Terrible company to work for. - Assistant Manager Extra Space Storage Employee Review

1.0
Jun 18, 2014
Recommend
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Pros

If you like working alone and making money for this greedy company that won't return some of those vast profits down to the people making them, then this is the place for you.

Cons

Worked 2 years as an assistant manager and was told upon first being hired that I would move between 2 sites to assist the managers of those 2 sites. That was not the case of course. Within a few weeks I was working 4 different sites a week traveling all across our district and not being reimbursed for my mileage since the DM/DLS never informed me how the reimbursement worked. Upon discovering this month's later I was told I was SOL on those past months... For some reason I stayed any way and continued to be thrown around the district, working 4 different sites a week. Never getting weekends off and never having the same day off. They then expect you to basically harass your customers to no end with phone calls of some 'new' procedure that they will scrap in a few weeks. The corporate HQ is an embarrassment as they treat their employees like numbers because that is what ESS cares about most. I have never seen a company care so little about keeping their employees happy, but they sure do like to come down on you if one of your hundred different metrics is in the red. The straw that broke the camels back was that I was requesting bereavement and was told that if I could not find someone to cover I would be denied bereavement, I didn't even know they could do that but I guess they can.

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5.0
Jun 5, 2026
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Pros

The good points of working for Extra Space these five years is the help and growth management allows me. I enjoy working for Extra Space Storage and i come everyday wit a positive mindset to achieve our company goals.

Cons

Extra Space has trained me to listen and show empathy to our tenants. I do my best to give our tenants great customer service and advice.

3.0
May 14, 2026
Recommend
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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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