Pros
I don't believe there are any good reasons to work at Equity Residential, except that maybe if you wanted to live on an Equity property, you get a 20% employee discount. After seeing how they run the company however, I would never live on an Equity property.
Cons
1) Can't eat lunch with your co-workers at the same time - everyone has to go at a different time. 2) Manager treats you like slaves - you have to dress nicely to tour apartments and then also get on your hands and knees to clean toilets because maintenance is "too busy". 3) Manager doesn't listen to employee feedback about anything. 4) Compared to other management companies, the leasing consultants here do the jobs of three departments. You have to do deliveries to 200+ apartments, answer all phone calls, perform apartment inspections (which should be maintenance's job), and lease apartments. I was absolutely exhausted working here, I can't believe how I made it through.