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3.8

67% would recommend to a friend

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Rich Barton

60% approve of CEO

59% positive business outlook

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1.0
Mar 26, 2013
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

None. Don't bother with this place.

Cons

I notice that the best star reviews aren't necessarily resounding endorsements of the company. The reason for this may be that the management who writes them aren't very bright. The problem with this company is its management. At first I thought "employees beware", now I'm even thinking "stockholders beware!". This company as a sales organization is the worst I've seen. It's run by people who have no clue about the industry they're in. Anyone who is respected in the real estate world has left the company, so they're left with a bunch of 'startup kids' running the show. The department that runs Sales (Marketing) is in constant last-minute-crisis mode, which should not be the case when a company is beyond a small startup in size. The problem is, they don't know what they're doing, and the sales floor suffers from it. They hire the worst managers possible and then give them a raise for surfing Facebook and Youtube while their salespeople work hard. This company has a Mind, Body and Spirit day, which is supposed to be a day focused on health and happiness, started by one of the co-founders who is no longer there. During the latest MBS day, we were told to work through it as if it wasn't happening. Why bother having a Mind Body and Spirit day? Oh, and dear president of Trulia, thanks for coming to the sales floor to call listen! Instead of lifting our spirits, you reaffirmed what we all think and know... that you could care less about your sales staff. We took your appearance as hostile, not as friendly. If you think otherwise, you're a joker. If you are an optimistic, forward-thinking, innovative, hard working professional individual that wants to make a really good living, then this is NOT the company for you.

1.0
Mar 13, 2013
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

-Benefits are great -Sales training is useful to people who are new to sales -Some nice people

Cons

There are a lot of problems within this sales organization. Rising quotas that have little logic or reason and management offer little explanation as to why. Micro-management is increasing every day to get more out of their reps (more results for less or equal pay). Really the worse part about this job is the product. Trulia does an excellent job of talking up their products. In reality their products are completely miss leading towards the agents they sell to. Across the company they have about a 25% retention rate because of the poor results. This is mainly cause by over saturation of paying agents within major markets. All the good markets have been sold out a long time ago, so you are force to sell small junk markets to agents that will never see a return on their investment. You will constantly hear from management that Trulia is ranked #1 return of investment in the industry based on an article from Citi Financial. You will never find this article; it was only mentioned in a small blog post with no citation. Personally if you are going to use this "fact" as a staple in your sales culture, it would be nice if it was true.

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