Avoid like the plague! - Development Associate Tarragon Employee Review

I knew within three months of being employed at Tarragon that it would be a short-lived experience for me. Evidently, many others felt the same because the office functioned like a revolving door. There is a constant effort to hire new talent and retention was a huge issue while I was there. The office environment was totally archaic with management watching your comings and goings and not trusting you to manage your own time or work load. It’s 100% a butts-in-seats type place and I was literally warned by my manager that higher ups from Investco descend to the Tarragon floor on Friday afternoons to see who is still working. I still don’t know if he was serious or if this was a manipulation tactic, which is very disturbing. Tarragon and the entire Corliss family of companies have hundreds of employees on their payroll but the entities have been parceled out to keep each organization under 50 employees thereby conveniently dodging the minimum requirements for paid FMLA. Be aware, if you choose to work for any of these companies and you need to take time off for parental leave, a medical procedure or surgery, to care for a sick relative, etc. you will receive nothing from your employer and you’ll be left to navigate the WA Paid Family Leave process alone which was roughly 50% of my typical paycheck. In short, this company sees its employees as commodities / work horses with no inherent value. It’s a dehumanizing, miserable place to work where leadership obsesses over punching clocks and pushing paper versus improving processes or boosting productivity. I consider Tarragon to be a blight on my otherwise fulfilling and meaningful 12+ year career in commercial real estate. There are so many better companies in the Seattle market who value their employees, support them through life’s many seasons, and recognize that profitability and employee satisfaction are intrinsically tied. Take your talent elsewhere, I did.