Lennar Homes Employees / Associates Are Not Happy Either

I worked for Lennar Homes for 3 years, and I can state with no hesitation that the company has NO moral fiber. Starting with its President Miller and down the list of deceitful, dishonest, and just plain mean regional officers, the company will ALWAYS say one thing and do another. I witnessed case after case of the company promising to make good on promises or repairs only to have those promises go unfulfilled. Time will tell, and sooner or later, this company will disappear in its own filth.

Am subcontractor in San Antonio for Lennar. They've decided not to pay all Texas subcontractors for the next two weeks to "pad" their quarterly numbers. We are a small firm with 3 employees and they're our main source of income. This choice of theirs will most likely be our downfall.

As a current Lennar associate I am ashamed I have been associated with this company for 10 years. Lennar's senior management are nothing but coniving backstabbers. They use their associates to get what they need for the company and then kick them to the curb. There have been thousands of great associates who have performed their jobs exceptionally, just to be screwed by Lennar. They don't pay bonuses associates earn, unless you are senior management. Many associates have been asked to take tremendous pay cuts of 20-40% just to be laid off later.

I have worked at a high management level and been in numerous meetings with Stuart Miller and Jon Jaffe. These guys don't care about anything but their own personal pocket books. "Lennar Cares" my ass! I have heard Stuart Miller say, "I am proud of the human carnage in my wake". Does this sound like a caring individual? Jon Jaffe is a ball-less "leader". He uses everyone around him against one another and then fires them. He cannot make an executive decision to save his life. He runs everyone around him off because of his own inabilty to manage. Now we have a bunch of puppets and yes men as Regional Presidents and below. If anyone says what really needs to be said they are fired. This kind of culture will only lead to failure as no one will say what needs to be said.

As a shareholder or potential homebuyer you should be concerned and avoid Lennar. The company has lost its credibility with it associates and business partners. Many good associates who remain at Lennar are only there because there are no other jobs at the present time, which is my case. People will be leaving in droves when the economy recovers.

Lennar cannot decide which way is up. "Even Flow", "Logic Lab", "National Item Master".....its all a joke. We cannot start and finish anything. We are THE model for inefficiency. Yes Lennar has "Everything Included".....first and foremost the Astroglide!

This company is such a heartless piece of crap! What happened to the "I Care" attitude? Certainly does not pertain to their associates! This company started the downward spiral after Leonard Miller died! Out went the culture and everyhting else the company stood for! I worked my tail off for this company and for what? To be laid off! I understand Stuart had to take a "pay cut" and only took 1.1 million last year. Poor thing! How will he ever survive on that? Will that even pay his taxes for his star island home? Perhaps he could take out a loan from one of the neighbors like Gloria Estefan or perhaps Madonna. Look it up, go to the Dade county property appraiser web site. As far as Lennar, I do not see this company making it another year!

I'm so glad to be free of that fascist organization. The money we made is very enticing, I admit, but what I had seen during my two years with the organization made me just want to puke. After working in one of Lennar's 'problem communities' in the North, I have learned that Lennar is all about upper management. They could care less about the consumers shelling out their hard earned money for the garbage they build.

One of the things I definitely will not miss is the constant back-stabbing by upper management. When we'd call with a major home issue or problem, a lot of times we would be told to tell the homeowner 'No', we won't fix it. Then, when the issue became a complaint, management went to visit the homeowner peronally. I don't know how many times I have been demeaned in front of the homeowner by upper management after being told by that very same manager to, basically, tell the homeowner to piss-off in the first place.

I'm grateful to be out of the organization, but still feel very bad for the homeowners who got duped by Lennars bragging and trickery.

We have been working for Lennar as a sub-contractor since 2004 in the Dallas area. In the past year we started having most of the problems you are describing on this site about subs, from extortion, invoices not being paid, threatened if we did not drop our price below any possibility of making a profit we would be replaced. Promises of production estimates that never materialized, threats from Lennar’s attorneys if we file liens they would deal with us costing us money and would be drug out over years. Basically, Lennar has more money than we do. We are a WBE business and like you we will not be bullied by Lennar.

Lennar Homes LLC is laying off 10 employees at 5251 Office Park Drive in Bakersfield on Oct. 22 and 44 employees at 28460 Avenue Stanford, Suite 200, in Valencia on Oct. 1.

http://www.costar.com/News/Article.aspx?id=4B894876AEBF4AECB648DFC8E8D04825

Company treats its employees like crap. Expects us to work around the clock and then gets rid of our bonuses!!! The company slogan is "Quality, Value, and Integrity" but I have yet to see any of that! Not to mention that two years in a row the company has laid off employees right before the holidays only to go and rehire for those "eliminated" positions after the first of the year. The company is dishonest and just plain unfair!!!

