Better than their competition! - Anonymous employee Extra Space Storage Employee Review

5.0
2 Mar 2016
Anonymous employee
Recommend
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Pros

I've worked for other storage companies, and Extra Space is by far the best! They have good benefits, better pay compared to competitors (making 10k more per year for the same position), and treat the employees like real people. It's a well structured company, and I always know where or who to go to when I have a question or need help. Most stores are closed on Sundays!

Cons

It can be hard to plan things on my days off since the schedule changes so much. We have insufficient coverage so many times you work alone, and it can be hard to get big projects done. Deadlines don't change because of that. Hard to move up in the company. Once you're a manager, there's not much else to do without waiting a LONG time.

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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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