Franklin Group Reviews

3.3

51% would recommend to a friend

(86 total reviews)

Chris McKee

73% approve of CEO

47% positive business outlook

Franklin Group has an employee rating of 3.3 out of 5 stars, based on 86 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have a good working experience there. The Franklin Group employee rating is in line with the average (within 1 standard deviation) for employers within the Real estate industry (3.8 stars).

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86 reviews
1.0
20 Oct 2015

All That Glitters is Not Gold

Anonymous employee
Recommend
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Pros

Working with other local property management teams was a positive experience from me. For a short time, one of the regionals even made sure we constantly did events together and bonded as a team.

Cons

Everything else. When I came aboard, I was enticed with this vision of a company of the future. They hired so many amazing rockstars in the local industry to come and help the company get there. During this time it was a good place. As time went on, I began to find out the truth about the company. Pay: First of all, no raises. I worked there for two years and no raises were issued out. This was the most common complaint as they require all properties to be 100% or they were failing. Due to this extreme standard being met constantly through much sacrifice and hard work, many were hoping to be compensated and they weren't. They also promised huge bonuses to make up for this, but despite prodding from even Regionals, they would go back on their word on this and when they did give one bonus, it was 10% of what was promised. This was the most popular reason of people leaving on property and corporate level. Corporate: They claimed to promote a healthy work/balance lifestyle, yet I saw how they asked so many people to give so much. They would just say whatever needs to be done to get the job done so not to explicitly contradict themselves, but all who disobeyed this got fired. They also cared little for property management staff and wouldn't let anyone except property managers participate in CVAA events unless it was a special exception. Lastly, communication and implementation was so poor. When they swapped property management software, it led to many billing issues among other things. they guaranteed for months it would work and to inform our residents of this. Then month after month, I would have to apologize and give them the same line. The worst part is they would always pressure us to vote them as the "Top Place to Work" to maintain this false image of people liking it there. Vendor Relations: Frequently services would be suspended because corporate would not pay bills. I can't even keep track of the number of times services were suspended at my property because another property wasn't paid up or corporate just didn't cut a check. Management: They expanded really quickly in the course of a year and as result ended up losing a lot of what they took on because they couldn't keep the owners who they were managing for happy. Do not be fooled. The local property management teams were amazing, but this company is terrible and continues to run people on the corporate and local level.

2.0
12 June 2017

A mirage

Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

Steady work, PTO and holiday pay are nice benefits.

Cons

Toxic corporate culture of sadism, back-stabbing, gossipy office politics, lack of communication, lack of responsibility, lack of honesty, they violate most of their core values. They do not appreciate honest employees.

1.0
14 Feb 2017
Recommend
CEO approval
Business outlook

Pros

You get a paycheck.

Cons

Huge disconnect between "core values" and the ridiculous Fish Philosophy book they make you read and what actually happens. In the corporate office, it is incestuous. People have jobs because either their family members work there and they're completely inept or they are/were sleeping with someone at the corporate office. Who you know trumps what you do all day long. People with years of hard work and dedication are completely unappreciated and undervalued.

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