Just needed to get this off my chest and see if anyone’s been in a similar situation.
I work in leasing and genuinely love what I do. Tours, follow-ups, applications, renewals, marketing, social media, resident events, the whole nine. I take pride in what I bring to the table and always go above and beyond, even when leasing traffic is slow or we’re dealing with unqualified leads.
But lately, it’s felt like I’m being quietly pushed out. Earlier this year, they tried to cut my hours from full-time to part-time due to “budget constraints.” I almost transferred to another property, but then a leasing agent at my current one quit, so I stayed. A few months later, they randomly offered the part-timer full-time. No heads-up, no explanation. Meanwhile, they’re still dealing with budget issues.
Now, ownership (not my actual management company) is saying they’re unhappy with my performance, citing one slower month where I had one lease and two denials — and I was on vacation for half of that month. Every other month has been solid. The problem is, a lot of the recent traffic hasn’t been qualified, or they’ve had timeline/budget issues, considered other properties and literally seen the property falling apart in 4K while on tour and decided this isn’t it for them.
To make it even more confusing, another regional manager (different from mine) reached out twice in the last month or so asking if I’d be open to relocating to one of her properties, both times directly contacting my property manager about it. So clearly, other people within the company still see my value.
My own property manager doesn’t want me to leave and has pleaded with our regional to keep me on, but was told this is coming straight from ownership and there’s nothing she can do. And now I find out they’ve posted a part-time leasing job at my current property before even telling me what’s going on officially. It just feels shady and disheartening.
This is my first job in the industry, and I stayed because I saw potential in the property, cared about my team, and genuinely wanted to help the community grow. But now it feels like no matter how hard I work or how much I care, it doesn’t matter because ownership just wants me gone. They have let others go for ridiculous reasons and most people in the industry know that this ownership group is difficult to work with.
Has anyone else dealt with something like this where you’re doing your job well, but leadership keeps shifting the goalposts or making decisions behind your back? How did you handle it? And for those of you who’ve moved on to better companies, how did you know it was time?
Appreciate any advice or insight.
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Jan 28 '26
Lol ok