Pros
Do you want low pay or your foot in the door? You can gain experience anywhere for a lot more pay. Ultimately you have to decide what's more important to you. I recommend UDR or Essex.
Cons
• Pay could be a lot better. Underpaid compared to industry standards in addition to the amount of accounting/administrative duties. • management have you doing variance reports and take credit for your work. (NY market does not do variance reports) • Residents can verbally abuse and physically assault (lease violations) staff and upper management will continue to roll out the red carpet for them. • No work life balance despite what you’re told. • I witnessed all maintenance team members work off the clock to accommodate residents and their general manager is aware of it, but pretends to be blind to labor laws. • Told countless times that I am great leader, intelligent, doer, problem solver etc. etc. But never told me about areas of opportunities. Yet told his boss who then told me. (interesting) • Pretending to like managers, if you do not nod and agree with non-sense, you’re likely to be placed in the out-group and labeled as a trouble maker. • Human resources/regional staff members are facebook friends with front line workers, throwing their names in career advancement opportunities because they have access to ops managers, preventing advancement opportunities for others who work really hard from getting ahead. • Forced to have fun! • Refusing to have lunch with managers will place you in the out-group and labeled as a trouble maker. • Counterproductive busy work • Some managers are allowed to be offensive, rude, disrespectful, intrusive, and annoying and its acceptable behaviors. And others cannot simply be left alone to work and be productive. • Pay can be a lot better. • Overworked • Not appreciated • Overlooked • Constantly hearing about your strengths and weaknesses through your bosses’ boss. Pushed out of the organization because I'm in school and encouraged to pursue another career. Told countless times by management despite my contributions, awards, professionalism etc.
