Porch Group reviews

3.7

69% would recommend to a friend

(441 total reviews)

Matt Ehrlichman

77% approve of CEO

55% positive business outlook

Porch Group has an employee rating of 3.7 out of 5 stars, based on 441 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have a good working experience there. The Porch Group employee rating is in line with the average (within 1 standard deviation) for employers within the Information Technology industry (3.9 stars).

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441 reviews
2.0
Aug 10, 2014
Recommend
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Pros

The vast majority of the employees are smart, friendly, helpful and consciences about their jobs. The office location was excellent, free parking too. The food was easily the best thing about Porch from an employees perspective. If you are fresh out of college and are prepared to work hard, earn low wages and get experience, Porch is for you.

Cons

My manager was smart but was a horrible team leader. He was a poor communicator and would throw you under the bus at the drop of a hat during management meetings. He was young and obviously had never managed a single person in his life. Every 48 hours, my job changed dramatically, 90%-100%. It also changed every single hour before the huge change that took place every other day. My background in college was MIS-Business Analytics and Business Management and I have no doubt that my manager was annoyed by my 2 questions a day. How does your manager get annoyed for asking him a question about something that was 100% correct yesterday and now was 100% incorrect today? My work ethic and intelligence intimidated my manager and co-captain of my area. They were insecure about their own abilities and saw me as a threat. I was let go from my $12 per hour position because of this. Are you serious?

2.0
Jun 28, 2014
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

Great office and coworkers. Upper management is easy to talk to. Porch is trying to help homeowners make better home improvement decisions and disrupting the status quo. As a sales rep I was able to pass off my accounts to Account Managers. This way I never had to deal with the complaints, customer service issues or cancellations. I could sell the way I wanted and have them deal with the problems.

Cons

The product we are selling made me feel guilty because it is clearly not working. Most of the leads are coming from outside advertising. Micromanagement is the way it works here. Need to make sales on a daily basis or you will not last. The led to many questionable selling tactics and over promising. The pay is not on par with other tech companies. Cancellation rate is high among our customers.

1.0
Oct 17, 2014
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

The location is great. Porch is located in Seattle but not in the heart of downtown so the commute is easy. Free Friday lunches and about $20 allowance in snacks a month. Amazing hard working co workers. Porch may shake up the industry and can be a game changer.

Cons

I was very excited about the chance to work for Porch then I started. I found out quick that this was a high pressure call center. The noise is bad, so bad most sales reps have to cover their mouths with notebooks so the people we are calling don't know it is a call center. The pay is very low and they have no plans of changing the compensation plan. The product that we are selling does not have real value yet, though I am optimistic it will get better. I still felt guilty selling it. Micromanagement and constantly listening to my calls

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