Balfour Beatty Communities BBC, formerly GMH Military Housing Corrupt Military Housing Company, Corrupt Installation Lompoc, California

I worked for Balfour Beatty Communities since it was GMH (Gary Michael Holloway) Military Housing.  I worked both in facilities and as a leasing agent, or resident specialist.  The company itself may or may not be corrupt, and it is a multi-billion dollar international corporation with offices in Dubai, China, England, and many Air Force privatized housing contracts.  My focus, however, is on Vandenberg Air Force Base, CA. corruption.

The management team there, originally headed by Molly Markel and now by Ms. Schneider, as well as the resident specialists except for a few, were hired and encouraged to routinely spy on colleagues who lived on the base.  I was followed for over a year, sexually harassed for nusring in the provacy of my own locked office, and even told lies by the corporate admin that I had to log out without pay and be forced to go home to nurse.  Rosemarie Philips, the HR head in Philly, lied to me that she'd researched that it was legal with a California employment atty. The problem is she was wrong, and when I brought this to corporate's attention, they changed their policies.  Unfortunately, I endured a year and a half of sexual harassment and almost lost my children, marriage, home, and certainly lost my dignity as management and the leasing girls perpetuated false reports against me and stalked me in the company vehicles, since I lived on the base.

If you are not blonde, they don't like you.  It's sounds petty, stupid, even high school-ish, but this is how it works.  Additionally, my children were stalked and my nanny was stalked off base, going as far as my kids' school off base.  False reports routinely flooded our after-hours answering service, and leasing agents could be seen circling my office after hours in company vehicles, which my supervisor recorded because he thought it was so strange.  Management, who continues to work at this installation, protected the leasing agents involved and has asked them to spy on other employees.

RENTER BEWARE:  Though Vandenberg AFB is a military installation, privatized housing companies must abide by respective State civil codes.  In the state of CA, it is illegal to profit from a tenant's damages.  It is also illegal to charge for normal wear and tear on the home.  Every tenant in CA has the right to request an itemized report within 21 days of vacancy of what damages were assessed, fixed, the cost of fixing them, and the specific name of who fixed it.  This is to ensure that management doesn't charge you $25 for an hour of labour that they themselves only pay Cliff $16 an hour to complete.  Unfortunately, Nicky will be one of your biggest obstacles to your California rights as a tenant, and BBC at Vandenberg is notorious for making sure tenants do not leave without a charge.  They will charge for normal wear and tear.  Make sure you look up your CA civil codes and hit her and Brook with them. If they claim you're wrong, make them look up the CA civil codes and tell them you won't move out until they're familiar with them.  Make sure they're also aware that you have the full right in CA to a refund of all your charges afterward in Small Claims court and a right to have a city inspector or code inspector present.

I used to get in trouble for not charging residents for normal wear and tear.  As a prior Marine, I found it ridiculous to charge for normal wear and tear, and I'm glad to see even the liberal state of CA agrees with me.  Know your tenant rights before signing this contract.