FirstService Residential Reviews

This is a place where the smallest decision needs to be reviewed by 10 people. The running joke is whether the President will show up on time for meetings (if he shows up at all). You never know who's head is going to roll next - yours, your co-worker, or another Director's. I'm not sure how they're able to attract any applicants for leadership roles at all!!! I want to be clear - 99% of the staff are wonderful, hard working, competent individuals that work in a toxic, dysfunctional environment. This is a classic case of one rotten apple that ruins the bushel. 1). Abusive President that is not held accountable by Corporate Head Office 2). President is judgmental and has a habit of pitting people against each other through negative narratives and childish name calling. 3). As soon as another leader disagrees at all, a smear campaign will start. The only way to remain in the organization is by becoming as abusive as he is. 4). Never ending list of projects that never get done due to ridiculous turnover and lack of vision 5). No vision to follow - just a revenue driven mindless organization which makes you feel like there is no value or reason to go to work other than collecting a substandard paycheque. 6).Below industry standard pay

They do not train their managers. I was an administrative assistant and they asked me to train my new managers. Then they fire them. All the time. Every week all the time giving everyone horrible anxiety. I would get emails all the time that someone else was gone. And not just managers. The accountants. The admins. The HR people. The anxiety of being randomly fired gave me panic attacks. I would wake up in a cold sweat. Even I had little training and was just thrown into the mix. Then I had SO much work it was unreal. My job should have been for two people. Managers would pile junk on my desk all the time. Thinking I had time to scan in 1000's of documents. Get's better. I was hired with the understanding I would move into management. Then when I asked about it I was told that I was an admin and admins don't go into management and basically how could I be so foolish. But please train the new managers since you know more than they do. WOW! So I left and went with another management company and am a manager. They don't fire people every other day and I feel better now. Then I found out after I left that I was the lowest paid in my department. Tho I had the most managers and the most work. UGH!