23 Aug 2016
Don't Work Here
Anonymous employee
BuzzBuzzHome Response
9yI'm sorry you had a bad experience at BuzzBuzzHome. I wish you would have spoken to me at some point about your concerns.
Matthew Slutsky
President / Co-founder
BuzzBuzzHome Reviews
71% would recommend to a friend
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82% approve of CEO
68% positive business outlook
BuzzBuzzHome has an employee rating of 4.0 out of 5 stars, based on 23 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have a good working experience there. The BuzzBuzzHome employee rating is in line with the average (within 1 standard deviation) for employers within the Real estate industry (3.8 stars).
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25 Apr 2014
BuzzBuzzHome Response
12yOuch. There are a lot of inaccuracies in this review, which is very concerning.
We encourage all employees to take their vacation time as we feel it leads to a better work-life balance and improves employee morale. In the event that someone leaves part way through the year, we do pay out all vacation time accrued on their final cheque. If you did not receive your compensation, please contact our HR department.
I receive daily reports from basically every employee at BuzzBuzzHome, and I am not aware of anyone who works 11 hours per day. Of course, at a startup, there are times when people work late, but we try to keep this to a minimum.
Contrary to what you posted, we are extremely successful and on average grow at a rate of 6 to 10% per month, month over month. We currently have 40 staff, are hiring more, and we are profitable. It is working within a niche segment of the market that has allowed us fine tune our services and ensure that new home purchasers (and now renters) are receiving the best experience possible online.
As for our reputation within the industry, we are one of the most respected firms operating in pre-construction and real-estate. We provide insight, and information, into the market never made public before. We have incredible relations within the industry, often speak at industry events, and are often the voice of the industry in major publications. Of course, disrupting and industry does create some unhappy people, but we don't mind.
Regards,
Matthew Slutsky
President / Co-founder, BuzzBuzzHome Corp.
17 Apr 2014
It made me appreciate every other job I've had
Anonymous employee
BuzzBuzzHome Response
12yThank your for your feedback.
I am sorry to hear about your experience at BuzzBuzzHome; it is disappointing to hear, and I do not think it is a representative experience or the morale of most people at BuzzBuzzHome.
First I want to deal with your comment about picking up additional tasks that you were not hired to do, such as your example of “secretarial duties”. This is correct, and something that I am proud of. At heart we are still a startup, and we have not hired secretaries for any of our staff. As such, our staff are expected to write their own correspondences, answer their own phones, and write out their own memos. I have always liked the fact that everyone, from the most senior people to the most junior team members, answer phones, and help around the office.
You raise some great points, which we are aware of and are working to fix, such as:
1. We only moved into our new office 6 months ago, and will be starting new washroom renovations next month;
2. We recently hired a new VP - Engineering and have created a product development team, so that “management” does not have to micro manage the development process.
I am surprised that you had issues with our perks and benefits. We work really hard to create the best possible work environment, and through this we often cater meals, our office is always stocked with healthy snacks, soda, unlimited beer and wine, we have an incredible medical plan (which I see you liked, and hopefully you will thank us in the future for helping fight gum disease!), we have a great paid flex-day plan, a stock-option plan, and we offer very competitive salaries - just to name a few perks and benefits. We are always looking for ways to make our work environment better and more fun for our team.
I am sorry that BuzzBuzzHome was not for you, and I wish you success in finding a position in a more corporate environment that is a better fit for you.
Matthew Slutsky
President / Co-founder, BuzzBuzzHome Corp.
