Remote Job, Low Pay for Hard Work - Inside Sales Representative Extra Space Storage Employee Review

3.0
19 Sept 2023
Recommend
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Pros

Work remotely (and the ability to swap your assigned shift if you can find someone willing to). Most of the people I work with are cool. I get time off the phone for a few hours a week for Self-development or to meet with peers and management on camera. I stay connected and interact with everyone all day via TEAMS.

Cons

Compensation is way too low! Extra Space is a multi-billion dollar company that averages thousands per rental, yet you'll only see a few dollars of commission for that if you perform at the "floor average." The attendance policy is very strict and the little PTO you have is often denied when you try to schedule it. Our pay is affected by things out of our control, such as Solicitors, Robots, and SERVICE calls that come through to our sales lines. Management tries to tell us that "it all evens out because everyone else on the sales floor gets service calls too." Okay, but there's also a reason why Service reps get paid a higher hourly rate to take Service calls, so we should also be paid accordingly for those, and not get docked AT ALL for other non-sales calls (which automatically count against our sales numbers/ commission).

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5.0
5 Jun 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
14 May 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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