Smoke/Mirrors - Anonymous employee Camden Property Trust Employee Review

After onboarding you realize you’ve been blown a bunch of smoke. The culture died years ago and the proof is in the voluntary 40+ % of the company that turned over in the last 10 months. Many of these were long before the vaccine mandate. All this company cares about is money, nickel and diming customers, reputation, and their stock price. You will feel pressured early on in your employment and every time a Forbes survey comes out to share about the great and unique culture . (Email from CEOs/senior leaders on how important this is for our company). You will be told how much tenure is in this company. A lot of tenured employees chose to leave and the ones left will also tell you things aren’t the way they used to be. Upper management will ask you to spend your own money to save on expenses.. Micromanagement thrives here. You cannot speak up unless you want to be barred from any forward movement and I’ve seen many people blocked from great opportunities. If you’re looking to interview ask these questions and pay attention to the answers. - what did layoffs look like during covid? - why did 40% of the company leave Camden? - what are things that were done for employees and residents that don’t happen anymore and has the company benefited financially from the lack of those events. -what did Camden do for on-site employees during the pandemic in terms of labor? I’ll answer this one. Instead of closing offices for safety at the height of the pandemic they made us open our doors and extend working hours