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Location: Phoenix, AZ
Company: Equity Residential
Experience: Mid-level
Highest Level of Education: High School Diploma



Job Responsibilities
On the property I work on the duties are pick trash,empty dog stations,check/clean loundry rooms and thats about 1 in the morning then I check w/o's for the day in the summer time its a/c calls and thats about 10 hour work day or until dusk and in the winter time its heater calls 8 hours and the rest of the time its hot water heaters, toilets, elect, and floods and pools
Job Requirements
Equity does offer levels 1, 2, and 3 on classes depends on witch postion you are trying to get with in the company and the classes are pools, elect, pluming, heaters and a/c and so on ans all you have to is ask the sup. or the mgr to set you up in the classes depends on the property the load can light or heavy.
Uppers
The best part I would have to say is when you can put a smile on a residents face wheater be fixing something or helping them with a package to just spending a few min. just talking to them.
Downers
The bad part is when a resident gets frustrated and when you are the w/o guy you hear it all whearter be a w/o to mgn to personal issues and the trash people just throw on the ground.
Lifestyle
All around this field is good it can be very challenging at times and this field will all ways be around the chocies are very many.
Compensation
It's pretty much standerd for reg. employees at the end of the year but through out the year you do get a small bounce every quarter but sup. on up are better but thats at the end of the year for them and the stock options are good if you get on with equity get some and the benefits are really good.
Advice to Jobseekers
All around this field is good it can be very challenging at times and this field will all ways be around the chocies are very many.

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