Vantaggi
Generous PTO, good pay if you hit sales numbers, energetic culture, working downtown.
Svantaggi
There are clearly two distinct companies within Angies list. The sales organization and everyone else on campus. Sales organization has a constant battle with other departments for no reason other than policy have not kept up with the times and change in technology. WAY TOO MUCH CHANGE in all aspects of the business. Lack of money to drive marketing and drive traffic to benefit advertisers. Company has a hard time retaining top talent because of the decisions made by management causing them to quit or because they were let go to cut costs. Management at all levels makes bad decision rather than asking the employees for feedback before making the decision. Company initiatives constantly change. Management knows communication is a problem yet doesn't understand how to solve it. Its sad when employees have to hear about company events from the media or their own clients before the company comes out and tells the employees. Angie's list only thinks in terms of green lights and red lights but never seems prepared for the yellow light. Company either floors it and gets hit in the intersection or slams on the brakes and gets hit from behind. Angie's List is a technology company that can't seem to get it right. Read the reviews for the member and business owner app and keep in mind most traffic these days comes from mobile so if you cant get that right then obviously you will have problems. Or doe a search for a roofer in Indianapolis and notice how there are 20+ paid advertisers on the first page showing saturation among advertisers (google might have 5 aid advertisers on the first page). Company will likely be bought out in 2017 early 2018 for cheap after declining the sale of the company to Home Advisors parent company. Company turn around is not happening as expected (you will see more and more articles written about this) so expect alot of change the next few quarters leading up to a sale as they further cut costs and likely more employees. That being said I enjoy working at Angie's list now only because of the compensation. Employee loyalty has significantly declined over the years because of the issues I mentioned above.
