lead maintenance

maintenance technician

leasing consultant

make ready technician

property manager

JRK Property Holdings

A typical day goes by at a blink of an eye, I personally find this to be fulfilling. Being that my experience has only been from about a 4 month timeline, think I've got enough data to share for sure.
Working in a fast paced environment requires many skills to be mastered in order to be happy. I've have always been a believer that if your not happy where you are ... then you're probably not happy where you ain't.(just a quote)
I've observed very normal company growing pains, normal challenges, but when looking at the big picture I find everything to be operating very smoothly and extremely well.
Of course a little tweek here or there could improve operations, but in time these will work themselves out.
Hardest part about this job honestly is how many people forget about being grateful and expressing gratitude to each other. The most enjoyable part of the job is reminding everyone of this including residents. We're all in this together, pulling in the same direction and it's enjoyable.
I purposely came into this company to be around smart, productive and very capable teams. Being around individuals who are expected to perform is refreshing. I have no expectations with this company, so I guess I can't be let down. lol Taking responsibility of making sure things go right, and obtaining the training necessary is available with this company. If your a person who is looking to be lead vs. finding answers and solutions in a proactive manner, then one might find some situations frustrating. Regardless easy fix.
Managing real estate assets is an old hat for me, so I feel confident in being able to handle people and situations pretty well.
Working in a beautiful atmosphere of A class properties with a team of performing people, and very nice residents is my experience 95% of the time. The other 5% is normal industry matters, lets understand we will have complaints and our job is to do the best to make them right. I don't sweat the small stuff. Don't go into the "People" business if you don't like people, in my opinion corporate or site level it's all the same. A-Z need to be done.
Expectations are pretty self explanatory, keep properties full, residents happy, collect anything outstanding, document everything, and streamline through the proper system and/or people. When everyone understands to hold up their end of the responsibilities, there really isn't much for me or anyone else to complain about. Key to all of this is making sure the proper tools are available from the company, and this has been great experience. For those who had less than positive experiences in the past with this company, I do wish you the best in your future careers. Remember no current or future company can take your happiness or health,....... those are things a person has to openly give up.

The problem with this company is its culture.  The Accounting Department fights with the Operations Department.  Managers and/or top level executives do not know how to fairly handle issues between the departments and some of the employees suffer because of it.  Long term faithful employees can be written up for trying to be a team player if it is for the other department.  Employees are leaving in droves and Human Resources is just turning a blind eye to it.  When issues even between employees in the same department are brought to HR, it even isn't handled correctly.  They have had so many lawsuits that they decided to hire an arbitration firm to handle employee issues.  If you did not sign the agreement it was a big issue.  I was told that if I did not sign it, I would not be eligible for bonuses or career advancement.  This is NOT legal and the signing would not stand up in court.
It was sad to see great people leave the company when treated badly as even at bad companies you bond with people and learn from them.
They don't staff their properties correctly to industry standard, yet they expect the property to be run to their high standards.  They had a corporate employee of the quarter and we all felt it was a joke how they picked the person that "won".  They also change their healthcare plans almost every year.  Only once since my employment did they keep the same company for two years.  A typical day is just a day of STRESS.  Not much happiness.  It comes from the top down.
This company also has no honest bone in them.  Beware of some of the "good" reviews on this website.  The company knew they had a bad reputation and asked people to help them out to make them look better.  So trust the lower ones as a more honest look at what this company is really like.

I worked in the corporate office assisting one of the c-level executive. I only lasted 30 days at the company and I got let go for no valid reason. I worked very hard on the assignments that were issued to me by the executive with little direction or training. I prepared multiple reports, took notes, travel arrangements and delegated projects but nothing seemed to make him happy. I understand that the position might not have training but I would think they would provide a little direction on how they would like assignments completed or what they're expecting. 

The c-level executive I assisted had no idea how to be a supervisor. I was the 3rd assistant he left go in the past 2 months. I worked about 10 hours a day and it still wasn't enough for him. I would take maybe 20 min lunch and he still was not happy about that. It was a very stressful environment. My hair was falling out and I was losing my appetite because I was so stressed I couldn't eat. 

