Build.com reviews

This place is floundering with no direction whatsoever. Every year the pay, commission and comp plans get worse. Build used to be a company where you could make great money but they are closing the gap between a liveable wage and destitute. Middle management is a complete joke at this company. Luckily they hire, demote and fire employees at this level constantly. If your boss sucks wait a quarter and they will be gone. I have been in the room when executive level employees have told their subordinates if they “had an issue with the company they could leave, good luck finding a job in Chico that paid the same”. Super awesome attitude. Build’s reputation in the community is also terrible. I have been asked on multiple occasions “what is wrong with that place?” Apparently the rate at which they let go of employees has been noticed. There are some great people in HR, however I have found that their ability to keep issues confidential is non existent. I would be very curious to know what the company’s retention rate is. How many employees in the call center have over 5 years with the company? What is the success rate for new employees? How do you sleep at night? All fair questions.

Due to company growth - there are a number of growing pains being seen/felt in the company at the present time. Bathroom issues, space issues, parking issues, etc... Number of holidays given to employees is pretty bad (only 4). You do get extra floating holidays after you've been here a year though. I personally don't like the open seating plan they have going on here. Really hard for someone working in software development to concentrate. It is often very loud and headphones don't help much. All departments are lumped into the same company plan . There are many departments here, from hourly sales jobs to salaried professional positions. Irregardless of your department - everyone is lumped into the same benefits package. It would be nice if those were more broken out and tailored to the type of work people perform. There are often too many distractions and people being sucked into those distractions when they should be working instead.