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Virginia Housing Development Authority Reviews

4.0

81% would recommend to a friend

(43 total reviews)

Susan Dewey

92% approve of CEO

81% positive business outlook

Virginia Housing Development Authority has an employee rating of 4.0 out of 5 stars, based on 43 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have a good working experience there. The Virginia Housing Development Authority employee rating is in line with the average (within 1 standard deviation) for employers within the Finance industry (3.7 stars).

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43 reviews
2.0
19 May 2019

Nightmare

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Pros

Small groups of people are great. The building is nice & cafeteria is good. Good parking. Pleasant views from the windows. Pay rate is good.

Cons

The entire authority is run by emotions and intimidation and it starts at the top. The contractors are treated with less respect that you would expect. The FTEs enjoy making life hard for the contractors. EVERYTHING takes 5-6 times longer to accomplish due to indecision, career sabotage and "climbing the ladder" back stabbing. You never know what will upset management until they are walking you to the door. The IT department can randomly kill needed projects because they don't want to deal with the headache even if the company needs the change. Upper management doesn't know enough to call out the IT department. Clearly a little "wage-the-dog" situation. There are good people there. Most keep their heads down to avoid flack. I would only recommend working there as a last resort & for a paycheck while you continue to look. It's a good thing they make a ton of money or they would go broke through waste. I have never been in a building with more stress and anxiety than VHDA.

3.0
26 Mar 2019

Old school.

Anonymous employee
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Pros

Mission-based, good location, decent on site perks for the size company- gym and small cafeteria. Retirement benefits are good if you plan to stay for the long haul.

Cons

Full of baby boomers that just won’t retire. Won’t make room for other younger people. Toxic culture. Management likes managers to micro -manage. People have no room to make their own decisions. Also – no ability to work from home at all.Most companies allow people to work from home at times, this is not one of those companies. No maternity or paternity leave. They like to talk about their great benefits, but don’t offer this basic benefit—and the company is led by a woman...and so is HR. Most leader ship has been promoted based on their tenure there, not on merit. That’s how it is there. Also, many people have been in the same positions for over 20 years. Stagnant workforce.

3.0
23 July 2012
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Pros

Great benefits, invested Director, nice overall environment. Working in any department OTHER than IT is considered a good gig.

Cons

The IT Department is horribly mismanaged and uses reorgs and firings to maintain order. The IT Director knows nothing of IT and surrounds herself with people who tell her what she wants to hear. For many years only women were allowed to do well in the IT Department, but I have heard that the situation is slowly changing, although everyone does their best to keep their heads down.

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