leasing consultant

porter

community manager

make ready technician

forester

Venterra Realty

The company provides decent benefits and a fun work environment. I also like their WOW program when used the right way. The meetings are a blast and everyone at corporate is pretty nice. They're always looking for ways to make work more enjoyable. They do encourage employees to maintain a happy balance between work life and personal life and even hold contests for employees to achieve their personal goals. However, the contests that were meant to be friendly turned into a competition which were only ever won by the same people who had nothing better to do. It was nearly impossible to have a life outside of work due to corporate's unreasonable expectations and lack of support. Unhappy employees lost all drive and spread their misery to others. The few people who actually cared about their job would not only be overwhelmed by their own duties, but by the mess left by previous employees/managers and the responsibilities of those who don't care enough to try. If you shared concern or asked for help, it reflected poorly upon you, so you say you can handle it and push forward like Super Man with hopes that one day it will get better. The things that are supposed to make work more enjoyable (WOW program, contests, etc.) only made you feel like a failure when you were too busy with the important stuff to even participate. The whole job was very exhausting and not worth it. It's a good company with the right mindset, but corporate needs to reconsider where they are putting their efforts. Maybe use that fun money and contest money to hire more employees/floaters or a support system to help when the unexpected occurs. Employees would probably be happier with a less stressful environment than a stressful environment with games and contests in which they can win free money, but never have time to participate.

Venterra was an amazing company to work for. I looked forward to going to work everyday and was never in a rush to leave. The company sets very specific standards and guidelines that creates a  fair and consistent environment. There is ample room for growth, personally and professionally. I definitely walked away from the company a stronger employee than when I began.

The company does an excellent job choosing its staff. My entire office had a more collaborative feel than any other company I have ever worked for. We were all willing to pitch in and pick up slack where it was needed. Even company wide meetings created the same feeling. It never ceased to amaze me that a company managed to hire so many positive, goal orientated people.

My days flew by. There was always ample work to do. As a result, I learned the importance of organizing information effectively, communicating every detail, multitasking, and prioritizing my days. You gain a great since of accomplishment when you can check off the list of goals that you started your day with.

The hardest part of the job, by far, was conflict resolution. You are the face of the company. As  a result, you are the first person a prospect or resident deals with and it is very important that you deal with their issues constructively. Thankfully, Venterra gives you an enormous amount or resources to work with. They put the power to solve problems in your hands without you having to climb up a ladder to get the issue resolve. More likely than not, you have the power as an employee to say yes, within reasonable limitation.

Overall, I cannot think of anything I did not love about the company. Every position has its pros and cons, but the pros outweighed the cons by a long shot.

Well after reading the reviews on this page it seems to me that if you work in the maintenance department with this company you won't be a happy camper , like always leasing , leasing , leasing is always the problem , why because they get a commission for every apartment they rent so they don't care how is done they just think about the commission , the thing is that if the supervisor don't put his foot down and let the property manager what's going on then there's always going to be a problem, that's why I'm looking to get a career change this maintenance job is not worth it any more , they over work you for a low pay and expect excellence, maintenance do the dirty work and management gets the congrats when in fact maintenance should be getting a better pay rate one thing I don't understand is why when a resident re sign a new lease the leasing department gets a bonus for that when in fact maintenance should get it because the ones that keep the residents happy is the maintenance department when doing a work order to the residents satisfaction , all leasing do is show the apartment do the paperwork and that's it after that is maintenance job to keep the residents happy so they can stay

What is the best part of working at the company?
Ability to learn and in house promotion. 


What is the most stressful part about working at the company?
Work life balance, 
Leasing office and maintenance being on the same page.

What is the work environment and culture like at the company?
Jovial, cooperate provides the opportunities for regular bonding activities. 
Each CM is different 

What is a typical day like for you at the company?
Interesting.
Starts with a 10min meeting with the Maintenance manager. Who delegates the days work orders.
At this 50+ 505 unit property, there is always new adventures daily. Making my day exciting to get to. Some simple repairs may turn out to be more than expected.  E.g. a simple leak in a toilet bowl may turnout to become the need to change the tank to bowl bolts or to change the shutoff on the intake line, or replace the line from the back of the bathroom wall and replace the tiles also.
Some days run into the night.

