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Extra Space Storage

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Extra Space Storage reviews

4.1

81% would recommend to a friend

(3,416 total reviews)
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Joe Margolis

87% approve of CEO

75% positive business outlook

Extra Space Storage has an employee rating of 4.1 out of 5 stars, based on 3,416 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have an excellent working experience there. The Extra Space Storage employee rating is in line with the average (within 1 standard deviation) for employers within the Real Estate industry (3.5 stars).

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3K reviews
3.0
Dec 17, 2025

Good Short Term Work

Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

- Decent pay for the area and type of work - Easy to get ahold of management for help, plenty of support - Clothing allowance, shoe allowance, gifts for milestones, holiday bonuses - Can promote within first 6 months if you show promise - Stores with ESS ownership are easier to improve and get work done - Site managers have a lot of leeway on how they want to run the building - There are queer groups to speak with in the company, but nothing notable comes from them

Cons

- Health insurance is abysmal and gets worse every year - Promotion is almost TOO easy, leaving unqualified workers in positions they can't efficiently do yet - Stores that have a 3rd party owner make improving the building basically impossible - Store managers who are saddled with bad assistants will basically never see relief, so you must make your own peace or continue to struggle

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Extra Space Storage Response
6mo
Thank you for taking the time to leave a thorough review. We appreciate your feedback. We're happy to hear you enjoyed support from management and the promotion process. We understand your concerns regarding health insurance, benefits, and employee longevity. We appreciate your honesty and investment in helping us improve.
1.0
Dec 15, 2025

Terrible pau

Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

You get paid on time.

Cons

Low pay for job. Monthly bonus was taken away. Lucky if you get a 3% raise every year. Much higher pay with other companies.

4.0
Nov 22, 2025

Surprisingly Fair

Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

Recently they did away with their performance bonus. I run a store in a more working class area that bucks most of the national trends related to automation. We do more sales in person, take more cash payments, etc. As someone at the top of my district in sales, when I heard the announcement I was sure I was going to take a hit to my overall pay. Instead, they managed to calculate what the bonus was worth on average and provide that. Faith restored for now. Mix of office and physical work, operate mostly independently, pace of work is favorable.

Cons

There is a weird split dynamic because this company largely manages properties for 3rd parties. Rentals should be the priority in training and coaching since they are the majority of revenue, but because all the insurance and lock revenue goes to Extra Space and only a flat fee is charged by Extra Space to run the location, almost all of the focus of the middle management and trainers is on insurance and lock sales, which again, Extra Space takes 100% of the revenue on. From a business standpoint, it doesn't make sense. We'll end up like McDonald's where they are more a real estate company than a place to buy hamburgers, or worse because we aren't focused on the core business, despite what anyone else says, the lived reality isn't what they say.

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Extra Space Storage Response
7mo
Thank you for sharing both the positive aspects of your experience and the areas where you feel improvement is needed. We’re glad to hear the compensation adjustments helped maintain your earnings, and we appreciate your detailed input on how sales expectations and training priorities impact day-to-day operations. Insights like yours help us better understand how our decisions affect employees across different markets. Thank you again for providing your thoughts.
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