Cummings Properties

Following up on our most recent comment, please note that Executive Vice President Eric Anderson's phone number is 781-932-7038. (The system appears to have converted the latter part of the number into an emoticon in the original post.)

Cummings Properties has a merit-based pay structure, meaning that employees are rewarded for meeting or exceeding performance expectations as measured against Company standards. As part of the review cycle completed last month, the Company gave monetary raises to 83.4 percent of employees.

The average increase given to colleagues was more than 3.85 percent, which is nearly four times the current rate of inflation.

When a team member’s performance fails to meet performance standards, we provide closer supervision and ongoing feedback to allow an employee the opportunity to demonstrate that his or her performance can meet Company expectations.

Another situation in which an increase may not be given is when a valued long-term colleague has reached the upper limit of what the market considers appropriate compensation for his or her job.

We believe that a merit-based pay structure linking performance to rewards encourages and recognizes the hard work and talent of those who contribute to the success of our company. Any colleagues with questions about their compensation are encouraged to speak with their supervisor, the HR manager, or another member of the management team.

You didnt say what you did for them. Truck driver?

Fork lift? Customer service? What sort of *** has three beers at lunch, goes back to work and has no idea why the management is upset?

Maybe you should get a job in a brewery instead.

All I can say is PLEASE....dont have children. We need to stop the madness now.

lol, glad you don't work for me! :roll

I wonder if this is the same co. called home cummings that riped off people on there mortgages.

thay raised there mortgages every three months, because it was in there contract that thay could.thay charged as much as 26% intrest. when you missed two payments, thay would refuse any payment after that to catch up. forclose, sell your property, and charge you moore than you started out with, thay collected from there insurance co.

as a loss, and also collected the amount from the gov.thay made a killing. :sigh

I found this bb after a google search. I have had much the the same experience as johsmith2010a, and I can't tell you how many people I dissuaded from consider leasing space from Cummings Properties.

They are notoriously un scrupulous. Annual automatic rent increases using a confusing formula based on COLA, automatic lease renewals, "prompt payment discounts", personal guarantees on leases, etc., etc.

Yes, it is the leasee's responsibility to read and understand the lease, but Cummings Properties and their merry band of leasing agents and lawyers know fully well that many small business owners are looking for help and guidance in these areas - not for someone to take advantage of them! Stay away from Cummings Properties - there are too many other better alternatives in the north shore area.

I rent 2 offices from Cummings. I have no probrem with them.

They good people.

HORRIBLE - do not rent from Cummings properties. Its expensive and bad quality space.

Every time it rains it smells moldy because their buildings leak and they contract out really low quality workers to build out the space.

Just reconsider renting from someone else.

I rent 2 offices in the 200 Boston Ave location and I made a huge mistake.

They have no idea what they are doing and offer no support or guidance when you have problems with their leaky ceilings and windows. STAY AWAY

William Cummings was unhappy with the Mayor of Woburn, Massachusetts. He called the Mayors' wife and harassed her multiple times.

He paid some money and stopped the harassment.

The low quality of materials is correct, although the rent increases are protected by contract law on what is called a NY triple net lease which the company uses. It make the business owner feel like they have given the landlord a blank check. Increased costs of property management are passed on to the tenant.

Totally different from a residential lease. :zzz

It is all true! Cummings is a scam artist company.

Funny how they charge a cost of living increase yet they denied all employees raises for 2 years due to the "recession".

They screw small businesses and employees alike over. Then "the owner" gives half his fortune away for tax benefits and takes credit for doing something good when in fact he has direct ties to all his benficiaries.

I heard they gave a half million bucks away to help feed low life drifters who should be working. They should reduce our rent instead of giving a free ride to *** who don't deserve it.

Just an addendum to my last comment. I just saw this on Craig's List... They were looking for a cleaner and part of the ad says...

Date: 2012-12-06, 4:11PM EST

fieldhiring@***.com

"Cummings Properties is a non-smoking organization and prohibits employee smoking anywhere inside or outside any of its properties at all times."

HOW IS THAT FOR DOUBLE STANDARDS!!!

