Jones Lang LaSalle Reviews

Pros

Job advancement opportunities are very good.

Cons

Work life balance needs to improve.

Advice to Senior Management

Work life balance needs to improve.

Pros

networking opportunity was great, well respected in the industry

Cons

need to invest better in productivity tools for staff

Advice to Senior Management

feedback to staff is really important and valued by employees

Pros

Global company, diversity of services offered, great locations, smart personnel.

Cons

Hard to move up when offices are very small, limited amount of people in the group so lack admin and analyst support.

Advice to Senior Management

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Pros

JLL has offices pretty much all around the world, so if you need to move to another city you can find an office. The company is pretty good in finding a placement for you if you need to move to a different city. It is flexible but it depends on your manager.

Cons

The downsides are that as a support staff is hard to have a career and grow with the company. It all depends on the region you work and the kind of manager you have, same employees with same tittle and same amount of time in the firm, might get a promotion sooner and there is not clear path on how to go grow in your current position. You need a manager that will fight for you; otherwise you are dead in the water. Sometimes there is a lot of politics involved in the promotion process rather than hard work and talent.

Advice to Senior Management

We understand that the sales professionals are very important part of the organization, but the support is important as well. Please let that to be known with actions.

Pros

JLL is a solid company to work for: opportunities for growth, good internal communication, decent benefits, employee review process is helpful and constructive

Cons

benefits are not the best ever- premiums can be high for health coverage, in smaller properties, advancement opportunites are not as present as in larger offices, very large company so of course there are some beurocratic issues

Advice to Senior Management

be sure to encourage and maintain internal communication best practices, since it is such a large corporation,employees in smaller offices need to feel like part of a larger whole

Pros

Pay, benefits, company size, organizational structure, support, Jones Lang LaSalle was a great place to work, especially the account I was on.

Cons

Our contract was for three years and it ended after one year. Not Jones Lang LaSalle's fault though. The economy and banking situations forced a sale.

Advice to Senior Management

I worked directly for a Managing Director so that was probably different than other people who worked for SVP's. Working under him was great and he understood what his employees needed.

Pros

Professional freedom to pursue opportunities in the best interest of the firm.

Cons

Can be a highly political environment and the organization itself is complex.

Advice to Senior Management

I think leadership tends to hold on to under-performing middle to upper management for far too long and this often causes issues both internally and externally. We should be quicker to cut losses and make tough decisions with our human capital.

Pros

Good people, good culture, young environment

Cons

Limited finance opportunities within the organization

Pros

Opportunity to learn and gain experience

Cons

Lack of money spent on professional development is discouraging to those seeking to grow, making an employee feel as though they dont want to invest in their employyes.

Advice to Senior Management

Touch base with employees at outside locations to make them feel a more significant part of the corporate culture and invest in their career development.

Pros

Benefit package is acceptable.
Coworkers are highly qualified but overworked.
Competent upper management that is leading company in the right direction.

Cons

Very bureaucratic company. No real thought process when you do your job. Just follow the book.
Management is very top heavy. Very good at giving out meaningless work for the purpose of showcasing the company to clients. Company likes to blow their own horn. Team atmosphere is non-existent. It is all about what have you done for me lately. Anti-depressants are a job requirement to survive.

Advice to Senior Management

Take your foot off the throats of your staff. Allow creativity and individualism. Eliminate bureaucracy. Get back to the business of doing business not busy work. Talk to former employees and understand why they left. Work should be somewhat enjoyable but it's not.