He would assign you assignments with no direction and when you did the work he would yell at you for doing it wrong even though he never provided you any sort of direction on how he would like the assignment completed or the purpose of the assignment. Your damned if you do and your damned if you don't concept. Based on his attitude and approach I knew I was going to get let go the 2nd week I started. It was a horrible feeling to have everyday wondering if its going to happen today or the next. He never provided me feedback on anything.

I agree with the previous reviews about the company as a whole. They do not care about their employees or tenants. This company has so many tenant complaints and only one person to handle it. They fire employees like their changing their shirts. Also, the office manager that has been working there for 3 months is horrible. If you really want her to like you then start kissing some BUTT. She has her favorites and if your not one then BE AWARE. One thing I will say is that I did work with some nice co-workers that were near my desk. 

If you're offered a position at this company please think about it before accepting because it will be a waste of time. I understand the pay might be great but it won't last. You will probably be there for a month or so before they let you go. The only reason I gave it 2 stars is because the pay wasn't bad.

I have been working for JRK for over 5 years now and I love it. The people are friendly and professional. My peers consist of fantastic individuals who work as a team. They are always there to support me in whatever it is I need. My supervisor is also very helpful and professional. He is very supportive and is always available to assist in what we need. Upper management is very much the same, whether it is on the accounting side or in operations. They are helpful, friendly and polite. Management does not focus on the negative but rather on solutions as to how we can avoid conflict in the future. They make sure to give us great training along with all the tools and resources we need to succeed. They are also open to providing people with new opportunities should they be interested. The best word I can use to describe everyone here is professional. The company has afforded me many opportunities in my time here, one of which has been the opportunity to get in shape. They sponsor us in races and provide us the opportunity to get in shape by giving us access to personal trainers during work hours. It is something they do not have to do but they  genuinely care about the employees and our wellbeing. The company recognizes the hard work by the employees by spoiling us with events such free lunches as a token of their appreciation for our hard work and employee of the month ceremony to recognize employees. The owner himself works harder than anyone and still takes the time to personally come around and thank everyone for their hard work. I could not be happier with the people that surround me every day.

JRK is a very conceited company. The majority of the corporate office consists of college graduates with MINIMAL experience in the field they are hired for. The corporate office does not care about work/life balance and works the immediate employees until hours like 2 in the morning at times. JRK does not care about making housing affordable for anyone and honestly the property that I worked for was absolute garbage. If there is not an exceptional property manager hired on at their locations, things will get out of hand very quickly. More specifically, the property manager at the location that I worked at could not care less about resident issues and is quick to make exceptions for those with low credit scores and income monthly just to appease the leasing/occupancy percentages. If JRK cared more about people and valued hiring on people who genuinely cared about their residents and employees, things would be so much better. Although JRK has a lot of potential, I absolutely do not see myself working for them in the future. Another thing is that this company changes upper management almost quarterly it feels like. The turnover at the corporate office is so high due to the fact that they just do not care. One of the higher ups, I believe the VP or EVP demands that employees clap and make it well known that he arrives to property visits. I strongly believe that this poor attitude will be the downfall of this company. They could be doing SO much better and its pretty sad to witness. Being humble and caring takes you a LONG way and people appreciate that. 

This company as a whole is a joke. From the owner to the regionals down to some of the associates. You get no support from upper management and they micromanage everything. Even as a property manager they make you feel like your a leasing consultant. They have no clue how to run a business. It will take you weeks to get anything approved and then you get yelled at by the owner for something not being done when you've been trying for weeks to get that said thing done. Regionals come to your property late, stay on their phone taking selfies and texting all day, and then leave early without so much as lifting a finger to do anything helpful. They give no real training. And no one has any idea who is in charge of what. Be warned they will set you up for failure from day one. I'm really surprised they are even still in business because their lack of knowledge or understanding of what goes on day to day at the properties or even with their employees is sad. They truly have no clue. PLEASE do not ever work for this company. They treat their employees terrible, the commission to managers who work extremely hard is non existent and to the leasers might as well be non existent, I worked in an office for only 5 short months and saw 7 new employees just in that short amount of time. There are absolutely no Pros to this company unless you consider not having to take a drug test a pro then you'd be the perfect fit for this company and all the fools that run it!

