Education and Development

Results achieved and learning agility are the criteria used to evaluate a person’s skills in order to assign increasing responsibilities to them, beyond their initial starting positions. Here at Sawyer, we make considerable investments in our talented staff. Managers and the HR team constantly develop learning and professional training programs consistent with corporate characteristics and practices. We favor on-the-job learning by means of challenging assignments to guarantee continuous advancement.

For Sawyer, the key characteristics of talented employees are their capacity to learn quickly, almost instinctively, and to achieve results at the same time. These talented employees are curious, capable of working in any environment, and also appreciate learning from their surroundings including their co-workers, residents, and the communities they work in. Sawyer’s philosophy is that people with high potential naturally thrive in an environment where they can express their talent to its full potential. This approach attributes central importance to learning - a capability that ranges freely across specific job-related contexts, and wider relational and communicational situations.

Optimism, resilience, intuition, and an aptitude for handling change are the characteristics that Sawyers managers have in mind when they identify special talents in their team for new opportunities. Day to day sharing of work, successes, and problems provides vitally important opportunities to identify and develop talent within a team. Supported by an ongoing talent assessment process, managers at all levels at Sawyer can scout for key position potential and provide the necessary resources for our talent to succeed and grow within the organization.

Employee Benefits

Sawyer strives to be an employer of choice by providing both a challenging and rewarding work atmosphere while continuously reviewing our benefits package in order to meet the needs of our diverse, growing team. The flexible benefits package at Sawyer provides our employees with the means to lead a healthy lifestyle, a key to our employees long-term success. 

Full-time employees working a minimum of 35 hours are eligible for Sawyer Realty Holdings benefits plans. Newly hired employees are eligible for benefits the first of the month following 30 days of employment for medical, dental, vision, life/AD&D and supplemental life coverage. Short Term and Long Term disability are effective the first of the month following 90 days of employment.  In addition to enrolling yourself, you may also enroll any eligible dependents under the medical, dental, vision, and supplemental life and AD&D. Dependents are defined as: 

• Spouse: a person of the opposite sex to whom you are legally married by ceremony;


• A legal dependent child under the age of 25 (coverage will cease at the end of the month in which the dependant reaches age 25)

• Paid holidays, personal days, and vacation days


• Employer paid short-term disability and long-term disability


• A 401(k) retirement savings plan


• Comprehensive and affordable medical plan choices


• Comprehensive dental plan and vision care


• Employer paid basic life insurance – at one times your pay to a maximum of $50,000 – with the ability to purchase additional coverage


• Employee assistance program – a confidential consultation, counseling, and referral program for employees and their family members


• Flexible spending account


• Discounts on the lease of a Sawyer-managed apartment homes