Pros
Good to invest in, not to work at
Cons
Several project managers have left over the past few years. The company uses inefficient BuildPro to build its homes. BuildPro is a joke. The CMs who are getting low scores are doing in properly. The CMs who are getting high scores are manipulating BuildPro so that it hears what it wants. Because of this subs are paid before work is done. Subs are double paid multiple times (I'm sure we are not catching all the double payments). Regional President rewards those who ignore the corporate rules and punishes those who follow the corporate rules. A few PMs just tell their supervisors what they want to hear. Some PMs tell their supervisors the truth but they are punished. This is no way to run a business. Because the lack of a free flow of information, we miss a lot of things. Many PMs don't speak up and keep their opinions to themselves because they know upper management doesn't care what their opinion is. The work I produced got questioned so many times that it became impossible for me to do my job. I could never get anything done because my boss kept reviewing my work and making comments. Too many people involved with building homes and managing the job. Couldn't get anything done because I had to get approval from 20 different people to do anything. Also multiple changes to models and new homes after we have already built them. They say that their new design is better but homeowners who have already bought told us to leave it the way it was. But Regional and Division president told us to change it even though buyers in contract said no. We recently had a consultant evaluate the company. The company told us things would be different but two days later back to the same old crap. No work life balance. Project Managers are losing powers daily and are just basically paper pushers these days. I feel sorry for the good Project Managers that are still there. I know most of them already have one foot out the door.