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AvalonBay Communities

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Admirable Corporate Culture! - Sales & Service Supervisor AvalonBay Communities Employee Review

5.0
Dec 11, 2017
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

I have worked for AvalonBay for 4 years (this month) and I have seen the best and worst aspects of the company and I am still very happy to come to work every day. The company is full of friendly, ambitious and generally happy employees and I feel this can be attributed to the culture. As a company, we focus on three core values; encouraging each other to do the right thing (commitment to integrity), individual growth (continuous improvement) and helping those in need (spirit of caring). These core values are also my own personal values and I take them very seriously in my life. I have also been able to travel with AvalonBay, moving from Northern Virginia to Orange County, CA then Los Angeles, back to OC and eventually back to Washington, DC. With each move I learned more about the company and was able to grow myself, being promoted twice in the last two years. I have also utilized the 20% housing discount living in an Avalon Community ever since I started working for the company. This was not only convenient, but also helped me to better understand our customers. I have been lucky enough to work with many different co-workers and managers and have had a generally positive experience everywhere I went. I am definitely happy with my experiences at AvalonBay!

Cons

1.) Frequent and/or sudden changes in policies, procedures and compensation. 2.) The housing discount could be better 3.) Disparity between the Corporate Office and On-Site Associates 4.) Navigating how to share ideas can be unnecessarily difficult 5.) Training is done mostly through online videos and is not my preferred method of learning.

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AvalonBay Communities Response
8y
Thank you for your very thoughtful review and happy anniversary! Clearly your first few years have been pretty exciting and we're so glad you're making the most of the opportunity that AVB offers. We're grateful for your feedback as well - as you know, we're always looking for better and smarter ways to do business and we believe that every associate can impact real change in the company with their ideas. In fact, our new AVB Labs program was designed to do just that for ideas around new sustainability initiatives. If you have an idea focusing on any other area, please share it with our Awesome Ideas Live Here! group in Chatter and it will be routed to the appropriate person or department for consideration. You should always feel free to connect with your management team or your regional HR manager if they can be of assistance as well. Thanks for being part of the AVB team!

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Cons

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Thank you for writing a review about your experiences. We agree that our people, our cultural norms, and our values make us stand out.
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Thank you for taking the time to write a review. We understand that no company is perfect and we work hard to make sure that our associates are content while working at AVB. We appreciate feedback and will use this to improve our associate's experience.
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