leasing consultant

senior maintenance person

maintenance technician

maintenance supervisor

leasing manager

Prometheus Real Estate Group

~A day at Prometheus Americana Apartments starts with Line-Up. This is when my team along with the office staff meet each morning and discuss the important details scheduled for that day.  We talk about any issues that have arose from the day before, that we might need to address and we assign tasks and share any important information as needed.  I review and respond to emails and check voice mails. Then I review work order system and unit turnover system to ensure units are turned and work orders are completed.  I work on contracts for capitol projects, coordinate vendors as needed throughout the day, review vacation requests and time cards and work schedules.  I deal with any customer service issues as needed and conduct property and unit inspections as needed.
~I have learned to manage multiple projects and to lead my team and help them be successful on a daily basis.
~My management skills have grown even more at this company.  I have learned to build budget and manage a budget and also write variance reports as needed. I have also been able to obtain strong people management skills, working with a large team.
~I have been fortunate to work with a great group of co-workers. My team is awesome!  I have not only been able to teach them, but they have also taught me alot.
~The hardest part of the job is managing multiple projects at once. It gets done, but it requires lots of hard work and planning!
~The most enjoyable part of this job is being able to work with a great staff, and when I receive compliments from residents saying that my team is doing a great job!



Prometheus tries to wiggle their way out of paying decent wages by pointing out their $200 commission and free healthcare. Although, those are good benefits, when dry season hits and you have little to no leads and when you don’t get sick that often, you’re stuck staring at your empty dinner plate because about 50-60% of your paychecks go towards rent, debt, and other life expenses. On top of the low pay, they have high demanding work loads that way too often leave you stuck at work for (sometimes) an hour past closing. They also dismiss any concerns of harassment in a work place and turn a blind eye to exclusion. My peers would often harass me with passive aggressive comments and actions, not bold enough where upper management is forced to step in but also predominant enough to make me want to quit my job with one of them even encouraging me to look for employment  elsewhere. I would not recommend working at this company to anyone unless you’re okay with smiling through everything, even through your concerns, make sure you agree with your coworkers to a T or you will be the topic of discussion and exclusion, don’t share any original ideas, work longer than expected, and get paid lower than other companies in the industry.

A big change happened about 5 years ago. Prometheus turned away from being the quirky, warm, welcoming company that made it stand out from all the rest. The company made a conscious decision to focus more on the bottom line. Although at every quarterly meeting they told us how great we’re doing financially - so why the change???. Anyway, fair enough to want to make more money but that involves squeezing everyone’s blood sweat and tears from them (enormous work load, skimping on staffing, and huge last minute roll-outs) and the worst part is everyone has to pretend everything is ok. If you could be a fly on the wall you’d hear how unhappy all of the Neighborhood Directors are. Upper management does not want to hear anything but positivity 24/7 and are completely out of touch with the people working at the neighborhoods. If you say one constructive thing you are labeled as negative and learn your lesson real quick to shut up. Now there has been a mass exodus of Neighborhood Directors because everyone is fed up with having to do multiple jobs with not enough staff and not being paid or respected enough. The awards ceremony where only favorite employees win awards and the free sweatshirts isnt cutting it anymore.

The people you will directly work with are more often than not, incredible people that make every day fun and make you able tolerate upper managements poor decisions for longer than you should. On the service side, don’t expect to move up anything past a service manager. It’s all politics. Someone that was over qualified for the project manager position wasn’t even given the chance to interview because it’s not who they wanted. You cant apply for any positions unless you have a “blessing” from your current boss. The housing discount will keep you trapped, DO NOT accept it, they fluff your paycheck up by adding the rent cost to your paycheck then removing it. This will in turn ruin your tax return and make it look like you make more than you actually do. They give special exceptions to people and claim they don’t (housing discounts that can’t be taken away from someone even though they claim only 1 person gets 50% per property, paying for a new hires moves to a different state, things like that). They absolutely will play favorites. You’ll see positions posted for less work than what you’re doing with more pay. KNOW YOUR WORTH, the service side keeps the business alive, without techs and service managers, things would fall apart. Use that knowledge and get paid what you deserve. 

