Pros
You will never get fired, no matter what. There are zero consequences. This is a pro for people who don’t have a work ethic but it consistently drives away good employees.
Cons
Everyone is severely underpaid and they know they pay low and they are okay with it. No true change is being made to the pay structure. There is no culture. Sometimes people jokingly refer to the “Wasatch way” but there are no values or culture. There is now growth, they claim there is growth happening but they just hire in outside people for those roles or you have to be with the company more than 10 years for a promotion. They offer a rent discount but there are no properties with employee rent discount available so you can’t actually use it. If you are lucky enough to take advantage of the discount you are then trapped because you don’t make enough to pay rent without the discount. It is a horrible trap for underpaid employees. No true training or resources. If you are new or not you are just directed to a how to guide in the online employee portal. Covid has not been taken seriously at all. While on-site staff was at work everyday with doors open and no mask requirements or social distance requirements unless a mandate came through from local government, those who work at the corporate office were safe working from home at the beginning of the pandemic. If someone is sick they are rushed back to work to get everyone else sick, but if you work at the corporate office and get sick, you guessed it you are working from home. Bereavement is not consistent for employees. You only get 3 days and they have to be immediate family, or you are on your own with pto or sick days. But someone at the corporate level lost a family member, which is terrible and sad but the treatment was not equal because they had a completely flexible schedule and way more than 3 days off. At the company Christmas party Dell Loy Hansen found it appropriate to share with the room that they had made an insane amount of money on the sale of some properties the proceeded to laugh about it. Meanwhile all employees sat in that room under paid with no year end bonus. Glad to see he can gloat about all the money he is lining his pockets with while underpaying the employees that make the money for him. They care more about the residents/customers than they do employees. If a resident verbally abuses a staff member that is okay, but if an employee refuses to be spoke to in a disrespectful manor that isn’t okay and the resident will get financial compensation or at least validity from the corporate office. Just call an employees boss and you get your way, leaving the employee feeling undermined and not supported.
