Name: Annette Gonzalez
Title: Sales Associate
Location: Northern California
Number of Years at Pulte Homes: 5 years

I have worked for many different companies in my career. Some fair, some good and some, unfortunately bad. I have read many books regarding company’s success stories. From these books, they seem to share the same fundamentals in being successful: inspiring employees, focused strategies, forecasting future trends and exploring the potential spin-offs to their current products and services. With these empowerment strategies set in place many companies continue to struggle, endure high turnover, lose market share or simply fail. So what is missing? They are missing heart and humility. To have heart and humility means, “doing the right thing”. Sometimes doing the right thing may cost money and/or admission to error and Pulte weight situations balanced and fairly for homeowners and employees alike. This is where it begins and ends – the success of Pulte is hinged upon upper management’s approach to vision. For, it is heart and humility that sets the tone for the company’s culture. Pulte employees want to do their best, press the boundaries of their potential because the company culture that upper management created provides faith and support. Thank you, Matt Koart and Steve Kalmbach and all other mangers across the country for seeking the path of commitment through the noblest of traits: humbleness and heart. This is why Pulte Homes is one of the best 100 Fortune Companies to Work. The company culture has been set to win out of devotion.