My typical day at work was filled with a variety of tasks, supervising the employees, problem solving typical to the industry and team building. 

I loved working at Prometheus and all that I learned there is vast and difficult to caption in a brief summary. In short, I learned all about managing multi-family apartment communities and every aspect of what it takes to care for the assets as well as the people living and working there. 

The Prometheus culture is a fascinating one. They acquire very hard working employees, challenge them and reward them as appropriate. Prometheus is huge on team building as the typical sites have small teams and must work well together. 

The hardest part of this job was handling evictions, onsite emergencies such as fire or floods and resident disputes or complaints. 

The most enjoyable part of the job was identifying and executing projects to improve the quality of the community and the living experience for the residents. I loved working with my team and helping motivate them through the day. We had a work place environment that was comfortable and team oriented.

I've worked for a number of great companies, Starwood Hotels and Resorts (Westin), MTM Luxury Lodging and AvalonBay but none of them are quite as great at Prometheus Real Estate Group.  This company prides itself on being different and innovative and it's served us well as we're consistently voted the best property management company in the country.

But more importantly they're different and innovative in the way the treat us, the Prometheans (employees).  The job security and advancement is great, compensation competitive, but the amount that each Promethean can actually FEEL that they're cared for is what makes this company different.  Paid days off if you're volunteering, being able to donate sick time to a fellow Promethean who doesn't have any but has a family emergency, just a couple of examples of how Prometheus does things the right way, from the ground up.

I love my previous companies, they were great in a lot of ways, but I've never had a job where I can come and work my butt off and consistently get appreciated for it like I do here.

The place I worked was fine and the training was top notch. I like the managers and supervisors. I don’t think advancement was ever a real possibility for me as I didn’t really fit the mold. The biggest issue you will face there is a moral one. The business is built on a brain washing branding type of model. They really want you to buy into their product which isn’t that great. They are one of the main culprits of the housing crisis and they thrive on driving up rent costs. You will sadly watch people lose their homes under oppressive rent increases. This company refuses (by their own admission) to operate in rent control areas. They want turn over and for people to move out as often as possible. It’s a ruthless business mode and makes you want to take a long shower every night to wash off the stink of their business practices. They also build an atmosphere that allows residents to berate and treat employees horribly. It gets to be a lot.

Maintain occupancy goals as defined by management, by successfully leasing apartments, qualifying potential residents, verifying applications, performing credit investigations, and creating all associated documentation accompanying the rental agreements in a timely and accurate fashion for the Property Manager's approval. Acquaint the new residents with leasing documentation, the property rules, the policies that affect the residents, apartment functions and emergency procedures, to ensure resident satisfaction on move-in. Responsible for taking a proactive role in the preparation and maintenance of a current resident profile, along with supporting the marketing functions of the property through recording accurate data on prospects and new residents.

What is the best part of working at the company?
All boys club - they run the place and the owner's daughter is the puppet face more interested in selecting new design furniture spending $$$$$ recklessly vs taking care of the low-paid employees = shameful

DEI efforts non-existent

HR is in a word "reactive" -- plain vanilla...yawn
step it up and do your job

What is the most stressful part about working at the company?
dealing with the micromanager owner and sleepy HR leader with no independent thought other than what the owner wants.....(both useless)

What is the work environment and culture like at the company?
political
put on a happy face
don't complain
no consequences for poor performance for the most part employees stay here forever like the government jobs


What is a typical day like for you at the company?
ping pong table-like chasing the next non-emergency

I worked in this company and they never appreciated my knowledge and experience. They never give the opportunity of advanced. For the contrary they hire people that they never know the area of work, so much so; that one of my supervisors (who supposedly hire because has the knowledge). He fixing a leaking pipe with paper towels, a clogged kitchen sink with shop vacuum and I can mentioning more. In the administration office they only hire people with the same sex orientation.

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