I started working for HomeAdvisor prior to the Angie's List merger and it was an incredible company, staffed with amazing people, clear objectives, fantastic leadership, and the best perks and benefits around. It still definitely had that exciting and supportive start-up feel. I felt ridiculously grateful to be there and had never been happier in a role. Things really took a turn in mid-2020 during the rushed and chaotic HomeAdvisor rebrand and the leader of my team was seemingly let go for no reason. After that it was a slow decline into a dumpster fire as more and more long-time employees, both in and out of leadership positions, were forced out of the company and those who could see the writing on the wall began leaving on their own. Even C-level people, people who had been there for over a decade and helped make that company what it was, were forced out with barely a mention or explanation to employees. And they've all seemingly been replaced by people from Handy a company acquired by HA/IAC in 2018. (It felt quite a bit like a hostile takeover to be honest; all HA people were pushed out and seemingly replaced by Handy execs, including the CEO.) Every week there would be news of someone else who was let go or chose to leave. And then just before the Angi rebrand, which again was totally rushed, chaotic and with so little communication on what was happening to employees it resulted in many many hours of wasted time and work, my second manager (another incredible and long-time leader) was let go without explanation, and replaced with an outsider who had clearly never actually managed people before and was awful at it. And with that, the greatest job I'd ever had turned into the absolute worst one. The new suite of leadership does not care about the employees. It's only about the numbers and you are reminded every day that you are replaceable. When I chose to verbalize my complaints, I was let go. It wasn't until after I left and my mental health began improving that I realized how much of a toll my last year at this company took on me. HomeAdvisor was a wonderful company. Angi destroyed it.
Finally, the pay is embarrassing. I was paid well below market average for my position and considering how much money this corporation rakes in, there was no excuse for it. It was demoralizing hearing leadership claim there were freezes on raises "due to covid" and then pointing to record profits all in the same breath. What a joke.
I would steer clear of this place.
