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      Equity Residential

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      Equity Residential reviews

      4.0

      76% would recommend to a friend

      (1,121 total reviews)
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      Mark Parrell

      87% approve of CEO

      72% positive business outlook

      Ratings by category

      4.2

      Diversity & inclusion

      4.1

      Culture & values

      4.0

      Career opportunities

      3.8

      Compensation and benefits

      3.7

      Work/Life balance

      3.7

      Senior management

      Equity Residential has an employee rating of 4.0 out of 5 stars, based on 1,121 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have a good working experience there. The Equity Residential employee rating is in line with the average (within 1 standard deviation) for employers within the Real Estate industry (3.6 stars).

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      1K reviews
      5.0
      Mar 1, 2018

      Enjoying the ride!

      Community manager
      Recommend
      CEO approval
      Business Outlook

      Pros

      Great company with great values. A company that sees you as a person and not just a number. This is my first property management company and they have set the bar high. I feel valued, heard and most importantly respected. Work hard and you get great results. Great work life/ balance and genuine friendship created from co workers.

      Cons

      None at this time... if your told “No” they give you guidance and resources to get the “yes” the next time.

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      Equity Residential Response
      8y
      Hello, and thank you so much for this fantastic review! It is so rewarding to hear feedback like yours, and we are deeply appreciative of the message you have shared on this platform. We couldn’t have said it better ourselves: success here is driven by hard work and great results, but the support and resources are all there at your fingertips if you choose to invest the time and energy. Advancement takes time, self-improvement, and persistence, but we are committed to helping hard working employees like you get to “yes.” Thank you again for sharing your thoughts, and for your commitment and leadership. We hope that we set the bar so high that we are your first and last property management company - here’s to many great years of growing together!
      5.0
      Mar 1, 2018

      Opportunities, Growth and Support From Leadership!

      Community manager
      Recommend
      CEO approval
      Business Outlook

      Pros

      I started with Equity as a Leasing Consultant, was promoted to Senior Leasing Consultant, then promoted to Assistant Manager and now Community Manager. My experience with Equity has been one of constant support and encouragement toward growth and furthering my career and personal development. Equity frequently rewards exceptional effort and results with awards and bonuses. Pay is competitive. Larger company, which means more opportunities for advancement, more often. Equity is ethical and has created a culture of kindness around "doing the right thing."

      Cons

      Rent can still be expensive with the great employee discount on rents, since many of our communities are located in higher rent areas.

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      Equity Residential Response
      8y
      Can you see the smile on all of our faces? We love hearing about your impressive career path with the company, and that you have felt encouraged and supported along the way by your leaders, by our training, and even our compensation and benefits. We recognize that in an increasingly competitive and challenging industry, we must continue to invest time and resources into training and development for our hardworking employees so that we can enjoy continued growth and success together — and so that talented, engaged leaders like yourself can continue to pay it forward to help your team members achieve their own career goals. Thank you so much for taking the time to share your encouraging thoughts here; it’s employees like you that make us so proud to be a part of this company, and that keep us all motivated to keep growing, evolving, and challenging the status quo. Keep up the great work, and we will keep striving to make Equity a company that you are proud to represent!
      5.0
      Feb 15, 2018

      Everyone Shines

      Community manager
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      CEO approval
      Business Outlook

      Pros

      Equity Residential is a REIT with more than 300 communities in 6 major metropolitan area. While there is always the need to perform better than before, when decisions follow the "10 Ways" including "do the right thing," superiors support and assist you. Working with fun, competitive, encouragers from the corporate office to onsite teams. Everyone is encouraged to be optimistic, question authority, test their limits, take educated risks, share knowledge, share the spotlight, all while enjoying the ride. Nerds who have a passion to grow in knowledge, skills, and career are welcome. Transparency, sharing the "why" of decisions, is a refreshing mode of operation at every level at Equity. Best practices, triumphs, struggles, as well as changes in policy and practice are frequently shared in the weekly Huddle that is a blend of onsite team catch-up and company-wide video fireside chats with corporate team members. The employee review process is a helpful, largely objective measure of successes, with input from peers and superiors.

      Cons

      There is a repository of hundreds, if not thousands, of resources like online education, documents, shared ideas and best practices, that it is overwhelming for a new hire to muddle through.

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      Equity Residential Response
      8y
      Hello, and thanks a million for your great review! We are so appreciative of the time you took to share such thoughtful, thorough feedback on the things you love about Equity, as well as to offer some insightful suggestions on how we can improve. We love how you wove the “10 Ways” through your entire message; it’s clear that our culture has made a big impact on you in your first year here, and that you are carrying the torch of living those 10 Ways in your everyday leadership of your team and interactions with your peers. We are thrilled that you feel the supportive collaboration from your corporate team leaders and that you appreciate the transparency of messaging and the effort that is put into the Huddle meetings. Thank you for offering your perspective all of this and more! We also sincerely appreciate your feedback on the new employee experience, and the fact that the multitude of resources available can be overwhelming at times. We will certainly take your feedback into consideration as we continue to fine-tune our onboarding programs, including the exciting new addition of our onboarding that is specifically geared towards newly hired or newly promoted CMs. Thank you again for your great review, and for your dedication to making Equity a great place to live and work!
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