renovator

property manager

maintenance technician

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logistics coordinator

Marda Management

You are overworked and severely underpaid at Marda. The wage is fine for a starting wage, especially if you have no experience, but with the amount of work and knowledge you have, there is no pay increase offered. There is a high employee turnover rate here. There is a lack of proper compensation for salary & gas reimbursement. There is also no room to grow in this company (pay increase, promotions). You are expected to show up to work dressed your best and have the highest level of professionalism for very little pay. 

The culture is non-existent here either. The company focuses on its image (repeatedly asking customers for Google reviews, making new content on social media channels, hosting events for potential investors) rather than focusing on the growth, development & happiness of employees.

Management can be helpful with your learning throughout the job, however, the environment is continually hostile. You can expect verbal abuse from both tenants and owners and you will be expected to deal with the situation, and sometimes be required to call the police if you are on-site at a property.

You are 100% expected to work weekends and be on-call. There is NO overtime pay at all, which will burn you out very fast as you can be out all night and still be expected to come into the office the next morning for an 8-hour shift. 

The benefits are quite alright here and you are awarded the benefits package after 3 months.

Overall, MARDA is a fine place to gain experience in general/in property management but is not ideal for a long-term career.

Working at Marda Management was an amazing adventure! I started there as an intern and it turned into a full time job within a week. 
I started in the office, assisting the CEO and other employees. 
After a while, I got used to the Ins & Outs of the company & I started a whole new title as rental agent. Being a rental agent meant I had scheduled meetings about every 30 minutes at various locations throughout Windsor. As a rental agent I learned how to deal with the general public face to face, how to be a salesperson, a problem solver, a master of multi-tasking and time management.  Because I was a rental agent I went to vacant and becoming vacant properties the most, so I often became a rent collector, maintenance advisor, customer service provider and anything else I needed to be. 
I learned so much working for Marda, the management was good, the employees were like family to everyone, and the owner and CEO was the most understanding and down to earth.  The hardest part of the job was the beginning of every month. Every month we would have new people moving into multiple locations. The office would become hectic with work overloads and I become busy running errands at a moments notice. I often felt I was being pulled in a million directions. 
The most enjoyable part of the job was sitting down at the end of the day with the CEO & other employees and talking about our days. Brainstorming ways we can make tomorrow better. The job was NEVER a dull moment. Lots of laughs, and a lot I will take with me for the rest of my life.

A typical day starts with collecting keys at the office, matching each key its corresponding work order and see if there are any supplies in the shop that you may need for any of the work orders.  A lot of jobs will require you to assess them before you can determine exactly what you will need to complete them. Around 1 pm you will have to check in with the status of each work order even the ones you haven't started yet.  You are required to take before and after pictures of each job and upload the pictures to the app. At the end of the day all keys will need to be returned to the office.

Pros:
Comfortable environment.
Flexible start and end times.
Some perks (mostly apply to office employees).
Learn new things daily.
Meet new people.
Some tenants will let the office knows you did a good job.

Cons:
Require your own tools, vehicle and phone with data plan.
No jeans allowed.
if you own a car you will have difficulties carrying some tools and supplies.
Huge key problem.
Lots of driving around.
You will have to buy fuel often.
No compensation for milage, gas or phone bill.
Roads in downtown Windsor are really bad.
Sometimes there is no parking close to the job site.
Have to carry heavy items to apartment unit.
You have to deal with angry tenants.
Some apartments are dirty with bad odours, has bed bugs and roaches and are filled with the smell of smoke.
A lot of buildings are in really poor conditions.
Constantly asking tenants to use their bathroom.

This company gives a good front but when you open the layers it's definitely not worth it. Any job that will make your life so stressful and fall into depression is honestly not worth it. From my experience and the grapevine of this company, most employees always felt overwhelmed and struggled with their role(s). 
It is a very "VERY" high demanding company. 
No empathy or sympathy with issues regarding employees personal lives. No care or concern, you're just another number to them.
They'll threaten you with your job if your don't comply with their ridiculous rules and policies. 


This company chose to overwork their employees and not compensate for their work. They would not pay for overtime hours. They would ask the employees to bank the overtime hours and they would supplement those hours when they did not have a full work week. I was severely underpaid for my position as were many others at the company. I felt that the company did not care about paying their employees fairly, instead wanted to pad their own pockets. The office environment was toxic. 
A positive was a few times the company would pay for lunches for the staff. The benefits package was standard. 

Would have preferred reimbursement for kms driven, and cleaners supplied.

The job offered flexible hours and as a key holder this worked well.

Things changed and keys were only providfed as the day the job was scheduled.  included more driving to and from the office to pick up daily logs and then drop off with the keys.

Terrible management. No health and safety training. You have to Pay for all your cleaning supplies. You will put thousands of km's on your car and Pay for your gas. Expected to work in biohazard Sewer backups etc environment with no gear supplied. Many of the rentals are unsafe due to disrepair. If you refuse a job as unsafe work they will find a way to fire you.

Worst company I’ve ever worked for.

 I would not recommend this company to anybody unless you want a high stressed low paying job working for someone who doesn’t care about people And thinks that people who rent have no rights and are amongst the lowest of society .

They were very unorganized, they did not have a proper punch clock so they did not have proper start and end times

Marda Management was a well-run operation that provided flexible hours and fair compensation. Required quite a bit of driving, but showcases some beautiful properties in the Windsor area.

Top Job Titles	Average salary
Renovator 2 salaries reported	$21.25 per hour
Property manager 4 salaries reported	$46,750 per year
Maintenance technician 4 salaries reported	$22.00 per hour
Repair technician 1 salary reported	$21.00 per hour
Logistics coordinator 2 salaries reported	$41,250 per year

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