Originally Posted by
Victor DaGraca
I have yet to hear positive things regarding Pulte
Bill Pulte wanted things done right. Once the company grew, however, he lost control.
I worked for Pulte Homes in South Florida for 9 months, and in that 9 months he personally came down 3 times and had a meeting with all supt. and project managers, the president of Pulte South Florida, his underlings, etc. - stressing that things had to be done right, that that was how he got where he was and how Pulte Homes grew to be a national home builder. If have a lot of respect for him because he told everyone to do things right, I felt vindicated because it was what I was telling them, but ...
Each time after he left, the powers that be (above the supts.) ignored what he said and kept cutting corners on everything. He even came down and cleaned house once, replacing the project managers and higher ups, but their replacements did the same thing.
All in only about 9 months (that was about 20 years ago) - that's how bad it was, and ... I imagine ... still is.
One of his sons, Mark, worked on some of the same projects I did, his houses were the worst. That apple fell very far from the tree. Bill Pulte knew how to do it, but national companies are more beholden to their stockholders than they are to their clients/customers (so it appears).
So, is that a few good words about Pulte homes? Unfortunately, no, it is only a few good words about Bill Pulte, Pulte Homes is a different matter.
