maintenance technician

community manager

janitor

maintenance supervisor

concierge

What is the best part of working at the company?
PTO was good and all the Paid Holidays 

What is the most stressful part about working at the company?
The most stressful part of my position is consistently being placed in situations where I am expected to identify, address, and mitigate serious safety, health, and compliance issues without having the authority or support necessary to ensure they are properly resolved.
My role has required repeated involvement with fire and life-safety concerns, pest and habitability issues, and other conditions that directly impact resident and employee safety. While I take these responsibilities seriously and act in good faith to report and document concerns, the lack of timely corrective action and follow-through creates ongoing stress and operational risk.
Additionally, raising legitimate concerns has often resulted in increased scrutiny, corrective actions, or disciplinary measures rather than collaborative problem-solving. This creates a work environment where compliance, transparency, and ethical responsibility feel discouraged rather than supported.
The cumulative effect is a high level of stress driven not by the workload itself, but by the conflict between doing what is safe and appropriate versus navigating resistance, retaliation, or inaction. I remain committed to performing my duties professionally and responsibly, but clearer processes, accountability, and support from management would significantly reduce unnecessary stress and improve overall outcomes

What is the work environment and culture like at the company?
Based on my experience, the company culture places a strong emphasis on managing immediate risk and optics rather than proactively addressing underlying operational, safety, and compliance concerns. While policies and procedures exist, their application is often inconsistent, which can create confusion and uncertainty for staff responsible for day-to-day execution.
Employees are frequently expected to identify and report issues related to safety, habitability, and compliance, but there is limited follow-through or empowerment to ensure those issues are resolved effectively. This disconnect between responsibility and authority contributes to frustration and elevated stress levels.
Additionally, the culture does not consistently promote psychological safety. Raising concerns or reporting potential risks can result in heightened scrutiny or corrective action rather than collaborative problem-solving. As a result, staff often operate defensively, focusing on documentation and self-protection rather than open communication and continuous improvement.
Overall, the culture would benefit from clearer accountability at all levels, consistent enforcement of policies, and an environment that encourages transparency and supports employees who raise legitimate concerns in good faith. Strengthening these areas would improve morale, reduce risk, and promote a more sustainable and compliant workplace

Working at Related Management was the most disappointing professional experiences I’ve had. The environment was incredibly toxic — it often felt more like a high school drama or reality TV show than a professional workplace. Whether or not you “fit in” with their cliquish, unprofessional culture seems to matter more than your actual work ethic or performance.

The training process was rushed and poorly structured. What was supposed to be a two-week onboarding was crammed into just four days, with many key company-specific procedures either skipped over or barely mentioned. Later on, you're held accountable for not knowing these things, despite never being properly trained on them.

Both the General Manager and Assistant General Manager regularly engaged in openly disrespectful conversations about other employees — much of it unrelated to work — creating an atmosphere of gossip, mistrust, and unprofessionalism. This wasn’t just a one-off issue; it seemed to be part of a broader culture that prioritizes appearances and favoritism over actual performance or growth.

Lunch was eaten at your desk every single day, with no real break, and working overtime was the norm, including checking emails on weekends, all without any additional pay. Being salaried was used as an excuse to overwork staff while offering no support or investment in their development.

These problems aren't limited to a single property or location; they appear to be systemic across the company. If you're looking for a respectful, supportive, and growth-oriented workplace, I strongly recommend looking elsewhere.

The overall feeling of the job was stress and never enough time. Understaffed 95% of time. Temps were not temporary. Unrealistic expectations and no prioritization, everything was critical and ASAP. Overtime was mandatory. Missed lunches and breaks. Altered timecards to reduce time worked. 
Management at this site; was less than stellar, never worked as much as those they managed, did a lot of personal things during work hours including school or other job search and left in position to the detriment of staff and site in spite of staff consensus of ineptitude. Ineffective or domineering. Catty. Confrontational. Contributed to low morale. Seemed to care more about how we dressed. 
Awesome manager at a sister site.
Upper management was available and hands on. Approachable. Maybe too nice at times.
Training was on point, enjoyable, thorough.
Promoting from within would’ve solved a lot of site level issues. 
The worst part, I believe, is that the most dedicated staff that truly cared and worked as requested, suffered serious health problems, myself included, all stress exacerbated issues and occurring beyond what would be normal %s for the number of affected staff in the San Diego county region. Truly alarming.

I generally was the first to arrive, and would process any pending payments, respond to emails, return phone calls, handle any outstanding deposit accounting, address any concerns that may have arisen.  Throughout the day, I would answer phone calls, greet prospective residents, handing background checks and credit checks, process any inventory orders that were required.

I learned a lot when I worked for this company regarding property management.  Including how it works, what it takes to run an apartment complex, and what goes on "behind the scenes".

The management was not very supportive.  Throughout my short time with the company, I had several different managers, all of which were either learning a new position, or were competitive among their own peers.  This caused much discontent among the employees, and thus caused several people to leave their company, of their own volition.

I consider myself to be very adaptable to change, and easy to work with.  With this being said, the only problems that I had were with the unqualified upper management that I worked with.  This was the hardest part of the job.

