LGI Homes reviews

3.4

52% would recommend to a friend

(467 total reviews)
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Eric Lipar

67% approve of CEO

46% positive business outlook

LGI Homes has an employee rating of 3.4 out of 5 stars, based on 467 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have a good working experience there. The LGI Homes employee rating is in line with the average (within 1 standard deviation) for employers within the Real Estate industry (3.6 stars).

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467 reviews
5.0
Jan 16, 2019
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Pros

I have been working with the company for 22 years. I started at the very beginning of LGI Homes in 2003, and have seen us grow from one community in Conroe, Texas to communities across 17 states and 28 markets. There are a few major reasons I am proud to work for LGI Homes: 1) Unlimited opportunity for growth - Based on our goal of becoming a Top 5 builder, we are going to need to hire top talent and create leadership positions along the way. The opportunity to grow with us is endless. Promoting from within is always preferred. 2) Commitment to sales excellence - One of my favorite days of the year is talking to the sales training class on their first day. I believe LGI Homes is the ultimate opportunity for a sales professional. Here you can enjoy paid training and uncapped earnings through the highest commissions in the industry and an aggressive bonus structure. We know that salespeople are the most important people in the company and invest heavily in them. We provide all the leads and inventory needed to earn a six figure income and beyond. 3) People-focused culture - We love to recognize our employees. Whether it's our Circle of Excellence trip each year, or taking employees to the NASDAQ Closing Bell Ceremony, we are always looking for ways to recognize our top performers. We also formally recognize loyalty every 5 years to make sure all of our employees feel valued. We have never laid off an employee, and are committed to our people and their growth.

Cons

Working for LGI Homes requires a lot of hard work. Sales in particular does require weekend and evening work. However, those employees who do work the extra hours, buy in to our culture, and follow the LGI way will reach an unprecedented level of success.

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LGI Homes Response
7y
How wonderful to see a review from our fearless leader! We appreciate all you do to support your employees and their goals. Thank you!
1.0
Oct 19, 2016

New home consultant

Anonymous employee
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Pros

They really treat there employees well. Training in Texas was great. CEO and upper leadership take the time to train you and to know you . LGI was people focused.

Cons

LGI prides themselves on there system based company . Part of there core values is Integrity. I believe that this is so far from truth. During the week you take inbound phone calls from customers who inquire about mailers that advertise no money down and mortgage payment amount that only include principal interest. LGI's idea of a perfect inbound call is to answer a question with a question and to deflect all incoming question by the customer . You must ask them several questions to ensure you understand there motivation of why they call , book the appointment and get off the phone before they ask questions about inventory , credit, loan process etc. Therefore the quality of customers that you sit with does not qualify to purchase home because of either credit, and/or income. You invite the customers to meet with you on weekends only. You must do this without telling them as little as possible about the homes, the process and the locations of the homes. At times customers will tell you that they can't purchase a home because they may going through a divorce, bankruptcy, foreclosure, unemployment, and/ or have bad credit and you must reassure them that you can help but in reality you cannot . However they still want you to invite the customer out just to fill up the seats and to create urgency so customer that are qualified are pressured into purchasing a home in fear that it may not be available because of so much inquiry of our homes. Customer who do qualify must make a decision on purchasing a home that day . You must do a 1 hour timeshare like presentation and must pull credit before showing a customer home. Customers who easily allow you to pull credit don't qualify so you must give them free credit repair consultation in under 2 minutes and send them off. Customers who do qualify often are savy enough not to allow you the pull credit because they want to see the product before allowing anyone to pull credit. LGI homes are not the best value they are usually a more expensive and offer less upgrades/ features. LGI offers a quality product but at premium prices . Also they want you to focus on sales and closing which is a good thing if you are motivated. However they keep you in the dark about the entire process from the moment you sell the home to the moment it closes. LGI lacks transparency . They prey on the ignorant and desperate individuals . LGI does not embody a majority of the core values. LGI also believes in constant training and support. Management does treat you with respect . However they don't listen to employees struggles instead they focus on there cult like principals and if you are not embodying what they call the "LGI way" is the reason you fail. They develop new home consultants based on a manual . You will invest a lot of time and money because they lead you to believe that you will make a lot of money. There are a select individuals who do well but you will have little work life balance if you want to do well. Unless you have the financial support to go up to a year or more without making any money then this place is for you. If you want little to no personal time this place is for you. If you want to work an environment that preys on ignorant or desperate individuals this place is for you. If you want to have upper leadership keep you in the dark about what is going on with you deals this place is for you. If you want to deceive customers at what ever cost just to pack the place on the weekend and give false hope to people this place is for you. My only advice to anyone who is considering this as career path is have plenty of money in savings or can live on a limited income. If you have a conscious this is not for you. If you enjoy working weekends and evening this will work for you . LGI is open 7 days a week from 8:30 am to 8 pm.

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LGI Homes Response
9y
Thank you for leaving us a review. We are happy to hear that you appreciated the people-focused atmosphere and enjoyed our thorough training program. As CEO, I do value each and every employee and their feedback. We are sorry to hear that the sales process was not a fit for you, and that you were dissatisfied with your manager. I would welcome a private conversation with you to find out how you became so disappointed, as this is not feedback we typically hear. Please feel free to email me directly and we can set up a time to discuss. Best, Eric Lipar (CEO)
1.0
Sep 11, 2014
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Pros

LGI Homes is an amazing company, upper leadership is very knowledgeable of the industry and know the ins and outs of success. This company has the core values we are all expecting in a destination job or career. They will provide the best training available for a positive sales career. Corporate is located in Houston, Tx.. Great training and very life balance goal oriented. Great compensation opportunity. If you love helping people achieve the American dream of homeownership, this is the place to get involved and make a much higher than average income in time.

Cons

Those upper Texas leadership individuals are NOT aware of the extremely cutthroat cliquish environment at some community offices. By far this was the most hostile environment ever experienced in my 16 years as a successful professional. The toxic sales employees and managers are aloud to cut any throat of a fellow sales consultant that display the ability to over achieve. Management considers this a "competitive spirit". I call it corporate bullying at a local level resulting in poor morale, reduction in business growth, poor company reputation potential, counter productivity and finally loss of great sales producing talent. Toxic people can be coached and corrected by leadership that poses the core values produced by the founder and co-founders of this great company. Top producing or standard producing toxic employees can be managed out the door if appropriate behavior and professionalism is not accomplished. LGI is a great company but not everywhere. Plus your savings can take a beating so prepare on 6-9 months before seeing the income desired.

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LGI Homes Response
11y
We deeply apologize that you had this experience with our company. LGI Homes values each employee and thier opinion. We hope that you expressed these concerns with your Sales Manager while you were employed. If you did not, please reach out to us with your Manager's name and we can take further action. Thank you so much for your review, we appreciate your feedback.
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