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      Builders FirstSource

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      Builders FirstSource reviews

      3.6

      63% would recommend to a friend

      (770 total reviews)

      Peter Jackson

      76% approve of CEO

      55% positive business outlook

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      3.7

      Work/Life balance

      3.6

      Diversity & inclusion

      3.5

      Culture & values

      3.4

      Compensation and benefits

      3.3

      Senior management

      3.3

      Career opportunities

      Builders FirstSource has an employee rating of 3.6 out of 5 stars, based on 770 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have a good working experience there. The Builders FirstSource employee rating is in line with the average (within 1 standard deviation) for employers within the Construction, Repair & Maintenance Services industry (3.7 stars).

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      770 reviews
      1.0
      Sep 28, 2015

      Terrible place to work during acquisition of ProBuild!

      Anonymous employee
      Recommend
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      Pros

      Casual dress - jeans everyday.

      Cons

      Cost savings is all they care about! They don't want to invest in technology and they are trying to run a large company with small company mentality. They don't value their employees or their knowledge and expertise. During acquisition period, they aren't making good business decisions based on other's knowledge and understanding of processes. Lack of planning becomes urgent situation for other people. Again, it's all about cost saving! Communication in this company is the WORST I have ever seen!!

      5.0
      Jun 10, 2015

      A great place for an accounting grad to cut their teeth.

      Staff accountant
      Recommend
      CEO approval
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      Pros

      Jeans and polos every day! But on a more serious note - as long as you're a properly motivated and self-starting worker, this is a great office. I initially did work under a supervisor who was incredibly kind and patient, but had a very bad habit of micromanaging. He was also resistant to exploring new ways of solving a problem. That changed when I transferred supervisors; my new, younger, more tech-savvy boss didn't care how I solved a problem, as long as I could explain how I arrived at my solution and he could follow my reasoning. This freedom to explore and learn greatly benefitted me. Not only did I achieve a mastery of some of the more misunderstood functions of Microsoft Excel such as VLookup and Pivot Tables, but I noticed that I was beginning to see accounting much less in terms of simple debits and credits - I was starting to see the big picture - how would this journal entry I'm booking effect the P&L statements of our field locations? If a location manager asks about this, how will I answer him? All told, this is truly the best job I've ever had. I know I only graduated in 2011, and have been working in my professional career since early 2012, but I can only hope that I have the privilege of working in other environments as forgiving and rewarding as BFS.

      Cons

      The finance/accounting department here is very lean. For around 70 field locations, the corporate office only has five staff accountants. While this does afford you great opportunity to gain exposure to a great and varied deal of material, it also means that there's little opportunity to advance beyond the staff accounting level. Granted, as of this review (06/2015), I am NOT yet a CPA. I understand full well that without professional certification, there's a definite limut to how far someone can advance in this field. That does bring up another con, if you view it that way. BFS doesn't offer any kind of tuition reimbursement program. It's my understanding that such programs are beginning to fall by the wayside, which is unfortunate given the expense of a college education, but I certainly understand it - just as I'm hesitant to increase my student loan debt burden, I can understand any company's unwillingness to spend that kind of money on their employees.

      4.0
      Apr 13, 2015

      Great place!

      Anonymous employee
      Recommend
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      Pros

      Employees work well as a team.

      Cons

      Really don't have any cons.

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