In the race to be on time some people are being left behind - Anonymous employee Extra Space Storage Employee Review

3.0
Jun 13, 2016
Anonymous employee
Recommend
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Pros

Great schedule, no working past 6:00 PM, we are closed on Sunday. If needed we get free or discounted storage depending on job level.

Cons

In an attempt to increase profits and keep expenses down most sites are manned by one person at a time. We are required to walk strangers through a warehouse to show units. They know we are alone and that is unsettling. Some warehouses are located off the beaten path and in questionable neighborhoods. Anything can happen with no witnesses and no help. We are expected to be there for the customers, answer calls within a certain time, follow up reservations within 15 minutes and leave the facility to go to the bank. With one person on site this is just not possible. The phone goes unanswered and customers wait for you to return. It's common for us to be yelled at by angry customers complaining about late fees and auctions or having to wait outside a locked office for you to return. Having another person for support will reduce these incidents.

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Pros

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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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