I worked as a New Home Sales Consultant for Lennar and made good money. I was treated terribly. They manage by intimidation. There are management opportunities if you are male. I was a top producer and got no respect. They force you to work 6 days a week and won't allow you to take vacation time. Phone calls are monitored and you are expected to send reports all the time to management. The benefits were good, but after 5 years, I couldn't stand the abuse.

San Francisco 06/16/2008: I work at the Lennar Urban office. The comments I've read pretty much mirror a lot of what goes on here. We had lay offs in November also, right before the holidays, great timing. Those of us left still have the same projects to move forward, with a lot less staff and there's no help in sight. There's a handful of the staff in this office that do very little work and lack some very basic training. The office manager takes two hour lunches, countless "smoke breaks", abuses the staff, and is excellent friends with the HR manager therefore any complaints about her just disappear and nothing is done about it. The worst part is that the ofc mgr has harassed and bullied a lot of staff, many who moved on because of her. Our health benefits were lowered in 2008, and last year no bonuses were given, no performance evaluations, even though they are supposed to be annual, and not even a cost of living increase.

I am very happy to see the work you are doing. Do not give in to their demands. As a former employee with a conscience, I fought the system and lost, big. I am still fighting the remains of my legal battle with Lennar to this day. They have cost me tens of thousands in legal costs and have yet to answer to anyone for their illegal practices.

Most of what I see on the Internet in relation to the deceptive practices of Lennar applies to the consumer or those that have had the misfortune of dealing with them in a vendor capacity. Let me tell you, as a former Lennar and UAMC employee, the manner in which they treat and deceive the public is equaled by the deception to their employees.

I was hired and lured into a position at UAMC, causing me to leave my previous position. The position I was hired for, I was soon to find out, was due to be eliminated. Lennar had held meetings several weeks prior to my starting date, in which the entire division was to be eliminated. Why then did they hire me? It was soon discovered that with the scheduled restructuring, several persons holding management positions were planning their exit. Unbeknownst to be, the person who hired me and who was to be my immediate boss, had already tendered his resignation. In doing so, he felt a sense of loyalty to his staff, of which I was now responsible. Not only did Lennar lie to me about the position, they lied to me about my compensation and the state of the Corporation. I was later to discover the person who so desperately wanted me on board, had falsified my income documents to streamline me through the hiring process. When the reality of the situation became evident to me, I tried and should have quit. I was repeatedly told to hand in there and persuaded to stay with a promise that they would make good on my hiring and anticipated promotion. I got sucked in and involved with the employees I managed. I watched them struggle to meet ridiculous quotas. I watched helplessly as employees of another division came to me crying about being forced to commit acts they knew were wrong. With more then 20 years in the industry, I complained endlessly to the corporate office and their quota obsessed Regionals that the standards by which the office operated were not only below par, but were violations of the law. Just little things like consumer files not being secured and altering P&Ls. When I arrived the number of file cabinets was so insufficient that nearly half of consumer files sat on desks, on chairs, on top of cabinets and even the floor of the front receptionist area. The few cabinets that were there did not have locks or the keys were missing. On more then one occasion a consumer's file became lost. Perhaps it made it's way to the trash or was accidentally picked up by any number of people that freely moved through the office. It took more then three months to get locks and even then the matter of limited and proper storage was still not
addressed. On the final day of a terminated employee, her files were placed outside on the curb, were they sat for two days. Unfortunately for many consumers she had worked with, their personal information was also within those boxes.

After nearly a year, my division, including myself was laid off. Months later, like so many grieved employees before me, I sued Lennar. During the period of discovery, I sat and watched as the Lennar attorneys worked their lies and threats on former and current employees. Suddenly, memories were lost and details forgotten. I sat and watched a good and consensus employee reduced to tears as she struggled between the truth she was sworn to tell and the heavy threats placed upon her.

These are truly evil people. Before and after being hired, I was often told about the Lennar "WOW". I always thought they were a little strange. Basically, you have educated and professional people getting together once a week for an adult pep rally of sorts. But they carry it to extremes. Is this brain washing? Who knows? We used to joke about not drinking the punch, But I do know that for the persons I encountered within Lennar, they put the Corporate's interests above the the law and ethical standards

My lawsuit with Lennar came to an abrupt and typical Lennar end. We agreed to settle, I signed, they did not. The case was shortly thereafter dismissed. Once again, Lennar played by their rules.