I enjoyed interacting with different people, and getting to know both the residents, prospective residents, and the other co-workers in other parts of the country.

Daily - Email correspondence 
Learned - dishonesty exists
Management - uses erasable pens when signatures and dates are needed on legal documents. Erasable ink can be altered at a later time.
Workplace Culture - None
Hardest part - Not hard at all
Most enjoyable part - Talking to tenants and attending their needs

On my start date, below is what was not available and not allowed for me.
- Not allowed to have an account in their system
- Cannot create PDF's (no license).
- Cannot do any work in Microsoft Office (no license).
- Cannot be given a key to the office you are stationed in.
- Bring your own water. There is no kitchen or break room.
- You do need your own transportation to work in both locations.
- If the porter is not at the site, I will not be able to go out for my lunch break.
- If the porter is not at the site, I will not be able to go out for my lunch break.
Below is what I was given to do (in one week).
- Collect mail.
- Collect rent checks.
- Distribute notices to apartments as directed.
- Manually enter applications in company system under manager’s account while manager monitors.
- Attended to tenants needs to then relay to manager
I have found she has been completely dishonest and is very conniving. In my opinion she mixes the truth with deceit.
She would tell tenants (at times) to not date their signature, for whatever reason.
Basically, erasable ink can be altered at a later time.
Legally, this does not stand in the court of law.


One of the most volatile experiences I've ever had. The manager I had, who wasn't even in my city, was very condescending from the get-go. She would give very vague and contradicting instructions and then be very belittling and chastising every single thing I did.

I literally told my recruiter that I'd rather splash battery acid in my eyes and go on permanent disability than work for this woman, ever!

I'm not kidding, this was an insanely horrible experience. While I worked onsite, and she was out of state, there was a betting pool on how long I'd last at this job, seriously. Who does that??  I've noticed that in the weeks since I left, the job posting continues to be listed. I can only imagine how many other people she's burned through in the time since I left.

Oh and if you're saying this was an isolated incident with one boss? Nah, I thought so at first, but in the two weeks I was there, a few of the employees have said the revolving door on every position is usually 1-2 weeks long, NO ONE but the bosses remain. I also witnessed the onsite manager (who wasn't my boss) be as hostile to her team as my boss was to me. Its a vile little group of horrible people that run this company. Good riddance!

I was a property manager with excessive paperwork and responsibilities for there awfully low salary.I was threatened and talk to like a child by management who they themselves knew far less about Hud rules and housing issues than me.It appeared that most of the regional and district managers had not a clue what they where doing never would they help anyone if anything pushed there workload onto the regular property managers and when you brought any of this up they were very defensive and rude .Expectations where very ridiculous .You know its bad when no one can answer your questions because they dont have a clue.Almost like working for overpaid smart  butt teenagers.C o workers where pretty good people under same stress as me.I learned how to back stab others from the management.Most enjoyable part of
this job was in fact leaving ,every day was a disaster of unorganized , disrespectful dealings with people who were out for themselves.

The management is horrible, very little support, unrealistic goals and workload is too much for one person. Management puts employees against each other and there is no team moral. Management walks around like they have the power to talk down to there employees and you feel like you are never doing your best because you are constantly being put down. If you have kids and a family, don’t expect for this company to care. The shadiness with other employees being asked to spy on other managers and asking maintenance staff to spy on there fellow community managers is disgusting. If you put in your time and dedication and go above and beyond it’s not worth it. They need to rethink what Regional Managers they put in place. Who are hypocritical. You can’t have a family emergency but they can pick up their kids from school or conduct there personal matters during work hours.  Staff being fired unfairly because they speak up about needing assistance because, the work load is too much. Where is the leadership ? 

I haven't been working here to long but the time that I have spent with Related has been a wonderful experience. Probably one of the best companies I've ever worked for. They acknowledge each and every person not as an employee but as family. My District Manager actually asked me that one day "do you want to just be a person working for related or be treated as family" It's a wonderful feeling knowing that all the hard work you put in, its being noticed. A great work environment and upper management is always there to help. This is a company that I would love to grow with and hopefully one day they will see that and consider me to actually run/manage a property of my own one day. I know I don't want to live in Jersey for the rest of my life and its great that they have properties all over the work. In the event I wanted to transfer to a different state I can do that without a doubt.

Great company to work for. Mature and respectful management with great synergy with frontline workers. Toxic elements do not thrive in this kind of environment. Status quo (culture) does not allow much flexibility in terms of improving, much easier to blend in than rock the boat. You become independent fast and learn the "art" of compromise and diplomatic approach to things. Management is fairly approachable in regards to requests for advancement to already available higher positions, better chances of growth if within "nepotism" circle. Hardest day at work is when you're abandoned to scramble with helping while the majority just checks out, more lame is when a pizza is the only recognition you get from management. Most enjoyable part of the job is everything else.

Top Job Titles	Average Salary
Maintenance technician 301 salaries reported	$24.84 per hour
Community manager 130 salaries reported	$68,352 per year
Janitor 124 salaries reported	$24.36 per hour
Maintenance supervisor 84 salaries reported	$29.72 per hour
Concierge 105 salaries reported	$26.40 per hour

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