Cushman & Wakefield Reviews

Pros

Job benifts and employee care was good. Fair appraisals.

Cons

Not very friendly profile for working moms as work was very demanding and erratic timings

Pros

Good place for older people if you don't plan to grow within the company.

Cons

Not for young professionals.
No career growth.
Micro-management.
Benefits could be better.

Advice to Senior Management

Instead of waisting money and time on hiring someone from outside,try to promote someone from within.

Pros

C&W WAS a great company to work for. Most of the people are decent. there really is nothing PRO to say about CW these days.

Cons

After the real estate market bubble burst Sr. Mgmt decide to "lay-off" the people that did the work and keep their "drinking buddies" I was fortunate to have been spared but after all the lay-offs the wrong people were let go. IT IS A JOKE, they hired an inept and incompetent director who protects the people that he likes.
Here is the biggest joke of them all - My laptop is in desperate need of a re-build and my phone keeps on dying. The PC group ignores my pleas and the telecom manager says she is not responsible for the phones

Advice to Senior Management

1.Pull your heads out of the sand
2. Hire competent IT people (or get hte old ones back)
3. Treat staff with respect

Pros

if one wants to become a real estate broker
if one enjoys spending time in fishing for prospective clients

Cons

uni - dimensional, no proper employee training, no free information exchange between departments

Advice to Senior Management

focus on what exactly u need from your employees

Pros

Salary! Benefits! Bonus! People! Relationships!

Cons

No room to advance! Leadership always takes the clients side!

Advice to Senior Management

Cushman & Wakefiled of New York for Tampa MetLife Properties->

Pros

Most of the people are great. Company has enjoyed a good reputation in the industry. Excellent professionals in brokerage and property management; very knowledgeable and effective.

Cons

New regime has no regard for the employees whatsoever; everyone is expendable. Unfair practices when it comes to increases and promotions. No appreciation for accomplishments.

Advice to Senior Management

Remember how the firm got to where it is today. Start treating employees like the are, in fact, your "most valuable asset" instead of just giving lip service to that statement.

Pros

Unique opportunity to "be your own boss" as an independent contractor real estate broker. The brand name did carry some weight as far as reputation. Fellow co-workers were some of the best and very friendly.

Cons

Tremendous amount of risk. My particular branch office offered no base salary, rather 100% commission based pay. The training program was non-existent, and it is incredibly difficult to make it in the first year to two years without another source of income.

Advice to Senior Management

Spend some resources on hiring good employees an invest in their success with adequate training, thereby actually retaining employees longer than a year or two.

Pros

Great foot in the door for some real world business experience
Experience the commercial real estate world and see first hand the income potential

Cons

No skill set training or development
Asolutely no career path unless you want to become a fully commissioned broker
Brokers are discouraged from bonusing client coordinators above a certain %, regardless of how integral a role you played in closing a deal

Advice to Senior Management

Develop a career track for client coordinators - or at least the good ones.

Pros

Freedom to create and grow business with sufficient support from all other service lines.

Cons

More client interaction and relationship building events and activities required on a larger platform.

Advice to Senior Management

To take a more aggressive regional approach with stronger brand building and client relationship management activities.

Pros

Strong reputation and a solid history.

Cons

Broker dominated and NYC centric.