I wish Lennar a swift trip to bankruptcy and their deceitful unethical employees straight to the unemployment line. Unfortunately, those guilty will get out in time, leaving the stockholders holding the bag. Any corporation that puts it's profits above all else, above what is right and above what is just cannot survive long in dealing with the public. You can only take every advantage of people for so long before the word is finally and firmly out. Lennar cannot be trusted on any level. To do any business with Lennar is putting yourself and your family at risk. Don't do it.

I wish to be anonymous---if you reprint this, please do not use my name or email. **************************** Do not seek a career with Lennar Homes. This is not a company that any one of good character want to work for. I did not know any better---I went to work there--this was a big mistake! The Lee/Collier/Sarasota/Orlando/Clermont division is top heavy with managers who have few if any credentials. To succeed in the organization, one has to be related to or be friends with one of these managers. I would characterize all managers there, mid level and above as down right evil. Now that the market has turned lousy (2005-2006) they have become micro-managers and breathe down the necks of the sales force. They threaten their people with directions like: "write a sale this weekend---or else!" They hold morning teleconference meetings with the sales people every day! In these conversations, they badger everyone on the phone to identify where the next sale is going to come from. One evening every week, they herd the sales force into a boiler room and look over their shoulders while the sales reps make telemarketing calls to every person who ever visited a model center--and they do this at dinner time! Needless to say, everyone who works there hates it. I would tell anyone and everyone who is considering working for Lennar to not do so! New Home Consultants are directed to do things that are unlawful. I cannot elaborate on this here, but it is true. Is it any wonder that the culture of Lennar would affect the end users--homebuyers? They treat their people (construction staff, salespeople, sub contractors) badly and as a result, their customers get it in the end. I could go on and on for paragraphs, but I will choose to stop here---no need to spend any more of my wonderful day writing about such a company. Why am I having a wonderful day? Because I am no longer affiliated with them! Hooray!

As a happy former employee of Lennar Homes New Jersey, I wish to say that the "Lennar Homes Culture" of TDH which stands for tickled, delighted and happy is anything but that. The managers harass employees with being WRITTEN UP for anything true or false and are continually threatening employees with write ups until they have enough to fire you. To work in fear of any kind of retribution, again true or false, is emotionally and mentally devastating. The employee has no recourse other than to go the human resource which is a sham. Sign me Happy to be an ex Lennar Homes employee.

Employees sue Lennar Homes for discrimination and harassment after they expose the possibility that dust from constructon site contains toxic asbestos.

Lennar Builds Crap - The only people Lennar is keeping on after xxxxcanning half of the staff is the customer service department. Trust me, I work in the department and it is a nightmare. Most of the homes are not near closing ready and rushed to market because of not having enough staff. At the closing you will be told that there is nothing to worry about and that everything will be handled at your 30 day walk. This is an excuse to close on the pile of dung. I really feel bad for these homeowners. The company is in shambles. The leadership is pretty much a bunch of ex crooks. Most of the people have high school diplomas in the higher up positions. No college at all. If you have any problems, I highly recommend contacting your local registry of contractors and have them do a courtesy inspection on your concerns. Do not waste your time trying to call the warranty department, they will blow you off and may contact you in about 2 to 3 weeks if your lucky.

I just voluntary terminated my employment of 6 years with Lennar. I worked on the US Home side for the first half of my employment and Lennar for the second half. This is the worst company to work for! I was discriminated against for my age and because I have a child and over the course of my years there, they "hired" for at least 4 positions that were not publicly advertised. Equal Opportunity Employer? I don't think so! I can't even begin to express how badly they treat their employees / associates, and as mentioned several times before, their poor treatment carries into the quality of homes built as well. No matter what they say, they ARE building cookie cutter homes, and badly I might add! A few of us in my division made up a new slogan- SNAFU Homes- We Build It Right Because We Build It Twice!! Twice being the Customer Care side of course.

I was a super for Lennar in the neighborhood Legends of Hutto when I was employed. The inspector then would pass inspections without even looking at homes. If he did fail something he would very rarely go back and look at it. All he would do is ask if you fixed it and then give you a green tag. I knew it was only a matter of time before this epidemic happened to those in the area.

I don't have proof but many Supers and Lennar associates in that subdivison experinced the same action from him. It would just be a matter of getting a hold of those supers to tell you the same story. I'll do what ever I can to help you. I was removed from that subdivison because I would not go along with the inspectors actions. I complained many times to Lennar and was told that we need him on our side, so we could get the homes completed on time. I was eventually moved to another Lennar neighborhood more than 50 miles from my home. When they couldn't get me to quit I was fired.

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