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Beacon Communities LLC

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Beacon Communities LLC reviews

3.7

68% would recommend to a friend

(477 total reviews)
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Dara Kovel

84% approve of CEO

76% positive business outlook

Beacon Communities LLC has an employee rating of 3.7 out of 5 stars, based on 477 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have a good working experience there. The Beacon Communities LLC 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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477 reviews
5.0
Mar 23, 2012
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Pros

I have worked in a maintenance environment for the past 15 years. I love working at Beacon Communities. I joined team Beacon to be challenged and to make a difference. I have been challenged every day and I would like to think I make a difference. Every day is a new challenge, every challenge is different and every experience strengthens the foundation of knowledge. Training is common place at Beacon Communities; every month a new agenda. The topic changes but one common thread exists… How do we make our communities safer, better and more desirable for our residents? Our slogan says it all: “Living Well by Design” The design team is great, the marketing team is great and upper management is very serious.

Cons

It takes a long time to hire outside the company. Every employee is screened to ensure the safety of our residents. The process is critical; I just wish it was quicker.

5.0
Mar 16, 2012
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Pros

The top reasons I like working at beacon are company transparency, room to grow, and good, down to earth people in all positions. I have been with Beacon for 3 years and began as a maintenance technician. I can say with 100% confidence that I feel completely at home here. Still in my 20's, I already feel I have found a career with a reputable company were it would be my pleasure to remain until I retire. The company is very transparent with everything that is going on across the board, something unheard of in most places of employ out there. Company financials, new policies, what the upper management is working on, and other pipe line projects our discussed openly with all employees. The good, bad, and ugly, we get to hear it first hand, which I believe fosters a more mutual respect level amongst employees by position, and give us the proper information that ultimately empowers us in decision making about our own futures as an employee. They defiantly are not adding fluf to there claims that they are rapidly expanding, it's actually pretty incredible how much they have done since I have been here. Rapid expansion mixed in with there cross trainings, in house trainings, and commitment to send and pay for education, is a recipe for advancement for employees who CHOOSE to pave there own road here. Also, the superiors that I directly deal with have found a fine balance with stepping in for assistance and letting us learn how to take on new challenges for ourselves. Last but not least, the people here for the most part are pleasant and down to earth. Upper management knows your name, and remembers small details that you may talk about outside of office talk. The employees I manage are great people and all get along well, which can be linked to the great hiring practices. You do feel like your not just a number here. They are also realistic and down to earth by recognizing that a new generation of workers are now in the hunt for jobs. They have made great strides in updating the core operations of a company by utilizing the web, and are streamlining policies to keep stride with the new work force.

Cons

As stated in my pros, the company is rapidly expanding. This is a great but trying process. Recently, the regional vice presidents were approved to search for assistant RVPs....smart decision. However, I think Beacon needs to further realize the importance of adding more, strong maintenance and operational leaders. More properties means more everything, not just money to manage. They are at the point were assistant maintenance directors and senior supervisors are needed to assist in directly and smoothly transitioning new properties on a first hand and regular basis (and also to re-structure existing properties that are struggling, or dealing with a change in supervisor). Again, they have promoted senior property managers, but no senior maintenance staff. This is very much as important as managing the business end, for maintenance keeps a property working to make money. There are good property managers, but the great ones 99 percent of the time, are complimented by a great maintenance supervisor.

5.0
Feb 17, 2012
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Pros

I have been working at Beacon for over five years, but I have been in the housing industry for almost 20 years. It is exciting working for Beacon because of the commitment of the Beacon Team members to provide the best living experience possible. The team starts at the Beacon community with the property manager, administrative staff, maintenance staff and resident services staff. The entire team works diligently to provide excellent customer services and resident services. The extra level of resident services includes: referrals for social services, entitlement benefits, computer classes, after school homework assistance and wellness programs to help seniors age in place longer. It is a fantastic place to work! It is the commitment of the dedicated staff, the high level of our housing product and leading our teams using our mission “Living Well by Design.” The leadership of the company always has an open door and stay connected with staff members at our communities through a “Communication Promise” that encourages staff to offer new ideas and ways of doing business by “kicking it up” to a supervisor or bring it up at weekly team meetings. This model of communication has benefited the team members and their community by changing the way we do business and listening closely to the staff in the field.

Cons

Due to the widespread nature of the portfolio, a great deal of travel is required. But, it is the only way to truly know what is going on at the site level.

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