Greystar reviews

3.7

65% would recommend to a friend

(4,760 total reviews)
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77% approve of CEO

63% positive business outlook

Greystar has an employee rating of 3.7 out of 5 stars, based on 4,760 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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3.0
Jan 4, 2020

Great company but toxic culture

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Pros

Greystar is a great company with a clear vision. There are opportunities for growth. Really good benefits. Knowledgeable colleagues and beautiful properties. Pay is decent and commission structure is decent.

Cons

The culture is toxic. Unfortunately, this is due to leadership or the lack there of. Corporate leaders want you to suck up and be their best friend to get ahead. As long as you look the part and act accordingly then there is promise for advancement. Owners will always win even if they treat employees like crap. Diversity is very lackluster. The corporate office in my division was minimal with diversity inclusion and they hardly promoted minorities. The work/life balance can be challenging as well but that is based on property and the individual. HR also can’t be trusted as they will cover and protect senior leadership and corporate employees before helping site level employees who file sexual harassment claims.

2.0
Dec 18, 2019
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Pros

Large company that most candidates in the industry know. Exciting expansion. Beautiful offices.

Cons

Very political atmosphere. Erratic leaders. (While I was there) I was asked (from business leaders) to discriminate against candidates. And would be reprimanded when I pushed back. Would receive phone calls from my "clients" at all hours of the day and night (the earliest ever was 4:30AM, the latest was 11:00PM) and expected to answer. Was contacted throughout FMLA leave to do work. When dealing with difficult clients, I very rarely had support from my management. "Customer is always right" to a fault. By the end of my tenure, I would feel nauseous about going back to work after the weekend. The individuals in the company are great, but the company culture/values for corporate employees is severely lacking. Once I started looking for new opportunities, I also realized that I was EXTREMELY underpaid. Not a lot of room for advancement in this department and very minimal annual bonuses (based on performance, but there were never meetings about individual performance. Different % across recruiters. This was a point of contention among many TAA's and haphazard assignment of merit increases as well) HR/Talent Acquisition consistently had the lowest "employee satisfaction" NPS scores out of the ENTIRE COMPANY, by a lot with out action to change the environment. Working at Greystar felt like being a cog in a very cold, miserable machine that lived in the darkest corner of a basement. Many people from Talent Acquisition and the HR team left from 2017-2018. And I hope it was a wake up call to change the culture of that division. It could very likely be different now - But be aware.

1.0
Dec 2, 2019

Greystar is the property devil incarnated

Anonymous employee
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Pros

None. Literally none. Unless you enjoy seeing people in pain and babies cry.

Cons

I work for Greystar, so screw you, your family, all your complaints.. and if you've moved on.. screw your future because we don't give a crap.

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