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    American Campus Communities Reviews

    Updated September 21, 2017
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    William C. Bayless Jr.
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    • Reporting expectations by upper management are a bit excessive (in 18 reviews)

    • Requires Community Assistants to work the day after major holidays (in 16 reviews)

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    1. "Solid Place to Work"

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      Current Employee - Community Manager in Austin, TX
      Current Employee - Community Manager in Austin, TX
      Recommends
      Positive Outlook
      No opinion of CEO

      I have been working at American Campus Communities (More than a year)

      Pros

      Nice people and good pay.

      Cons

      Don't value employees as much as they should.

    2. "I was a community assistant for ACC"

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      Current Employee - Community Assistant in San Antonio, TX
      Current Employee - Community Assistant in San Antonio, TX
      Recommends
      Positive Outlook
      No opinion of CEO

      I have been working at American Campus Communities part-time (More than 3 years)

      Pros

      easy to move up in company, lots of training, could get free rent

      Cons

      working too much in the month of august, pay isn't too good

      Advice to Management

      I have no advice for management

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    3. "Community Assistant"

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      Former Employee - Anonymous Employee
      Former Employee - Anonymous Employee
      Recommends
      Positive Outlook
      Approves of CEO

      Pros

      Great Staff, Great balance of work for employees.

      Cons

      Hours were inflexible and often was not compensated enough.

    4. "Community Assistant"

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      Former Employee - Anonymous Employee
      Former Employee - Anonymous Employee
      Recommends
      Approves of CEO

      I worked at American Campus Communities part-time

      Pros

      Many benefits of working at the front office, simple job, and fair pay.

      Cons

      The residents and parents can be very high maintenance.

    5. "great job for college students"

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      Current Employee - Anonymous Employee
      Current Employee - Anonymous Employee

      I have been working at American Campus Communities part-time

      Pros

      flexible hours, great rent discounts

      Cons

      dealing with college aged residents

    6. "General Manager"

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      Former Employee - Anonymous Employee
      Former Employee - Anonymous Employee
      Recommends
      Positive Outlook
      No opinion of CEO

      I worked at American Campus Communities full-time

      Pros

      I loved my immediate supervisors. They were supportive, kind, and they listened when I had a concern or an idea for improvement. My staff was also amazing. I had the best Skeleton Crew on a shoestring budget. Benefits were good, a large network at corporate that you can reach out to for help.

      Cons

      Managed properties aren't treated the same although we consistently outshine the owned properties. Impossible to transfer within the company.

      Advice to Management

      Make it easier for current employees to transfer to other locations. You have staff that love the company they work for and yet they can't even get an interview at a different property. I was lucky enough to have my current supervisors recommend me but still no interviews! I was forced to leave the company when my property was sold. I'm now working for the competition. They pay higher wages, they offer commissions, and bonuses. Money isn't everything though and I would've stayed with ACC, it just wasn't an option.

    7. "Not worth the discount"

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      Current Employee - Anonymous Employee
      Current Employee - Anonymous Employee
      Doesn't Recommend
      Negative Outlook
      No opinion of CEO

      I have been working at American Campus Communities part-time

      Pros

      Discount on rent, make a lot of friends, pretty easy job

      Cons

      Have to deal with all complaints even if you don't know the answer because management refuses to deal with any issues. Forced to work every day for 12+ hours a day for the entire month of August (including weekends). Work sometimes gets in the way of school work. Doesn't seem like management really cares about the community assistants very much.

      Advice to Management

      Make it seem like you care about the community assistants. We have had many people from the corporate office come to our property and they hardly ever interact with us and when they do they're very stand offish and condescending

    8. "ACC"

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      Former Employee - Community Assistant in Prairie View, TX
      Former Employee - Community Assistant in Prairie View, TX
      Recommends
      Positive Outlook
      No opinion of CEO

      I worked at American Campus Communities full-time (More than 3 years)

      Pros

      You receive free housing I don't know if that has changed since then but that really helped out a lot while in school.

      Cons

      I only made $75 Bi-Weekly before overtime was added

    9. "Community Assistant"

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      Former Employee - Anonymous Employee
      Former Employee - Anonymous Employee
      Recommends
      Neutral Outlook
      No opinion of CEO

      I worked at American Campus Communities part-time

      Pros

      Great culture, fair pay, discounted rent.

      Cons

      Work Schedule is not very flexible

      Advice to Management

      They don't pay managers enough for all they do.

    10. "Community Assistant"

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      Former Employee - Community Assistant in Lubbock, TX
      Former Employee - Community Assistant in Lubbock, TX
      Doesn't Recommend
      Neutral Outlook
      No opinion of CEO

      I worked at American Campus Communities part-time (More than a year)

      Pros

      Free food from events

      Student housing facility was really nice

      Management took us out to a nice restaurant one time

      Cons

      The so called "free student housing" isn't free or really discounted. - Before I applied I was promised on getting an amazing deal on student housing. After accepting the position, I was told I would have to work 20 hours a week to have my room paid off for. I've heard this model has changed but it doesn't sound any better. I would have been better finding any other job that paid more than $8.00 an hour.

      They expect you to do a lot of work off the clock. Once a month, we had a meeting where we were to present plans, marketing material, and a budget for student events. We could not work on any of this while on the clock.

      Being on-call one week every month. - Management gave us a flip phone and told us to not leave the premises after hours for one week every month. We would get calls from residents asking for help on a variety of issues. This ranged from assisting students who have been locked out of their apartment to 2:00 am calls asking to break up a neighbor's party. We weren't paid for most of the time we were on-call.

      Your also a leasing agent with high quotas set by management but no bonuses or commission.

      I agree with most other reviews on here. We get a lot of work for not a lot of pay or benefits.

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