Village Green reviews

3.1

40% would recommend to a friend

(506 total reviews)

Diane Batayeh

73% approve of CEO

42% positive business outlook

Village Green has an employee rating of 3.1 out of 5 stars, based on 506 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have a good working experience there. The Village Green employee rating is in line with the average (within 1 standard deviation) for employers within the Bienes raíces industry (3.8 stars).

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506 reviews
1.0
Jan 12, 2015
Recommend
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Pros

It's a job, really thats about it. I cant find any other good qualities of why anyone would want to work with any Village Green property.

Cons

They will never actually come through on their promises to the employee even if they are in writing. The upper management keeps getting replaced just for doing their job, we have to sign disclosures to not tell the new managers why the old one got let go even when the new one doing what the old one got fired for. The people running the company keep repeating the same things expecting different results. I had 6 property managers in one year and 8 sales staff all totally screwed by the owners of the company. They will bring you in from out of state, give you a apartment in their nice building, then fire you dumping you there with no job, no way home, and a bill for the time you where in the apartment they where giving you. I was let go because I had physical therapy twice a week from getting into a traffic accident, it was not a work related injury so they decided let me go because I was missing a few hours a week of work even tho I was a super dedicated employee that always put in my 40 hours and stay late to make sure all the residents had what they needed.

1.0
Apr 29, 2019

Not at all the company and culture they claim to be.

Anonymous employee
Recommend
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Pros

I would say the culture and training, but it all sounds great in the beginning and then it's nothing like they claim it is.

Cons

Area director is rude, unfair and basically non-existent... never on site, never responds to emails, never answers phone. Rarely gives compliments, just criticism. This company claims to have the best training, but its more or less hours of sitting in a webinar classroom through Skype trying to pay attention and not fall asleep, while falling further and further behind in your job because Village Green staffs skeleton crews on site. The material is boring and un-engaging, and the vast majority of those who "graduate" from MIT, say they have no clue what they're doing and feel completely unprepared to be a PM. Work-life balance is non-existent if you want to succeed. 1 person is responsible for the job of 3 people and because sites are so minimally staffed, it is nearly impossible to find coverage to take the PTO you've earned. But its all been said and no one listens or cares. Nothing changes. VG claims to have this amazing culture and is all about their people, but that is a lie. It doesn't matter how amazing you are at your job, or how far above and beyond you go, if you're not in with the right people, you will never get promoted. They will move the same property managers 4 or 5 times, increasing their salaries each time, but then ignore others for any opportunity and keep them at the same site for years, always promising things but then never delivering. It is just a clicky company based 100% on a popularity contest. In 2 years we've lost our VP, a regional VP, our executive below the CEO, and our brand ambassador...among many others. The fact that so many higher paid corporate positions are leaving, says a lot about what it's like to work for Village Green. And the best part is, if you speak up in an attempt for resolution, they put a target on your back, out your name and never resolve the underlying issue. It's sad. So many want to speak up, but are in fear of the backlash and know upper management doesn't care, because they're well aware and nothing has changed. When I started for VG, I wanted nothing more than to retire with them. Now I'm actively seeking other employment with better management companies.

1.0
Mar 24, 2015
Recommend
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Pros

Honstly... I was asked this during my exit interview and I couldn't come up with anything other than its a job.

Cons

To start off if I could give Village Green no stars I would. Here is a list of just a few of the cons: - No work life balance, you are looked down upon if you leave on time (work day was from 9-6) take a lunch or use your PTO/vacation days. - Management is corrupt from the top down, none of them know the phrase "lead by example". They would tell you how you should act and then act the complete opposite. - There was little praise for a job well done but blame was always being assigned when something went wrong. -There was no team mentality, I was thrown under the bus multiple time and was left to deal with issues that were not my responsibility to handle because my superiors did not know how to do their jobs. -Lots of what they call "politics" but is actually high school aged drama -Unable to prioritize, everything was a fire drill which was unnecessary! It was expected to have clear thought plans and execute them in an unreasonable time frame. These task were completed (majority in that short amount of time given) and then there was never an feedback or further steps from the party that requested the job. ....The list goes on and on... Overall if you want to work at a horrible self involved company that will age you prematurely you should definitely apply to work at Village Green!

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