How are things at Houzz?
Future outlook good? Culture? Is work life balance good or is it more like a sweatshop?
Heard that they have 2 year cliff for paper stock. Similar to amazon where you get paltry stuff for first 2 years
No way. Two year cliff on paper stock? Thatโs crazy.
It's a terrible company
Why do you say that? Evidence?
Evidence ? Lol this is blind. I interviewed there and you can tell a lot by doing an onsite. Their interviewers seemed clueless and yet condescending. Aside from furniture recognition they're a boring e-commerce site (yes Glassdoor is too I know). I felt like it was a shitty company, you might think otherwise. Best of luck!
They recently laid off 180 people.
The culture is really up beat and the prospects are great you just need to be clear about your goals from the offset
Is 2-yr cliff on stock real?
No. Standard 1yr.
Depends on the position you are interested in
Which positions are better?
Work life balance is good. It really depends on your position. I don't know a lot on the eng side but marketplace is not doing well, they recently cut over 300 people between q4 2018 and q1 2019. You'll be ok for the next year or so if you're in a sales for our industry solutions side because it's their current focus. If you want to be with a company when they go public I guess Houzz is a good opportunity. Btw, you won't get stock. They stopped giving it away 2-3 years ago.
No stocks? What you mean? What they give out instead?
Depends on the position but anything non eng or executive leadership you do not receive stocks. So nothing, just our fully stocked kitchen and paid health care!
Houzz things?
They seem snobbish
Based on what?