CB Richard Ellis Reviews

Pros

Lots of advancement opportunities
Many "jeans days"
Business casual
Very nice, new office

Cons

Way too focused on the client rather than employees
Very little recognition for a job well done
Management only cares IF you do your job - not how well
Technology and network is old and slow
Non-competitive pay
Only Sr. Accountants are salaried
Not all managers will approve OT pay even if you worked OT hours

Advice to Senior Management

Put more focus on your employees! Recognize those who do more than the bare minimum more than just once each year.

Pros

- Great benefits and PTO
- Meetings weekly inform of company changes/promotions/compliments

Cons

- Lack of training
- Sink of swim type of role

Advice to Senior Management

Take a lunch break or least take breaks, provide feedback to new employees more often.

Pros

Excellent management. Very clear with what is expected from employees. Very flexible with regard to your work schedule. Top notch work environment.

Cons

Career advancement appears to be challenging.

Pros

Good benefits, office environment and the people were great. The training provided helped greatly with your professional development with the company

Cons

Lack of interest in specific office location by managment to provide training and keep the customer happy by providing the customer service they required.

Advice to Senior Management

Retain good people regardless of the economy and show more interest in your assets instead of only retaining your position because you cave to let go of good people.

Pros

CBRE Roving Engineer allowed for an Independent work schedule, take home vehicle, cell phone and computer. Work from home opportunity, and paid from the time you left your home to the time you returned.

Cons

Depending on the contract you are on the work may not be consistent or permanent. There is not a lot of room for growth on contract positions.

Advice to Senior Management

Make benefits more on par with industry.

Pros

A world known brand name. Global network of experts who are happy to contribute to projects. Ambitious staff who are knowledgable in their areas and typically looking to continue advancing in the real estate area.

Cons

The Russian office was acquired, and many Russian bureaucratic elements of power separation between positions and departments. Managers expect you to complete assignments as they want, and do not openly ask for feedback or encourage innovation.

Pros

The management in my department are very good and knowledgeable about what they do. They are open to questions.

Cons

Brokers rule this company and have very little reguard for company rules and GAAP (which as a publicly traded company is essential). Management does nothing to rein them in and then expects everyone else to jump through all these hoops in order to meet their unreasonable demands. The Brokers are also very unprofessional in how they interact and communicate with others within the company--but again, management wants us to overlook these things as they RULE. It is very hard to get a block of time off for holidays and you are actually expected to work most MAJOR holidays that other Fortune 500 companies grant to their employees. The culture of my department is the only thing that gives me a ray of hope but this company gets old fast!

Pros

Many locations, many jobs, many departments, wealth of knowledge shared over in-house software but hard to take advantage of in terms of time and knowing how to access it.

Cons

Myriad of support software all has different UI, sometimes hard to navigate and find what you need but it is there...somewhere.

Advice to Senior Management

Aggregate different support software and provide some autonomy to city offices. IT needs to be updated to keep up with the rest of the world.

Pros

Great workplace environment with a relaxed atmosphere
Awesome PTO and benefits with lots of casual dress days
Workplace layout stimulates communication between employees and managers

Cons

Compensation is below average when compared to other companies
Technology and network is somewhat behind the times and often has lackluster performance

Advice to Senior Management

Continue to communicate often with employees
Need to offer incentives for increased employee performance
More employee outings/ activities would help bond employees and teams together

Pros

The company provides a lot of opportunities to help advance your career through training including providing time during work hours. Often its paid (reimbursed) or free through their association memberships.

Cons

Management is in general 'out to lunch' - Too many bureaucratic 'red tape' CYA requirements. It makes doing your daily tasks more work than it should be - no added value to anyone. These changes happen continuosly throughout the year and always negatively impact the workload of their employees. Staffing standards never appear to take these added steps into account thus making a managable job less and less as time goes on.

Advice to Senior Management

Bottom line is important - make good on company speak and take care of all the non-management staff - they are the ones that are doing all of the work!