A dinosaur that awaits its extinction - Full Stack Engineer Houzz Employee Review

1.0
Jan 17, 2020
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

There is nothing good I can write here sorry.

Cons

Sorry everything here is broken. The managers hate their employees. For example, there is a team leader vacancy for more than a month, and though many have tried in the company to fill this void, the bosses have just told each one of them that they don't trust them. Which is very insulting. There once have been a rapid expansion of the company, but now everything stalls. A lot of work piles up. We wonder if the Israeli R&D will be closed soon.

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Houzz Response
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I am sorry that you feel this way. I can assure you that our managers think highly of everyone here and are proud of the team we've built. As for the search for a team leader, it indeed takes time as it is very important for us to find the right person who can be a good leader and take into consideration their team’s needs as well as our business and technical needs. If any manager has said what you describe here, please talk with me directly, or with HR, as this is not in line with how we expect our team leaders to behave and it is certainly not how we feel about our people. I can assure you that the Tel Aviv site is not going anywhere, if anything it will only grow more. Guy Shaviv, GM Houzz Israel, (guy@houzz.com)

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