Pros
There are frequent openings and promotional opportunities at HRI Properties, but only because there is huge employee turnover. The company is growing, so growth potential is there. They will reimburse you for certification, however the process is so ridiculously complicated, and the instance of HR "dropping the ball" so frequent--it's really not worth it. The IT department is filled with a lot of great, hardworking people. Not sure how much they are appreciated, but they do an excellent job. Employee morale across the board, however, is so low as to not even register.
Cons
Absolutely no training for new employees, it truly is a "sink or swim" environment. They attract a lot of fantastic talent with a lot of big promises--then invariably let them down in a big way. Regionals are overworked; as a matter of fact, they are required now to not only be regionals of multitudinous properties, they must also be community managers of at least one. This, of course, means everyone from the regional down suffers; employees at the property level, residents, vendors... everyone. Community managers are unappreciated and considered very much expendable. In New orleans, HRI is affectionately known in the industry as "The Meatgrinders" among other property management firms - and for good reason. The Human Resource Department and Upper Management are so ineffective, disorganized and chaotic as to be just laughable.