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Underpaid employees, Questionable values - Anonymous employee American Campus Communities Employee Review

1.0
Nov 30, 2016
Anonymous employee
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Pros

ACC has beautiful properties that are of decent quality compared to a lot of other properties. There are a lot of great selling points and sometimes the product really does "sell itself". This makes it easy for employees to have pride in the company. There are a lot of really great, genuinely good people who work for ACC. The day-to-day atmosphere at work was pleasant and enjoyable. Lots of opportunities for life lessons and hard work. But if that's what you're looking for, you should do it elsewhere where you can at least earn a decent salary.

Cons

The nepotism is out of control. Promotions are almost never based on merit. It is unlikely that you will move up unless you have built a personal relationship with someone higher up who can help you. I have seen a lot of special treatment between married (and unmarried) couples who both work for the company. Compensation and benefits are abysmal. Salary for a full-time leasing manager is just above the poverty line. Lots of late nights, two weeks of 15-hour days in the summer (every year) with NO OVERTIME COMPENSATION. For a company that constantly boasts about making so much money every year, you would think employees would benefit. Not the case. Employees at the property level are seen as just a money-making number. Voiced opinions and complaints are never taken seriously.

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Cons

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pretty simple day to day tasks. i got lucky and had amazing managers and co workers so once required tasks were completed we were able to work on school work or just hang out

Cons

residents and parents can be a lot to deal with and you need to be able to handle conflict. be prepared to be the buffer between them and management and learn what problems you can solve without needing managers.

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