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      AvalonBay Communities

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      AvalonBay Communities reviews

      3.6

      57% would recommend to a friend

      (1,145 total reviews)
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      Benjamin W. Schall

      70% approve of CEO

      60% positive business outlook

      Ratings by demographic groups

      AvalonBay Communities has an employee rating of 3.6 out of 5 stars, based on 1,145 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have a good working experience there. The AvalonBay Communities employee rating is in line with the average (within 1 standard deviation) for employers within the Real Estate industry (3.6 stars).

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      1K reviews
      1.0
      Sep 6, 2015

      Community Manager

      Community manager
      Recommend
      CEO approval
      Business Outlook

      Pros

      Nice communities and many wonderful team members below upper management

      Cons

      Upper management lies and acts like they care about the associates but after over 10 years I found this was not the case! Just beware!

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      AvalonBay Communities Response
      10y
      Thank you for your feedback and your tenure with AvalonBay. I'm sorry to hear that your recent experience was not positive. I will share your concerns with our leadership.
      3.0
      Jun 17, 2015

      Maintenance Supervisor

      Maintenance supervisor
      Recommend
      CEO approval
      Business Outlook

      Pros

      People are great, Company not afraid to promote employees to management level positions!!! Company is very customer driven and is willing to go the extra mile for them.

      Cons

      Not speaking in regards to my pay but I am speaking in behalf of my employees...Pay is'nt all that great. our competitors pay $3-$5 more for the similar positions. We ask so much out of them on a daily basis but the pay definitely does not reflect that at all!

      1.0
      Oct 3, 2014

      Great company, horrible management in local complex

      Leasing consultant
      Recommend
      CEO approval
      Business Outlook

      Pros

      Honestly, this is a great company. You get stable hours that are usually 9:30-6:30pm and two set days off, usually Sunday and one other day. It is easy to have a work/personal life balance. I believe there are 11-15 paid holidays, 11 sick days that are paid, and 2 weeks of paid vacation. It's pretty awesome. They provide you with online training in the first 90 days and continue to provide training after. I believe they also review you for a raise after a year as well. Compensation is around $14.50 hourly + commission ($75 per lease). Paychecks after tax were usually around $900, and the bonus check was usually around $2000.

      Cons

      Yes, training via computer is provided (but it sucks!!!) talk to any of the new hires, they are completely clueless and it honestly takes a good 4-5 months to fully grasp the concepts of apartment day-to-day business with the amount of paperwork and procedure that is needed for each task. At my particular location, simple mistakes were met with write-ups and there was no room for error. Very unforgiving. This does not seem to happen in other locations. I was micromanaged to the point where i was timed when using the restroom, and given dirty looks if i clocked in from lunch a minute late. Also, you will be written up if you think outside the box and actually try to help residents (this will be under insubordination). AvalonBay seems to want people that are robots and follow policy instead of actually helping residents and genuinely caring about them. If you are excited about life, don't work here.

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