maintenance and 1 grounds. 1 maintx100 units

I’m the lead tech and work on a 228 property (5years old). There’s two of us and from my prospective we need to have three techs. There are months that the day doesn’t have enough hours to get the job done. At the end of the year I’m struggling to use my vacation time because for some reason I was not able to do it most of the year. If one tech doesn’t show up for work, you won’t advance as normal. We both got COVID at the same time and that’s when it gets complicated. We got on call two weeks at a time and it gets overwhelming. We always play catch-up. Have three techs.

The rule was 1 tech per 100 units, but as time goes on the older properties are seeing 2 per 100, anything over 250, you have a supervisor ( does the harder work orders ) and 4 techs,

It matters what works best for your property. Not just what the traditional number of units per person “should be”. If you notice the work orders are piling up and it’s not an issue with your team then you likely need to hire another team member. Hard to get part time as no one wants that so will likely need to hire full time. Your staff will probably love some extra help! They may be feeling overwhelmed.

We have 283 units, high rise. 1 super, 1 tech and 1 porter. Outside contractor for cleaning common areas PT.

I agree. We need to rethink how we staff maintenance. They need more support when they do so much! The metrics of 100 units per person doesn’t work post pandemic. Times have changed and the demands are much higher.