Highly demanding job - Store Manager Extra Space Storage Employee Review

1.0
23 Feb 2016
Recommend
CEO approval
Business outlook

Pros

Big corporation that you can transfer to different sites or states. Bonus can be good but all depends on sites.

Cons

Highly demanding job for customer service. The higher ups don't know what it's like to actual work at a store or it's been years since they have. Only interaction the site has is the district manager. most are controlling, and degrading to employees. We are the workers that have to do everything and are reminded we are replaceable.

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5.0
20 June 2026
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Pros

Great benefits Work life balance Culture

Cons

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3.0
14 May 2026
Recommend
CEO approval
Business outlook

Pros

Solid schedule - 40 hours per week, not expected to be there more than that. No one looking over your shoulder constantly (unless you have a new DM, they can't seem to help it) Mostly great people to work with Local, immediate management does care and are helpful.

Cons

Very large rate increases really upset customers and that's just too bad. We are given word to tell them but it just isn't true. Putting more money in stock holder's pockets is the bottom line and it doesn't matter how much anger we have to deal with. You are absolutely expected to sell insurance to every renter. However, you must be careful because you aren't "insurance salesmen". You get a ding when you don't sell it. We are encouraged to use evasive language and rush through it so the renter thinks it's required without quite saying so. You would think this large of a corporation would have handymen available but it is so, so difficult to get the smallest repair done due to getting bids from vendors, turning them in, reminding the person you turned them in to what needs done maybe getting approval, then scheduling. By that time lights (or whatever) have been out for a month or 2. Benefits are very expensive and cover so little.

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