Greystar reviews

3.7

65% would recommend to a friend

(4,744 total reviews)
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78% approve of CEO

64% positive business outlook

Greystar has an employee rating of 3.7 out of 5 stars, based on 4,744 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have a good working experience there. The Greystar 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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2.0
Jun 12, 2017
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Pros

You get full benefits, commission and a good amount of freedom while working, and the job will get easier the longer you do it!

Cons

You may get paid $14-15 an hour however after taxes that's only $850 every two weeks (at least in my area) while working 40 hours a week. You might as well be working at a Subway or Starbucks with that kind of paycheck without including bonuses. Which at your busiest month's may only be getting $500 in bonuses every other week, that may seem a lot or a little to some, but you are doing a lot of work to get that. The property I was at always told us "we should be lucky to have them as manager because other managers are so much worse." Even though they weren't very professional and tried to get my team against each other, out of boredom. Our regional isn't very helpful or nice and I feel like they could do a lot more for us, but if you don't pretend to "befriend" your upper management colleagues to get to the top at Greystar you won't go anywhere. At least in my region, it makes me really sad too that even how much we do for our property we couldn't even live there and its standard living.

4.0
Dec 29, 2016

Amazing Training

Recommend
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Pros

Greystar is a great company. The best thing about it is their training program. The two property management companies that I've worked for afterward have looked upon me being Greystar trained as a huge asset. Management genuinely wants you to succeed. The Peer Coach program is amazing. It's very clear what the expectations are, and you're given every opportunity to meet them. I've worked under 4 regional managers in the Austin office, and 3 out of the 4 were extremely motivating, caring, amazing individuals. A lot of the people I've worked with continue to be mentors for me to this day, even though I'm no longer with the company. And the insurance...man I miss that insurance!

Cons

The cons for me are more of a personal issue - I don't think how I was treated when I left is indicative of how others are treated. I was placed at a community with a manager new to Greystar and it became a very hostile work environment. They have an amazing set of core values, but are too big at this point to appreciate those that take them to heart.

1.0
Jul 11, 2016
Recommend
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Pros

Absolutely none. I left after 60 days because of harassment, bullying and threats. 60 days! Threw my keys on the desk and walked out because this is not property management. It's a bunch of old school people that have only been with one company and are terrible at leading. Not one of them would make it with another company because they would be fired for the way they treat their employees. I should have known better when I was informed I was the fourth manager on my site within a year!

Cons

In my fifteen years of property management, I can honestly say Greystar is by far the absolute most terrible group of people I've ever worked with. The Directors are all old school property management "professionals" that "lead" by intimidation, hostility, demotivation and threats. How this company hasn't been sued is beyond me! New blood is definitely needed in the Orlando regional office. The Orlando site employees are miserable, hate their jobs and hate the Directors of Real Estate in the Orlando regional office. My RMs favorite word was "I." She lost two managers in one week because of the way she talked to them. Another manager within her portfolio is actively looking for new work. But as Greystar says, "everyone is replaceable." These are not the people you want to work for. The company very much still operates as two separate companies: Riverstone and Greystar. Orlando regional office is all old Riverstone employees that bully. They need to all be fired and new talent brought in that can change the company for the better.

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