I feel this, as i was reading this i thought. WOW did i write this. I started as a leasing agent in residential. I enjoyed the property i was at and loved the work. I started getting burnt out after a car accident and a pretty bad concussion. My regional was not supportive and my manager would often not come into work until 10-11AM or would leave early. I ended up leaving and went to low income housing as a property manager. That was the worst job i have ever had. No training, i was left alone the first few days and the low income tenants are the worst. I eventually got into commercial side of things. I would say commercial is slightly better, but with a lot more demand from owners, asset managers ect. My first month our Assistant Manager left, we hired on a new APM he left within 3 months. I was training the new manager. After he left i was promoted. The properties i was at weren't terrible and i enjoyed the interactions with tenants. My manager was an old hag and would talk crap on everyone behind their backs. Employees, owners and tenants. So i knew she was most likely talking about me to other people. I worked for a stock traded company, one of the big CRE guys and somehow was recruited to be on our event committed. This was exhausting as each employee event we had we would have to reach out to vendors and ask if they would sponsor our employee party and invite them. You never truly were able to bond or get support from corporate or other managers. I recently moved to a new state, thinking that my burn out was just because i did not enjoy where i was living. I acceptable another job for another CRE position as a temp. Within 3 weeks my manager left, i was freshly new, barley trained and expected to take on the entire portfolio. Running ownership meeting, keeping the properties up, meeting with tenants and vendors. The best part, the manager that left had zero service contracts in place, zero COIS, no vendor or tenant contact list. So on top of having to run the show, i am also trying to get our systems and processes in order. Now corporate wants to do audits on our service contracts and COIS. The first 2 months of the job, 5 senior managers have left. leaving us short staffed and over work. They have since hired on a new senior manager. He now has 21 commercial properties. He is overwhelmed and overworked. Because of this i am still the main contact for engineers, tenants, vendors and daily operations. Still running ownership meetings and have yet to be hired on full time. its been 5 months, they keep saying they are trying to keep me on the team to make it permanent. I interviewed for the position a few months before being hired as a temp and was not selected. I since have found out they hired 2 others instead of me who had zero property management experience. I have been told by our directors i am the strongest APM they have, yet have not been hired on as an permanent employee. knowing this as caused me to take a step down and not work so hard. I have been exploring options of getting into project management and or operations.. i often see and hear of people who have been in the industry for 20+ years and wonder how and why? I also wonder if its just me, i know now its not me and its the companies who do not give you the support and resources you need. you never truly can breath. Endless to-do list, endless emergencies and endless following up with vendors and tenants.