Auction.com reviews

3.8

67% would recommend to a friend

(304 total reviews)
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Jason Allnutt

81% approve of CEO

53% positive business outlook

Auction.com has an employee rating of 3.8 out of 5 stars, based on 304 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have a good working experience there. The Auction.com employee rating is in line with the average (within 1 standard deviation) for employers within the Real Estate industry (3.8 stars).

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304 reviews
4.0
Dec 8, 2014

A company with great ambition!

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Pros

What I love about Auction.com is that the management team has great ambition. After seeing the changes in the mortgage industry, the failures of other companies that refuse to change or make the difficult decisions, it's nice to be apart of one that does look towards the future and growth of the company and it's survival. Despite the criticism about the company not caring or that your jobs are always at risk, I'd have to say that it happens with all companies, but at least this one cares about the majority of the hard working employees. Holding on to the extra headcounts have been the demise of other large companies. The management team is working towards growing the company, making changes to keep it ahead of the game. The benefits are great, they have a great set of employees with good talent. The CEO/Founders of the company remain engaged, the company is constantly giving swag gifts the employees. The little things are nice. I think the company is moving in the right direction. I see lots of complaints about the management team. Recently, I've seen a change in management style, I do see new management with more industry knowledge for their respective areas. I don't think the cons of this company is something other companies are voided of. As with any management, there are questionable ones out there. As for our CEO, considering how they've built up this company from the ground up, they have done a great job in making a name for themselves.

Cons

As I said, as with any company, there are questionable management and some great ones. The same goes for this company. If you get a great manager, you will excel and they will promote your growth. Other managers will restrict you and limit your growth. Do your research, ask the right questions during your interview. Some employees are fine with just doing what they are hired for, some are ambitious. If you're the latter, then during the interview, ask what internal growth like is for the area you're applying to. I've seen some employees that have the ambition but not the skill set to grow. Ambition is great, but if you're passed over, then maybe best to find out what you need to work on. Seen quite a bit of change over the past few years, the company is constantly changing. Changing in management, changing in focus, if you want a job that won't throw a few curve balls your way, then this isn't the job for you. You'll be met with many challenges, you'll have to find ways to work around those challenges and be creative. The company still has quite a journey ahead of them before they have all of their ducks aligned.

3.0
Aug 13, 2014

Getting Better Over Time

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After a rough few months of changes and layoffs, the company finally feels like it's better aligned for future success. Teams are better structured and we now have common goals. We've redefined our company mission and vision, and it feels like our individual goals and OKRs are aligning to achieve our mission/vision. It's not 100% there but it is getting better and I'm very hopeful for the future. The executive team is aware that we need to work on our culture and is making a dedicated effort to listen to employees, communicate better with employees, and build a strong culture. What I'm about to type will sound pretty brutal but it's how I perceive the situation - there are a lot of comments on here talking about the layoffs. I will agree that there were a handful of good people in those layoffs that got let go with little to no communication but for the most part? The layoffs reduced redundancy and got rid of idiots. And unfortunately, there were wayyy to many idiots that didn't do anything prior to the layoffs. There are substantially fewer idiots now and the people left are people who actually work and do their job and do it well. My benefits are pretty decent, we get free food in the Belmont office which is cool, my technology set up is pretty awesome, my coworkers are great and i'm finally on a great team. Like i said, it was a few bumpy months but I think things are finally aligned and will get even better over the next few months as we continue focus on our objectives, our employees, and our business. To sum up: * There are substantially fewer idiots, complainers and slackers now * Teams finally aligned and make sense * We got paid a bonus and while it was late, we still got one despite a downturn in overall company performance. Having come from big companies that don't give you squat when the company performance isn't 110%, i think something is better than nothing * Things are improving, management is aware of the problems and are working to fix things over time * Free food for Belmont, snacks, fun team

Cons

In the year that I've been here, I have had 4 different managers and the first three were awful. My current management team actually understands marketing and what I do so that is good. The layoffs demoralized people so that's been a con as people feel down and currently mistrustful of management. The communication from management isn't great. My bonus was late but I do realize that I'm lucky enough to get a bonus so I'm not complaining about that so much as I am the lack of communication. Internal communication is awful and needs to get better.

2.0
Jan 28, 2014

Work here at your own risk!

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Pros

- great, knowledgeable, skill people to work with. - weekly lunch.

Cons

- no collaboration between departments. - no company culture. - nerve racking attitude from Senior Management. -low morale. -dysfunctional and unbalance atmosphere from management. -every employee for themselves.

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