All they care about is the bottom line. - Anonymous employee CBRE Employee Review

2.0
Apr 2, 2010
Anonymous employee
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Pros

This company used to be an amazing place to work. Great people, amazing atmosphere, water, drinks, snacks, coffee, beautiful fun environment. And then the recession hit.

Cons

However, over the years through mergers and the recent downturn, this company has come to think of it's very employees as the enemy. This year, the insurance deductible went up from $250 to $5,000 for the best possible plan. The commission splits were changed because the company was too top heavy with management. Speaking of management, many are retained at the company due to politics and not due to stellar work performance. One particular manager has been able to hire her entire family, son, daughter and niece, along with finding work for a son-in-law who was let go of by three teams in two years! They rush to point out faults but never congratulate you when a big deal closes. They make you spend lots of time on things that will never produce revenue or help the company.

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Pros

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Cons

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Pros

Honestly? Not much. The vision insurance was decent, I guess. Truthfully though, there wasn't much.

Cons

Management's refusal to allow employees freedom. I routinely got praise from the client and hit the maximum score on my goals. If things weren't done "by the book", they were wrong. The health insurance was awful. Going to self-employment, one of the things that you hear is that you're going to pay a lot for health insurance. However, I'm actually paying LESS than when I worked for CBRE. When you work for CBRE, don't consider job security something that you're going to have. I saw two employees with 15+ years for the company get laid off, with zero severance and no option to transfer elsewhere, unless they wanted to uproot their families and move states for more work and a pay cut. This is the worst company that I've ever had the displeasure to work for. If you have literally any other option of employment, please consider doing that.

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