Centex Employee Job Reviews in the United States

"Good company to work for."

What do you like about working at Centex?

"Centex strives for excellence. They are never satisfied with what they have already done. They are constantly trying to get better."

Do you have any tips for others interviewing with this company?

"Be professional. Centex is looking for top tier of project managers."

What don't you like about working at Centex?

"The overall management needs to recognize a quality employee a little bit faster and try to take there. If you take care of your employees, your employees will take care of you."

"New Management made changes affecting me and my sales team"

What do you like about working at Centex?

"The ability to open the market and assemble my team which quickl became the number sales team within the company as my personal was also #1."

Do you have any tips for others interviewing with this company?

"Get a thorough understanding of their game plan and future endeavors."

What don't you like about working at Centex?

"New Executivie Management Team could not grasp the wholesale business."

What suggestions do you have for management?

"Allow managers an opportunity to showcase their abilities and that of their team. If branch is profitable, thne continue business as is, for that branch."

"You will not become a pro working for centex"

What do you like about working at Centex?

"The home Buyers"

Do you have any tips for others interviewing with this company?

"Be aware of being qualified."

What don't you like about working at Centex?

"The lack of profesional people."

"The contract job I worked on helped me in my professional career."

What do you like about working at Centex?

"It was a hardworking team!"

Do you have any tips for others interviewing with this company?

"Experience is very important."

What don't you like about working at Centex?

"It was a contract job, and there was no place to hire permanently when the contract was over."

What suggestions do you have for management?

"Nothing, pertaining to this incident; it just wasn't the right economy to hire."

What do you like about working at Centex?

"The people and the overall job requirements. Very good work/life balance."

What don't you like about working at Centex?

"Towards the end of my stay with Ryland I didn't feel I had been given adequate career counseling."

"Centex was a great opportunity."

"This was a good company to start out with."

"Life at Centex Corp"

What do you like about working at Centex?

"Great senior management, fantastic staff, quality of workmanship."

"There is no way to jusify highway robbery."

What do you like about working at Centex?

"Lots of training."

Do you have any tips for others interviewing with this company?

"Pay attention to the people in your management team. Are they honest and do they have integrity"

What don't you like about working at Centex?

"Things were great when the boom was in full swing, but they became less than desirable once the downturn started (bad planning decisions and the wishful thinking game)."

What suggestions do you have for management?

"Don't put all your eggs in one basket and when things are going well instead of spend spend spend maybe a little saving or at least budget management."

"Very Comprehensive"

What do you like about working at Centex?

"Good people, good work."

Do you have any tips for others interviewing with this company?

"Relax and be honest about your abilities."

What don't you like about working at Centex?

"It was very hard to move out of the Field engineering position."

What suggestions do you have for management?

"Look at themselves."

What do you like about working at Centex?

"No micro management"

What don't you like about working at Centex?

"I had no problems with Centex."

What do you like about working at Centex?

"Working with in a team to accomplish the same goal. Working with team leaders in a professional environment on a day to day operation."

Do you have any tips for others interviewing with this company?

"If your a college graduate make sure that Residential Construction is what you really want."

What don't you like about working at Centex?

"Worked as a Starts Manager III / Field Manager II at Rose Lake, which had three neighborhoods, Cantura, Terraces and Berkshire Estates. Where I was encouraged to tell the project manager what I saw , then the project manager would go back and tell the Field Manager III that I said these things and would create animosity between us."

What suggestions do you have for management?

"Cut out the philosophy that lifting and encouragement to others is for the good of the company an not themselves. When in doubt ask , and not to be afraid."

"Ryland Homes was a great company to work for."

What do you like about working at Centex?

"It was a corporate structure and the employees were treated well."

What don't you like about working at Centex?

"Things got very tough with the collapse of the housing market."

What suggestions do you have for management?

"More positive feedback was needed from management."

What do you like about working at Centex?

"Being part of a great team and the support of the company towards all employees."

Do you have any tips for others interviewing with this company?

"Wait for the housing market to improve."

What do you like about working at Centex?

"Steady work"

Do you have any tips for others interviewing with this company?

"good luck"

What don't you like about working at Centex?

"Not enough pay"

What suggestions do you have for management?

"Hire the right people not the cheapest people you can find."