Henrybuilt Reviews

3.5

48% would recommend to a friend

(12 total reviews)

54% positive business outlook

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12 reviews
1.0
28 Jan 2020
Recommend
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Pros

Picked up some sophisticated business acumen that broadened selling abilities. Colleagues were all cool and came from accomplished schools and backgrounds. Fancy working address on Crosby Street. Salary was fair.

Cons

You will be expected to interact within conversations that are essentially dog tail chases, where the CEO and upper management are searching for some answer that only they will know and that is absolutely not obvious or even related to project objectives or perhaps even has anything to do with the conversation. Have you ever sat in a meeting with colleagues looking at each with other with beleaguered wide eyes after everyone has stated the obvious and that's still not the right answer, or even considered to be a worthy contribution? If not, come work here. Yes the products are "sophisticated" but the company hedges itself more on that branding, essentially trying to feel more self important than they actually are. It's kitchens folks. Yes the materials are quality and yes being fabricated in Seattle is a cool selling point, but we don't have to make things too complicated than they actually are. This is a kitchen design company with some additional accessories. When the company realizes they're fabricating kitchens and not the new exhibit at the MOMA maybe we can get somewhere. Was a relief when I left and could converse about objectives at hand at my new company, rather than searching for proverbial fancy straws and being pushed to utilize convoluted jargon to explain what - sorry Henrybuilt - is a pretty basic concept. Kitchens.

1.0
15 Nov 2015

An interesting learning experience

Anonymous employee
Recommend
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Pros

Beautiful product that's easy to be excited about and represent. Sophisticated company approach toward the art of selling.

Cons

Long overly-esoteric emails with muddled objectives from CEO and VPs. Unrealistic sales goals. High amount of busy work which took time away from working toward real successes. Tempestuous and condescending attitudes from management toward highly skilled and experienced employees.

5.0
12 Apr 2017

For Design-minded Do-ers and Thinkers

Anonymous employee
Recommend
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Business outlook

Pros

A design thinking company that occupies a sweet spot between being a well-established grounded company and a start-up (I've worked at both, as well as for myself). Like a start-up, everyone is expected to contribute at a significant level, to help create the company. Like a start up, surrounded by highly-motivated, smart, interesting people. Like a start-up there is constant improvement and innovation, and, yes, this can be intense. But not a "work 80 hours a week". intense. More a work hard/play hard type of way. On the other hand, it is a company that has an established reputation in the home design world, solid footing (CEO not running around raising money, rather driving the mission and focus of the company as both business guy and creative visionary). Love the people I work with. Love the clients. Super interesting industry and where company fits in - a "disruptor".

Cons

Yes, it can be an intense environment (see "work hard/play hard" above). Yes, the constant innovation that is great for clients and creativity, can be tiring sometimes. Yes, it is a real place with real people so isn't perfect.

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