Alliance Residential Reviews

Pros

Alliance is made up of a great team of people with many different kinds of backgrounds. They appreciate new ideas and respect all the Associates.

Cons

You are in control of your destiny. If you find a downside there is a great team available to help make it better.

Advice to Senior Management

Thank you!

Pros

The upper management and corporate office seems to be very good. Their trainers seem to be very good and they have cutting edge training techniques such as fun blogs etc.

Cons

They run their fee managed properties at a bare minimum and under staff the community so associates barely have time to complete their work and they are overwhelmed. They overlook their phenomenal associates and work them to the bone expecting them not to work overtime but under staff them. They talk about risk management but then tell you they don't have enough money to run the community safely. Alliance is way behind the times on getting resident's accepted. In a day and age where all other companies have stopped doing rental references and employment references they are still verifying rental and employment., I have never heard of a company that doesn't accept money orders for payment! They don't trust their employees to accept money orders so they penalize their residents.

Advice to Senior Management

You need to conduct employee surveys to see if your staffs are proud to work for the company. You need to see if you employees have a good work life balance or they are so afraid to lose their jobs that they have to bring their kids to work after hours to be able to complete the work they can't finish because they are so understaffed.

Pros

good pay, good work enviorment, good opprotunities for upward movement.

Cons

Properties are generally understaffed and certain managers are not willing to help with extra work.

Advice to Senior Management

Give more positive feedback and praise.

Pros

The pay is good, but there is no job security!

Cons

There is a very high turn over rate!

Advice to Senior Management

Treat employee's with respect!

Pros

Good pay..if your willing to ask for it in the interview process.
Health care benefits are good.

Cons

3rd party mgmt of bankrupt buildings.
No thought for employee's career if they loose a contract....they will act like they have something for you and all of a sudden you are unemployed.
Must party with the right upper mgmt in LA.
Discrimination.
Must kiss you know what to get anywhere.

Advice to Senior Management

Believe 50% of what you hear from your on-site employee's, and 100% when you keep hearing it and take action......even if it pertains to upper mgmt.

Pros

Great people. Fun work environment. Enough vacation and sick days to keep you happy. Overall, a pretty stress free workplace. Depending on your title, decent pay. And I mean DECENT. Nothing to jump up and shout about.

Cons

Very little room for advancement. Be ready to stick with this company for a long time before you get any kind of serious raise or promotion.

Advice to Senior Management

Give the properties what they need to lease. It is nearly impossible to lease anything when the competition is giving twice the concessions you are.

Pros

Alliance Residential has a wonderful work environment in the Camelback Esplanade. The benefits are decent and the work is not too stressful.

Cons

It can be frustrating at times trying to explain to upper management how things are run on a day to day basis at the lower level.

Advice to Senior Management

Be more proactive and less reactive to technology as it applies to what we do as a company. Very sharp at the top otherwise.

Pros

It is a leader within the industry and the culture is very good.

Cons

At times there can be a lack of direction from middle management.

Advice to Senior Management

They do a good job.

Pros

The company had a broad and deep base of institutional knowledge. There were many people in the organization who knew multi-housing development very well. In a good market, they are willing to give the right person partnership.

Cons

(1) Insufficient attention paid to people, especially new hires. (2) Integrity -- a year-end 2007 bonus was dangled during my offer negotiation, but then senior management decided to forego paying it. (3) Culture leaves a bit to be desired. If you're from texas or are a texas kind of person, and you drink a lot, you're golden. Otherwise, you won't fit in.

Advice to Senior Management

Downturn or not, they will lose good people if they keep such a tight grip on compensation.

Pros

Overall, the company is very fair to work for. The work, as well as the hours, are reasonable. At times, things can get very hectic, but if you ask for help, it is there. People are very approachable and are willing to help.

Cons

Like most jobs, we are continuously faced with deadlines and changing requirements. They will frequently change the way something is to be done, but it often ends up creating more confusion and work. Before implementing drastic changes, they should ask for the input from their employees.

Advice to Senior Management

Inform employees about upcoming changes and then ask for input from the actual users.