Trulia is a con to agents and employees since new employees in upper management have joined the company!
Pros
We have a fully stocked kitchen for employees. The sales reps are awesome for the most part other than the few that want to "suck up" to management and try to further their career, which is a lost cause.
Cons
Where do I begin, first of all since we went public the company has done a complete 180. Trulia is no longer interested in doing right by the customer or employee. They are only concerned with making sure their stock shares continues to grow. Which would be acceptable, if they were concerned about the people who made the company what it is today (the employees and agents). Trulia claims to have an open door policy for its employees, but the moment you inquire about something you are told "thats the way it is and if you don't like it quit". The pay structure has been adjusted month after month to allow management to benefit financially, but the sales reps have no opportunity to maximize their pay due to unrealistic quotas. If you do excel at your position the management team and company will no longer reward you, they will insist it is your role to make up for others who are not meeting their quotas they have set forth. When they hire new employees they paint a picture of a company that is one "where you can make upwards of 70K and eventually move into a management role. I have been there for quite some time (a little under a year) and I have seen one sales rep move into upper management. Other than that they hire managers from the outside who more than likely have beefed up their resume that is false. Most management can't even speak proper english, let alone grasp how the products actually works. I could go on for days about how this company is conning employees and agents but I will leave with this. Today March 14, 2013 we released a new product that no longer offers agents exclusivity. Rather than being upfront about this change the sales reps are told to manipulate their words so that agents won't become upset and file a class action lawsuit against them for selling a product that is not what was represented originally. We are told to sell products that everyone on the sales floor knows will not benefit the agent, but are forced to convince the agents that we speak to the product is a great starting point for them and will bring them quality leads just to get new subscribers in the company. It is my personal opinion from working there, that Trulia has one focus, do whatever they can to make their stock price raise. Which would be completely acceptable if we were selling a quality product that would actually benefit a customer rather than the companies stock price.
