maintenance technician

leasing agent

apartment manager

make ready technician

lead maintenance

Adara Communities

Typical day at work:
-interact with residents & deal with their concerns
-advertise, show, and lease apartments
-lots of filing (hard copies & electronic uploads)
-consistent emailing, phone calls, and online posts
-reconcile resident accounts
-collect, post, and deposit money
-various job duties as assigned

What I learned:
-lazy people will always do the bare minimum, while hard workers are always busy and get things done (being proactive is key)
-advancement is very possible if you want it and are willing to work for it and show you're committed
-people will remember how you made them feel
-we're responsible for our own attitudes and responses
-a lot about fair housing & discrimination

Management:
-friendly
-down to business
-goal- and results-oriented
-under pressure from superiors
-budget-driven

Workplace Culture:
-playing "catch-up" a lot
-supportive
-stressful
-as fun as you make it
-readily available training

Hardest Part of the Job:
-feeling like I rarely got the verbal/etc. appreciation I deserved (I worked SO hard for the company)
-being on call for emergencies
-feeling like the job duties were never done (work/life balance)
-dealing with difficult residents
-trying to keep up with all the rental inquiries is nearly impossible
-repetitive tasks
-collecting money from residents (usually door to door)

Most Enjoyable Part of the Job:
-when I had great coworkers
-designing newsletters/templates/calendars
-fun resident events
-one-hour lunches
-living on-site with discounted rent
-getting to meet a ton of diverse and interesting people
-vacation days
-varied job duties

I am an extremely hard worker and leaving my property was a VERY hard decision. I really wanted to stay and would have stayed but ADARA did not want to pay me for the amount of work (literally 24/7) that I was putting into the property just to keep it afloat. The level of rudeness from corporate was easily over looked because I stay in my bubble and just work. I increased HUD scores tremendously and gave everything to the property and was willing to give more. I loved my team, community and regional but you have to beg (still do :) and still help), scratch and scream to get anything approved (my regional had no say either). It is really sad to see that a year later nothing has changed.
I think the reason they can not keep managers is pay and lack of trust from the corporate level, if they paid for better managers then the trust would come. I was promised an increase after my probation period which I was denied/ignored after I had exceed expectation (no reason was given why) yet I stayed for another year and asked again and was offered a very small increase for the amount of work and lack of support given. 

A typical workday is tough just working with the PM and dealing with their 
inconsistencies and miss-management style. This employee is rude to prospects and residents and talks very loud and interrupts you while you're on a call. Maintenance is not held responsible for not completing svc requests except does get talked down to by the PM. NW Houston location is a very low budget property with major pest issues. 3 hour training at Corp was good. Got to listen to others in training complain about their leasing office issues including high turn over, still not able to log in to programs after 3 weeks of being there, and other misc. issues. Upper mgmt over a Houston location near the beltway is very inconsistent with OCD tendencies.  They are also rude and miss-guided about facts.  Adara uses multiple programs that require you to enter duplicate information. Consumes a lot of your time to enter into each one. Totally exhausting and wasted time spent when you could be working on follow up with leads.

Since starting this company over a year ago we were trending at 84% and I knew coming in that this would be some work.  Within time we are now at 97% occupied within this year.  This all comes from my employees as well as management and the training she has provided as well as her uplifting positive personality to keep us on track and focused.  I couldn't ask for a better team/management company.  The best is yet to come and cannot wait for what the future holds.  I can truly say the TEAM as a whole are everything and more and that goes a very long way.

This company is all about the bottom line. Adara has no problem cutting corners to get things done in the cheapest, most ineffective way possible. On many occasions, I found myself asking why I put up with this wreck of a company. They show little to no appreciation, or recognition towards their employees, managers included. I have never felt less valued within a company as Adara made me feel. I had to leave before it made me resent working in property management. The expectations set are unrealistic, and you feel set up for failure continuously. They understaff properties, creating stressful circumstances. Also, they have bizarre scheduling and offer little to no training. 

If you do decide to join their team ask as many questions as possible. Adara has created its own property management software and it is not very user-friendly. Just.... good luck.

If you like to  spend time with your family and love ones, avoid at all costs!  They do not really care for personal time  or value their employees. They only care about money.  they make you work really really hard above and beyond and the pay is not that great including commission, They do not value you to have time even for family and are such penny pinchers!  And not to mention the micromanaging is unbelievable!!   You have no say and minimal room for advancement since you can never show off your capabilities with their ongoing list of micromanaging skills. The software is a sad excuse,  easy, but not compatible with anything else and makes it hard to kill two birds with one stone, talk about the extra work With a busy property.  Do yourself a favor and avoid

I’m very thankful for Adara Communities. They are the type of management company that gives each manager their space to run the property as they wish. Now with that being said, you could get stuck with a TERRIBLE manager who does not care about their job which was my situation. I began here with very little experience and was hoping to have a manger who could guide me & teach me how to do things right. Unfortunately I got stuck with a manager who did not care much about the property. Residents had complaints that wouldn’t get taken care of and I was often left alone at the property with nobody to reach out to for help. I would love to give Adara Communities a second chance but hopefully with a better manager.

What is the best part of working at the company?
On-site team and residents were the best parts

What is the most stressful part about working at the company?
Lack of communication, no processes or they changed with no communication to on-site nor are policies updated in Yotta( Adara’s management system), hard to keep good employees so properties are always under staffed 

What is the work environment and culture like at the company?
Very stressful. The core values are not followed 

What is a typical day like for you at the company?
System issues constantly, which takes from productivity. Makes it hard to get things completed in a timely manner

 Make sure the office is nice and clean and smell good as well as my show units. Get with the staff and find out what is on the agenda for the day. I have learned from both my district manager and manager that it is okay to take a deep breath and ask for help when needed. My co-workers are very helpful and encouraging people. They are special and are motivated.  The hardest part of my job is that it is hard to get answers from corporate regarding resident issues. The most enjoyable part of the job is achieving our goals as a team and 
 patting each other in the back.


What is the best part of working at the company?
There isn’t anything great about working for this management company. They’ve gone bankrupt before. Formerly known as CNC

What is the most stressful part about working at the company?
Corporate is involved at property level. Also not being to offer great customer service due to the way things are run by upper management. 

What is the work environment and culture like at the company?
Upsetting, no empathy shown towards their residents. 

What is a typical day like for you at the company?
I go in and do my job. I try to worry about the rest. No matter what I do. I can’t make a difference if the company isn’t wanting to make adjustments.

Top Job Titles	Average Salary
Maintenance technician 160 salaries reported	$23.57 per hour
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Apartment manager 93 salaries reported	$22.44 per hour
Make ready technician 87 salaries reported	$18.46 per hour
Lead maintenance 55 salaries reported	$27.93 per hour

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