Greystar reviews

3.6

64% would recommend to a friend

(4,764 total reviews)
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76% approve of CEO

63% positive business outlook

Greystar has an employee rating of 3.6 out of 5 stars, based on 4,764 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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5K reviews
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

5.0
Apr 29, 2015

Great place to work!

Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

Flexible and positive work environment with lots of opportunities for advancement

Cons

There are none to list

1.0
Jan 2, 2015
Recommend
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Pros

The benefit package is pretty good, and they have locations all over the country. There is decent work/life balance and the hours are not as bad as retail.

Cons

When I started working here it was because the recruiter, and then the property manager, said that they promote from within. What they don't tell you is that you have to get permission from your boss and your bosses boss before you can even apply for a promotion, and they have no reason or incentive to promote you. They would have to hire and train your replacement, and you have never heard so many excuses why they can't do that. They will say that they are too busy or that this is not a good time for the client to have turnover at the property. Get used to it, there is never going to be a good time and you will have to quit and go to a different company to move up. The only way to get promoted is to be best friends with the regional manager. Riverstone was recently purchased by Greystar and things did not change at all, you still are stuck in a total dead end because it is not convenient for other people for you to have a career. They have all these open property manager jobs but they hire from the outside instead of promoting one of the assistant managers that they already have on staff. I feel like this was a complete bait and switch, and that I am stuck in a dead end job while external people get all of the jobs that I could be promoted to. The regional managers are horrible, and they can do whatever they want with no consequence. My regional manager acts like she is in middle school, gossiping with the property manager all of the time. She walks by me like she doesn't even see me, I am not worthy of a hello. Yet she can decide that I can't be promoted? I hoped that things would get better with a new company but it did not happen. Nothing changed at all.

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