Forest City Enterprises Employer Reviews

A busy enviroment with retail exposure. The co-workers have great skills and office environment is great.

Company has massive disconnect between staff and managment, i worked at a property where there was definite favoritism. Management preaches teamwork but wont be caught dead actually helping out. Leasing agents often would rent apartments with only 2 or 3 days to turn them and the problem would just become maintenance staffs issue to deal with. Property – more... manager treated staff poorly, there was no advancement within property. – less

Founding family has turned the reins over to self-interested managers who show little compassion but produce less than stellar results. Review the annual Proxy to see what these managers pay themselves for a mediocre performance.
Administrative overhead is bloated compared with REIT peer group.
The executive network rewards those with social ties to – more... leadership (relatives and drinking buddies), punishing dissent without regard for what's best for the shareholders. – less

I worked at this company for three years. I worked extremely hard for a new lease up community. The company is great and will take care of you for hard work. The community offices are small teams of employees so like any job you will have a clash in personalities. Great company I left because of the commute was getting to long, but was very happy at – more... FCE. – less

I have learned so much over the years I have worked with this company. There are so many things that I still learn on a daily basis. There are some tough challenges when it comes to areas like resident retention and satisfaction, but my proudest moments are when I can speak to the resident, listen to their frustrations, and in the end still have them – more... leave as a happy resident. – less

The hours and benefits are great. Management is all over the place, implementing different policies almost everyday

Corporation did not reimburse business expenses. Corporation failed to pay bonuses.
May not pay relocation so little investment in employee.
Ethics represented by the Ridge Hill project and the resulting trial. Do your research on this Corporation carefully.

If the same GM is there since 2011, you will be micromanaged, treated like an idiot, watched like a child. I spent most of my days at forest city listening to other employees vent about the way they were treated, and some left in tears. The salary was awsome, but not worth what I had to deal with on a daily basis. At the time on hands training was poor. – more... We were taught to sign a lease in a couple of hours ( if that) we had been signing leases for weeks, and then we were stalked by management while signing leases with residents, and sometimes inturupted to be told that it was wrong ( we were humiliated in front of the resident due to poor training). I do know there has been a turnover there in the past year, including the person over the GM, as well as the GM's assistant. – less

Forest City at Keesler AFB was a nightmare... If the same GM is there since day one you will be MICROMANAGED and asked constantly what you are doing. How can you not act like an idiot if that is how you are treated. I spent most of my work day listening to other employees vent about how they were being treated and a few were left in tears. We were taught – more... to sign a lease in a couple of hours, signed leases for weeks, then were stalked while signing with residents, some were humiliated in front of the resident and corrected. There has been a turn over with this location as well In the past year. Including the person above the GM and the GM's assistant. – less

I learned alot at Forest City Enterprises from plumbing to electrical.It was a very hands on job and other than some attitudes of a few higher up that seem to look down on the blue collars employee.Otherwise i would recommend anyone to work for this company.

The assignment ended all too soon and my duties varied quite a bit throughout the assignment. The management and co-workers were the best you could hope for. The hardest part of the job was giving it up. The most enjoyable part was having had the opportunity to work there.

A Typical Day Was Exciting For Me, I Learned So Much From My Co-Workers And Managers.