From what I have been reading here I got VERY lucky getting this position here.

This is a family owned facility, and the family treats us like family!!!!

I am reading several of the stories here and on other threads and it makes me sad and mad that people are treated this way!

Some of these owners need to open their eyes and understand that people are not slaves!!!

As an owner how can you expect your managers to live in a place if you would not live there?

I better stop now before I offend someone.

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Wayne
All American Self Storage
Palmdale, CA.
webmaster@all-americanselfstorage.com

It has been raining here most all of the morning.

But, I wanted to stop for a moment and thank all of you for your encouragement and support.

It is really appreciated.

We have decided to look at our current job as training. We are learning so much.

We made a commitment/agreement with our supervisor and ourselves that we would stay through the first of 2009. In the meantime, we are going to look at areas we can improve. We would love to settle in California and intend to familiarize ourselves with the California laws, though I don't think they are that much different than Texas. We have also ordered a CD course in Spanish, as we think it might be a good idea to know another language.

We are also excited about the Webinars on this site.

I am off to check out the other threads and offer thoughts on them, but I wanted to share something that happened for us. When we were at our lowest point, we always believed there was a better place. Where we are now, is better than where we were. We know we will be guided to what is right for us. In looking back, what strikes me is the things we tell ourselves we will be okay with in order to get to where we are going.

Troy

we are no longer using any of the apartments for our managers. they are being renovated as offices. the new facilities we are looking to build will not have apartments as well. we just don't see the need to have someone live on the property. just because you haven't heard of something doesn't mean it's not out there.

also - you should really be careful about stating that someone should retire rather than work, being 'too old' and all - just because they're old doesn't mean they can't work or will be taken advantage of. and saying they shouldn't hire someone because they can't afford their own home - merciless. ecpecially in this economy. you're definately living the 'american dream', eh? using your freedom of speech to spread dicrimination. nice. let's hope if you ever own a property yourself that no one over the age of 50 or a renter doesn't come your way. i'd hate to see you have a lawsuit for descrimination. out mananger is 62 and doesn't just as much, if not more, work than her 21 year old counterpart.

also - you should really be careful about stating that someone should retire rather than work, being 'too old' and all - just because they're old doesn't mean they can't work or will be taken advantage of. and saying they shouldn't hire someone because they can't afford their own home - merciless. ecpecially in this economy. you're definately living the 'american dream', eh? using your freedom of speech to spread dicrimination. nice. let's hope if you ever own a property yourself that no one over the age of 50 or a renter doesn't come your way. i'd hate to see you have a lawsuit for descrimination. out mananger is 62 and doesn't just as much, if not more, work than her 21 year old counterpart.[/quote]


Well i agree with that. My father at 62 could work circles around a younger person. I think this is due to the way they were raised in his generation, to work hard and get the job done. Now a days kids thinks it's ok to slack as their parents will bail them out. Now i don't mean all young adults are this way, but for the most part they are. I have 2 kids and they have been taught to work hard for what you have in life. Guess i am old fashion

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Proud Karate Mom

dang dirkwood three posts in a row! Lay off the coffee bro. jk....discountmini it has nothing to do with our generation, it has to do with parenting. Good kids usually have good parents, not all the time. Work ethic is driven by the individual not where they live or how old they.

So now back on topic. I work at a converted warehouse with 191 units 10 office spaces, and a larger warehouse of 24,000 sq ft (which we rent to a very large corporation for storage). We rent trucks and sell boxes. It’s a one man show here and my office is open 9-5 mon-fri and 9-1 on Saturdays. 44 hours of office work a week and I am expected to handle all custodial duties and such. No health insurance or cell phone, just a salary. drum roll please..........600 a week before taxes, I have a part time guy who works if I get sick or need a little time off. I stay for the most part busy all day, mostly with truck rentals. It’s sounding like I got it pretty good, let me know…..

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dirkwood- my dad is 87 now and in frail health. But i still look up to him.
10x10- i agree with it is all about parenting maybe my wording was not correct in my first post. And thank you I take the comment of "Good kids usually have good parents" as a compliment to how I raise my kids.

My husband and I make a about 100 more a week each and live onsite and have a great bonus system and paid ins for the whole family. We have a liitle over 48,000 sp ft.
We have an asst, mgr and have paid holidays. We do get paid for any over time and get mileage at .40 .
More important is our company is great and value there employees. So no complaints here

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Proud Karate Mom

so how many units do you have discount mini, and do yall rent trucks?

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Confucius quote "a clean rental truck is a happy rental truck"

Around 1998 some of the biggest mini storage management companies broke up. It was a dog eat dog industry. Many upper management employees started their own storage management companies. A few were started with stolen monies from previous employers and stolen contracts. Partnerships broke up and friendships were dissolved. Their is some serious upper management problems in this industry. Allot of the new companies were formed by bad managers who offer bad management. Don't expect some of us to jump through hoops for someone Else's vision of greed. Hundreds of good and really good management teams and managers have been shown the door and given their walking papers by common people that like to play god with their new found powers. A career in 2008 starts at $19 an hr with full benefits and retirement. Anything less than that is just a job. With me customer service is number one, if an owner or management company don't see that then it is there loss not mine. The industry is not what it once was. EOE is fine for qualified applicants. I have turned many sites around that were mismanaged and neglected by unqualified workers and employers. I'll never store my own personal belongings at a site that has off-site managers, don't except credit cards, don't have web site, goes through employees, is dirty, has obvious serious maintenance problems, graffiti on the walls, no security cameras. If I show up and the manager is living in a van outside the office, I'm going some place else.

"In a van out front"...LOL that one really got me going (living in a van down by the river). One thing ive learned is that where you are working you should be able to afford the products you are selling. If I was a car salesmen I should be able to afford a car.

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I know of one storage management company that allows an employee to live in a storage unit 10x10. No bathroom or shower and he has lived there for over 5 years. It's not some fly by night outfit, but one of the major chains in a major city. The greed of throwing the managers out to rent the apts as office space is going to create more and more problems. I have managed both on site and off site manager stores. Off site is allot harder to sell to the customers. Some of the off site manager sites in Phoenix average 35 break-ins a month, every month. If your a customer what's so good about that or any specials they have.