Abusive & Unethical Senior Leadership - Community Manager Greystar Employee Review

1.0
Jun 12, 2015
Recommend
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Pros

Insurance, 401K, Paid Holidays, Accrued Sick/Vacation, Size of company offers mobility, extensive training

Cons

-Senior leadership slow to praise quick to criticize - Community Managers are micro-managed & not permitted to run the asset as they are hired to do - HR requires numerous hoops before managers are permitted to terminated problem associates whether performance or behavioral based; this forces the manager to endure weeks if not months of lost productivity, revenue and prevents managers from seeking talent that would be a better fit for the asset - Threats of termination used regularly by Senior Leadership to intimidate, manipulate & control staff - Senior Leadership instructs managers to hide any and all aspects of property issues from the client in order to prevent loss of management contract - Fair Housing is buzz phrase of industry yet few associates (especially Senior Leadership) truly understand the nuances of the law - Corporate hosts meetings for managers/maintenance supervisors that often require extensive travel for an 8 hour meeting (leaving the property without management presence) when Skype could be utilized; this would save the properties thousands of dollars each year in travel costs. - Accounting department staff changes repeatedly throughout the year making it extremely difficult for manager's to prepare financials and extra time must be given to scrub everything if the accountant changes repeatedly

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Cons

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1.0
Jul 12, 2026
Recommend
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Pros

Pay with housing discounts tend to be better than competition

Cons

Severe negatives if you plan on taking any type of leave of absence. While they are required to allow the leave, (my experience) has been that if retaliatory since it adds additional work load to those in your group (your boss). I’ve experienced this personally, and have seen it with other managers in my group. You will start to receive write ups that you never had before, micro managed, and/or fired after such things. I went from discussing promotions before my leave started to becoming ineligible for rehire after taking state protected LOA.

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