Developer "Urban Group": reviews. Urban Group: Myths and Reality

Real estate is one of the most progressive markets not only in Russia, but all over the world. Look around - how many new buildings are built every year in your city! For the capital it is generally a real problem, due to the lack of free space and constant construction going around.

This shows that housing in such facilities is in demand, people buy apartments in these houses, and business builder is booming. This can be confirmed by numerous reviews.

"Urban Group" is a company that is engaged in the construction and delivery of real estate near Moscow. She will be devoted to today's article, in which we will talk not only about the activities of the group itself, but also about working in the company, based on feedback from employees.

general information

To begin with, in general, we will characterize this company, tell you about its activities and the results that it managed to achieve. On the market "Urban Group" (the reviews confirm this, there are people who work here since its foundation) has been present for about 7 years. During this time, the company managed to completely deliver in time four residential complexes consisting of several multi-apartment buildings.

There are several types of business in the group, so the whole process of housing sales is integrated vertically. The company independently produces construction materials, carries out design work, has its own fleet of equipment necessary for construction.

Also on the official website in the "Reviews" section, "Urban Group" indicates some of its partners. First of all, these are the largest Russian banks VTB24 and Sberbank, which lend to the construction process. Here you can see information about a number of international awards, which were awarded to the construction sites of the company.

Ready-made complexes

As part of writing this article it was interesting to see about the already implemented housing reviews. "Urban Group" has already handed over 4 residential complexes, at the moment there are work on the construction of two more. People who have settled in their apartments, built by this developer, write completely different comments. Some of the residents, of course, are delighted with their new apartments and are simply happy to settle here. There are people who complain that they were trying to deceive, lured additional money for the allegedly increased area of the apartment or for some other issues. There are even such reviews, "Urban Group" in which it is presented as a fraudulent company, creating the appearance of construction. In fact, its activities, if you believe them, are aimed at "money laundering" and "divorce" of clients. This was the reason for several scandals around this developer.

Complex Opaliha

One of the objects of pride, according to the "portfolio" of the company, is the residential complex "Opalikha O2". These are beautiful apartment buildings, which are partly already put into operation. On the Internet there is a forum of tenants of this complex, which covers information about every detail, from the areas of apartments and the location of houses and ending with niches for air conditioning and quality of finishing window slopes. So, many tenants complain about the work of the firm "Urban Group". The testimonies indicate that many of the engineering moments promised earlier are not met. For example, this is the thickness of the walls (instead of 200 mm it is only 130-140); Quality of slope finishing; Niches for air conditioning systems; Line of fences around the house (which simply do not exist); Problems with water supply and heating system.

All these points, if not key, greatly spoil the reputation of the developer, since they significantly affect the life of the buyer of such real estate. As a result, on the Internet there are already a number of groups in social networks and on various websites dedicated to "exposing" the company. There are also negative reviews about the company "Urban Group" in large numbers.

Work in a group

However, we managed to find some information about the company as a whole. Yes, UG homes do give up, many even on time. But there are a number of nuances that can spoil the picture of the developer's activities in general. We will not dwell on them any more, but we will turn to the issue of employment.

The developer Urban Group, whose reviews we are interested in, is a large company - it employs more than 2 thousand people. Of course, this means that there are a lot of open vacancies, which applicants can claim.

You can find them on various sites with ads.

Careers

Having opened a category of specialties in which the company is interested, it is possible to be a little surprised: there are not so many working vacancies of the painter-plasterer, the operator of the crane or driver of construction equipment. It seems that people are recruited to serve an advertising agency, not a development group. It requires lawyers, marketers, PR specialists , managers, call center operators, accountants and other people who organize the sales chain. Obviously, this shows us the importance of marketing in how to present the product of the company's work - residential complexes and apartment buildings.

On the other hand, it's surprising that a construction company is gaining so many people to work in the office.

Working conditions

The work in Urban Group, the reviews we are looking for, is evidently not only in the maintenance of construction equipment and in the field work. The lion's share of work is performed by employees sitting in the central office and serving documentation that respond to phone calls and create production plans.

In the description of the vacancies that we were able to find on the site, there are data that people are required for a full-time job, mainly with experience in this field (at least 3-5 years, depending on the degree of responsibility of the employee), having higher education And skills of work in office programs MS Windows. Conditions, however, are not so bad, given that they pay here at the level of 40-50 thousand junior staff (judging by the description of vacancies on the site) with the official employment and full social package.

Recommendations of Urban Group employees

Reviews about the employer, which we managed to find, confirm that the working conditions here are not bad (in general). The company regularly pays salaries, the administration can make concessions to the staff. There are some individual recommendations, which deal with rudeness of bosses and drunkenness of colleagues (we are talking about working at a construction site). There were also several reports that many ex-prisoners work directly at the facilities, they say, there is no selection of personnel for construction here. However, most of the recommendations are still positive.

conclusions

The company "Urban Group", which was devoted to this article, is a major developer, who has been active for many years. A few thousand people work in the ranks of the group. Believe me, if the conditions here were really terrible, they would not stay for long.

Therefore, it is possible to note negatively only some defects of the company, which concern the construction. If we talk about employment here, the conditions are good, and the dynamics of the development of the UG allows us to think about career growth and promotion.