District Manager is really a manager - District Manager Public Storage Employee Review

2.0
25 Jul 2014
Recommend
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Pros

Stock when I was hired with a three year vestment. Other than that, as I look back at my two years there I see no pros.

Cons

Although they only hire experienced DMs I found the DMs who had been there the longest where ones who had never worked for a decent company in the past. This job is really a management job where you manage hourly employees who have no authority to make any decisions. The Senior DM is really the DM managing you, the manager. Work life balance is the absolute worst and a complete joke. You aRe expected to log in every day to make sure you employees made it to work. This means forget church, workouts, camping with no wifi, etc. God forbid one of your lame hourly employees call in sick at the last minute, show up late for work, or quit and you don't get your property opened up on time. The. An email goes out to every level of mgmt and if you didn't prereport it you are screwed. Summers you are expected to work six days a week for about three months with no other compensated day off. You literally have to send in reports several times a day on Saturdays and sometimes Sundays during this time reporting units rented, locks sold, etc. What a joke and another way for them to make your life miserable. Car mileage is a joke. I know it is the law but if you don't live near your territory you will be screwed. Management--- I don't know where to start. This is the most micro managed company you will ever work for. The CEO and upper management have their hand in everything from approvals to pay repairs on dilapidated storage units to 24/ 7 tabs on all their employees. They have huge egos And treat their employees poorly The regional meetings are unbelievable. The regional and seniors will literally practice their DM meeting presentations for hours so when the CEO and whoever else decides to attend their meeting, don't chastise them for having a bad meeting. We had a DM once who got fired because the CEO reported her to the rvp that she took her shoes off under the table during the meeting. True story ! The annual reviews are a complete joke. The RVPs have to spend a week in California presenting their dm reviews to the CEO. What CEO has the time to manage every DM in the company! It is a complete dog and pony show. I don't know where to stop so I'll stop here. Don't take a job here. It was a complete waste of my time. I was not fired or forced out by any means just got tired of working for such a crappy company

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5.0
8 May 2026
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Pros

This position offers a great deal of empowerment to hire, train and develop your team and run your business. No day is ever the same and you get to be out from behind a desk engaging with people. The team I have worked with and the leaders I have worked for have challenged me to grow and develop in every step of my journey here.

Cons

There are a lot of competing priorities so the ability the prioritize, make decisions and be flexible is vital to success.

3.0
4 Jun 2026
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Pros

-Managers not physically there to breathe down your neck constantly -No pressure to lift heavy stuff yourself, the recommend getting a vendor to handle heavy loads - Walking around is built into the Job, gotta walk around the check the facility -No random times. Office opens at 9:30 and closes at 6 (5 on the weekends) no true clopening shifts

Cons

-Corporate throws darts at the wall for changes each month -Often times very little help while taking the full blame for situations you were forced into from lack of help -Often, repetitive, numerous meetings. Including a once a month in person meeting at a location in your district that wont necessarily have any new info to give.

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