Recruiting and Hiring Process of New General Manager to be Postponed
In an email sent out to property owners on Monday, February 15, 2021, the HSVPOA Board of Directors made the following announcement:
“With 5 new members to be seated in just 2 short months, the Board of Directors has made the strategic decision to delay the new General Manager recruiting and hiring process until after April 21, 2021. It is important that all applicants selected to interview for the GM position have the opportunity to meet, establish a relationship with, and understand the job expectations of the Board they would be reporting to. For this reason and because the new Board of Directors will be at full strength with 7 elected members, the decision to delay has been made.
“Once the new Board has been seated in April 2021, it will focus efforts on posting the GM position in accordance with HSVPOA policies and procedures outlined in the previous eblast on this matter.”
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Kathy Henderson
02/15/2021 — 1:20 pm
Great idea!
steve bylow
02/15/2021 — 1:37 pm
While I understand the logic for waiting and I agree the two appointed Board members should abstainee from having a vote on the new GM, I wish the three elected Board Members would have placed a premium on urgency and not stopped the process.
On the flip-side, this will give all seven Board Members a chance to debate what the position should look like or if it is needed.
Steve
Dan Hitch
02/15/2021 — 2:23 pm
Very SMART move¡¡
Gene Garner
02/15/2021 — 3:25 pm
It’s good to see the BOD applying some restraint to the GM hiring process and I think they’ve made a wise decision. I hope they continue to question the way we hire our GM and look closely at the salary they’ll offer.
I’ve wondered where the salary/benefit numbers for our last two GMs came from and although I thought they were high I didn’t have proof one way or the other. I’ve been “Googling HOA GM Salary” for the last few days and I can’t find any examples of a starting salary of $200k+ for an HOA General Manager. If you look at the websites below you’ll notice some upscale communities in Arizona, California, Florida & Las Vegas that have a much lower salary threshold than HSV. How can they hire quality GMs at a lower price?
https://www.simplyhired.com/search?q=general+manager+hoa&job=3oBVRewbGo3Sq2DYN2UhxTPl-Gqqj2ybKNuJLzsSkYn1hcTqNbDy8A
https://www.indeed.com/jobs?q=Homeowner%20Association%20General%20Manager&vjk=b10039e45b7cd88c
I don’t doubt there may be some HOA GM that makes those higher ($200k+) numbers but not in a small, rural village in the Bible Belt. We’ve proved with our last two GMs that “more expensive” doesn’t equal “better”. —Gene
Tom Blakeman
02/15/2021 — 4:31 pm
Absolutely Gene – Most likely no other place would ever in a million years grant any GM a gold plated, auto renewing, bullet proof contract either – such as our foolish board members did a few years ago. Oh, wait. . . we had a “ceo”. 😂
Roberta Monson
02/15/2021 — 11:02 pm
I did not receive an email.
Roberta Monson
02/15/2021 — 11:03 pm
Subscription to what?