When beginning with Venterra is was exciting the company as a whole's culture is incredible.  However, local management is unprofessional, unreasonable & plays favorites.  Towards the end of my time with Venterra it was very obvious it was coming to an end...petty write ups & emails (obvious paper trail beginning) for the smallest items when occupancy & delinquency were amazing at the time.  it all comes down to "favoritism" & this became obvious a couple of months in advance when the other managers began behaving differently towards me...I had heard they had done this to 2 previous managers & also heard them referred to as "Mean Girls"  I didn't believe it until I saw it.  Let go because "you are no longer a good fit."  

Venterra is a company that I truly believed in and loved in the beginning. After a few months though, it was clear that the "core values" of the company were a joke. My coworkers were constantly breaking Fair Housing, which I was punished for because I continually brought it to upper management. We were required to work almost a full hour a day that we were not compensated for. Managers forced me to allow residents to move in to apartments that were infested with roaches. What's worse is they would blame it on me when the new resident complained.
The best way to convey the unprofessional manor in which Venterra deals with employee problems- A resident complained to the PM about the APM asking her to dance on the table in exchange for her balance due. This was after the APM had several complaints about breaking Fair Housing. What was done, you ask? NOTHING. She didn't even get an apology.
ABSOLUTELY TERRIBLE.

The first 6 months of working at Venterra were great. I loved my job so much I put in extra work on my days off without asking for pay. After I had about a week off for health, I came back to a surprise visit from the corporate project manager. This visit was not favorable to me in his eyes, as a resident came in with a problem and I didn't pop up out of my chair to greet them (I was only a week out of surgery, but hey, who cares about the why). After that, there were constant issues of toxicity, culminating in a near-complete staff change as soon as I had roughly trained my replacements, to include denial of my request to go down to part time work to refocus on my education. Additionally, Venterra compensates their employees at a lower rate per lease, and the thin veneer of employee satisfaction is largely ignored, with their only offered solution is a yearly party to show everyone how good the company is doing and how much profit it has made.

I've worked for so many management companies in the past. I've stayed with this company for the past 3 years and readily tell others where I work and have a sense of pride in my voice. I have been far better trained with this company, through supervisors and others, to perform my work very well and to go beyond the mandates for my position.
For my region, it can be difficult to advance to higher positions, but that is because the staff tends to stick around. We are not buying as much in this region either.
That being said, I have certificates now. I have a ton of hands on experience. I get help when I need it. Would highly recommend to all maintenance personnel who want to feel like they are people instead of "just a number" or "a robot."

Typical day would be to do my make ready and the many other things that i were asked to help out with. What i learned was how to prioritize my day to help out my co workers , maintenance manager included and still get my job done. Management was great on a co worker boss level but the actual management decisions made my job a little bit harder and more frustrating. Loved my co workers they were the best. Hardest part of my job was having enough time to give them a perfectly turned unit but still being there for my co workers when called upon. The most enjoyable part of my job was all the overtime i would get paid for being on call it was a lot of work but more money for my family is always a good thing.

Great place to work overall with the regional supervisor always being a call away to help with bigger issues that lower managment employees couldnt properly get takin care of. Were always putting employees and clients on top of priorty list of course clients 1st being they are reason for employess being needed. Being roving tech they paid per mile and a type of food per night n day and a room in complex to stay in while working if you worked out of town

Top Job Titles	Average Salary
Leasing consultant 1 salary reported	$15.00 per hour
Porter 24 salaries reported	$13.22 per hour
Community manager 8 salaries reported	$72,500 per year
Make ready technician 1 salary reported	$20.31 per hour
Forester 4 salaries reported	$12.85 per hour

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