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FirstService Residential

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FirstService Residential reviews

3.8

75% would recommend to a friend

(2,364 total reviews)
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David Diestel

87% approve of CEO

74% positive business outlook

FirstService Residential has an employee rating of 3.8 out of 5 stars, based on 2,364 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have a good working experience there. The FirstService Residential employee rating is in line with the average (within 1 standard deviation) for employers within the Real Estate industry (3.8 stars).

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2K reviews
1.0
Nov 22, 2021

Get Out While You Can

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Pros

This company is smoking mirrors.

Cons

They do not care about the employees. It is all about drinking the kool-aide.

2.0
Nov 8, 2021

Not a good long term job.

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Pros

•There isnt any bosses or managers constantly over your shoulders watching your every move. •They pay on time (bi-weekly)

Cons

•Act like holidays dont exist. The company doesnt do ANYTHING for their employees. •Your sort of tossed onto a property and left to the will of the HOA board. However they treat you is irrelevent. FSR will never put an employee over possibly upsetting a board member and potentially losing the account. •100% a dead end job. There is almost no room for advancement once a maintenance supervisor. •Under paid. Compared to many other equal positions, FSR is at the mid to low level.on the pay scale •You are basically a puppet. Dont make any suggestions, dont try to improve anything. Just do what the HOA tells you to. •The company has "company policies" like most other businesses. What makes FSR special is that they will look the other way while breaking said policies if it is being asked by the HOA. Safety concern? What safety concern? (seen this 1st hand) •No Regional Maintenance department. Instead they rely on their employees to do what they do. Who cares if that changes from one property to the next. •Very few (if any) company staff events. No cross training, no employee comaradarie. I never even knew another maintenance staff on any of their hundreds of properties in my own city! •They blur the lines between subcontracting and doing everything in house. Regardless of the scope of work of your position. •Prop Managers are loaded with more responsibilities and crippled budget wise leaving them without proper staff half the time. •Family health care packages are nearly financially impossible to attain. Alot if $$$ •As long as the HOA board is happy, you will have a job. No more....no less. A great place to work while you try to find a company that actually cares about their employees

2.0
Oct 25, 2021
Recommend
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Pros

built a great team and loved working with the employees that we hired

Cons

no support, no training, lost checks, many people quit at the corporate office, company is too big, and no one cares except about them making themselves look good at the expense of others.

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