Don't work for Cummings, I did, and then got fired without a second chance because I borrowed 10 bucks from one of the custodians tool carts. They caught me with a hidden camera in the hallway! That even screwed me out of the holiday pay I would have earned the following monday.

Cummings just had the constable lock out a tenant who had been there over 17 years at the Far East Chinese Restaurant. They did the same "raise the rent" trick to squeeze more money from the owner. I will never do business with someone in Cummings Park if I can avoid it!Corporate greed is alive and well.

Jack, please know that Cummings Properties never takes lightly a decision to evict a client. Cummings Properties reduced Far East Café’s rent several times; it also agreed to allow Far East to operate at the premises for less than half of its previously reduced rent. After more than six months without collecting any rent whatsoever, however, it became obvious that Far East was not going to be able to satisfy its obligations under the lease, and the decision was made that eviction was required.

With approximately 2,300 business clients, Cummings Properties is bound to have some detractors. While we appreciate the value of anonymous online message boards for expressing generalized dissatisfaction, we hope that readers will always consider “the rest of the story.” In the circumstances described above, while all parties would have preferred a different result, an eviction could not be avoided.

Your reference to corporate greed is also misplaced. In fact, all of Cummings Park, where Far East Café was formerly located, is owned by and operated for the benefit of Cummings Foundation, which, together with its affiliated companies, has already donated in 2012 alone more than $6 million to a number of local organizations. To better understand how the Foundation supports many worthy causes, please visit CummingsFoundation.org.

Thank you,

Joyce Vyriotes

Communications Director

Cummings Properties

Saugus75 is CUMMINGS PROPERTIES posting a FRAUDULENT complaint to take focus off of the legitimate complaints. Just look at the other complaint posted on this site.

Oh wait, it is by Saugus75 and he got fired for drinking not taking 10 dollars. That is cummings in a nut shell for ya....sneaky

Cummings Properties Complaint - Do Not Rent Office Space From Them!

You are not the first or last person that I have heard this from. I could tell you stories first hand of what I have seen and heard from owners but I will not put down a man who built himself up from nothing. Even though he does give away millions of dollars to charities, he treats his leases and employees like ***. I have had owners of larger companies tell me that they asked for a couples of months of reduced rent because they were hit hard by the recession and sales were slow but his answer was NO so they moved out or closed the business and now they are in the wonderful "lawyers trap". He would rather let the space stay empty than get a little rent and give help to a person out. He does not believe in corporate social responsibility except for giving to the community but his treating of employees (who made him his money) sucks. I have been there and still hear it from many employees that still are in contact with me. It is too bad because I heard when he started (first 10 years or so) he took care of his employees really well. It is too bad that a gentleman who gives so much money to charities (which I wish I was in a position to do) would not treat his employees with even a small cost of living raise a year (his review process calls it a merit raise but the supervisor's answer is there just wasn't enough money to do it this year yet he can give away millions. WHY, because he can write off money to charities but not to employees. I could tell you more about how he treats renters (and employees) but my parents told me be honest, don't repeat what you haven't heard from the horse's mouth and if you have negative things to say don't, so I only said what I have personally seen and heard from the horse's mouth. Sorry you were treated that way but it probably was in the fine print if I know them.

As is common practice among real estate firms, Cummings Properties sends “rent due” notices when rent payments are not made in a timely manner. These documents are not eviction notices, however, as indicated in the above post.

As regards the damages, we cannot speak to the specifics of this anonymous case, but can share that clients who wish to terminate their leases early are liable for the rent owed through the term of the lease. Again, this practice is standard in the commercial real estate industry.

Over 44 years, Cummings Properties has built a loyal clientele, with many companies maintaining business homes with our firm for decades. We pride ourselves on offering good values, excellent customer service, and fair lease terms – and this is why more than 2,000 businesses of all types and sizes currently lease commercial space from Cummings Properties.

Cummings Properties is proud to provide business homes to more than 2,000 organizations, many of which are small companies. We have been delighted over the years to accommodate the growth of a large number of these businesses within our office parks.

Given the anonymity of this review, I cannot speak to the specifics of your situation. I would be happy, however, to get involved.

Please feel free to contact me directly at 781-932-****.

–Eric Anderson, Executive Vice President