More Cons than Pros in past 5 years - Anonymous employee AvalonBay Communities Employee Review

Used to have a good culture that cared for employees. Now it's all about bottom line. Feel more like a number than a person. Company keeps looking at ways to reduce staff onsite while stacking up the workload on what little is left. Keep promoting technology will solve less staff but they are always behind on technology compared to others and puts burden on existing staff to figure it out and deal with it. Growth opportunities have shrunk and pay does not equate to work put in. They say we are growing as a company but pass up deals all the time because they claim it was too expensive. They promote employees to speak up and be candid, yet when you do it's frowned upon. Company does a great job of fostering and coddling sensitive employees who have a very misguided belief in where they think they are in their career path. Don't tell an employee they are not ready for the next step cause they go crying to HR and then you are the bad person. What a joke this company has become.