The departments do not get along and management even talk horrible about each other. I didn't learn anything because the companies I worked for before did things in a better more organgized fashion and to indrustry standard. The company makes money by under staffing and under paying and not training. Then when someone steals they wonder how did it happen. Their interal audit department is a joke. Employees are scared to walk off the evelator and see the owner if they are one minute late. That is not an overstatement. Trust me, I've witnessed them trying to catching us not being on time. We put in long hours so you'd think give me a brake I'll make up the 5 minutes or if I'm salaried I'm probably putting in more hours anyway.
The HR Depaartment is not an employee advocate department. Trust me. How they have gotten away with the things they do is beyond me.
Their hiring process is see who we can pay the "less" but who might have the most experience. Due to the econcomy that is wrong. People come in and sell themselves who truly have no 200 property experience and they get hired. Then we have to deal with their stupidy and are expected to "train" them.
You also can't trust confidentiality between key staff members. Don't email or do anything that could be sent between departments and could be taken differently than you mean it. You will be written up.

When I first came for my interview for my position as Property Manager, I instantly knew I wanted to work for JRK Residential. I was previously a Property Manager for 6 years with a different Management company feeling unchallenged, unmotivated and unappreciated.  I decided to venture and find a company that would challenge me and make me love what I do once again.  Thankfully, JRK gave me the wonderful opportunity and asked me to join the team with the biggest property they had in the nation.

Since joining JRK Residential, I have been challenged and motivated and have always been given the tools and support I needed to be successful. As well as the help of a group of awesome Asset Managers, Regional Manager and team members who have helped me become a stronger and very successful Property Manager.  On May 2012 I was awarded Property Manager of the Year. Villages of Copperfield was awarded Most Improved Property of the Year in March 2012 and won Property of the Year in December 2012. 

Working for JRK Residential has truly made me love coming to work every day. I enjoy working for a company that values my work and allows me to grow. I am looking forward to my future and growing and becoming even more successful with JRK Residential. I would encourage anyone interested in joining our team to do so immediately! You will not regret your decision.

Through out my experiences in the work force I have not had a job where I am in such direct contact with the public as I am as a Bellman with JRK. Despite this fact I do not think that I have had a more enjoyable time at a position. I absolutely adore my coworkers, and have never seen the same level of support from my management. With never have being in a position where I am in such close contact with the general public I have had to learn a enormous amount of new skills that have helped me in interacting with the public. I have seen my grow in leaps and bounds since I have began working in this position, and it can all be attributed to the immense amount of help that I have received from my management team. There are times when the job can become incredibly busy and overwhelming, all of which can be attributed to an extremely high volume of customers. This mainly happens during the summer, which is peak time for traveling to Santa Monica. Everyone gets the same idea of wanting to travel to the beautiful beaches that California has to offer during the summer. Whit that being said, the people that I work under have gone above and beyond to help us counter the extreme volume of customers. They have even gone as far as stepping down from their regular duties to help us perform ours.

Through out the time that I have spent working for this company I have seen myself grow immensely in almost all aspects of my personality. I generally consider myself to be an introverted person, but taking this position has greatly helped me incoming out of my shell. I typically do not have difficulty speaking with people about matters dealing with business, but I always felt uncomfortable when doing so. However, with the duties that come with this position I repeatedly have to communicate with new potential clients. This has greatly helped me relax and not stress simply through the repetition of dealing so numerous different clients. This position, however, does not come without its own specific set of difficulties and problems. One of the most time consuming duties that accompanies the job is trying to maintain current with the realty market. Especially with the way that the market has been for the past decade, it is subject to change on a weekly basis. Also, for me in particular, one of the most difficult aspects is maintaining open and effective communication. But, during the time that I have spent working as a leasing agent my communication skills have immensely improved.

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