Irvine Company reviews

Corporate employees are treated much better than on-site employees in every way. On-site employees can plan to work holidays like Easter, Memorial Day, and July 4th. Sometimes we end up getting those off, but we find out the week of, so it's hard to make plans in advance. Base pay is low, and the commission and bonus structure is constantly changing. Last year they decided to make a commission change that resulted in my making $500 less a month. Corporate has too many communities to oversee and uses a "one size fits all" approach, so many of the policies don't make sense for some communities. It can be very difficult to use the vacation time you've earned. They make you feel guilty for asking for time off, and your manager is likely to act as though she's doing you a huge favor by granting the request. Anytime you have to call or email someone at the corporate office with a question you will likely end up apologizing to that person. They act extremely annoyed to hear from an on-site employee. This company motivates with sticks rather than carrots and it can be a very stressful environment.

The management at the bottom of the company ladder is made up of mostly long-term hourly employees that have been moved up by the company...so, while they may be very familiar with doing your job they have no experience and no training in personnel mgmt which seems to lead to favoritism and certain employees running amok without any concequences. Also, this company is at the very bottom of what local companies pay their employees.