misled. You only get commission after you've put up 5 sales in a pay period, which is much more complicated than you'd think. You can submit 11 accounts and only get 2 approved because they didn't pass the background check or don't have enough money. You're on the phone all day calling people who've been called a thousand times already and want nothing to do with you. In order to get sales, you have to be really manipulative. They promote the "one call close" which is basically overwhelming a person into signing up without really understanding what Home Advisor is and what they would get out of the membership. It's a lot of false promises made to employees, people who sign up, and people who use the HA for home projects. The owner of a business is supposed to pass a background check but there are a LOT of times the company looks the other way. There's a review on here that says everyone there is on drugs and the company shrugs it off, but seriously, everyone there is on drugs. Adderall, Xanax, Vicodin, other prescription drugs plus booze, weed, coke, and god knows what else. The environment there is so toxic that the only way to get through the day is to be on something. This INCLUDES members of management. Anyway, I hated it, most people there hate it, and there's a lot of sketchy things going down there.