Hmmm! More Negatives than Positives - Senior Accountant CBRE Employee Review

2.0
Dec 26, 2010
Recommend
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Pros

The company is very committed to community projects-Heat Association, Breast Cancer Awareness, Habitat for Humanity. They also provide a lot of "fun activities" for the office.

Cons

Work Environment: The brokers are allowed to treat the other employees how ever they want and then the employees are told to "not take it personal". Also, deadlines don't apply to field offices although you are working 12 hour days, weekends and holidays at home to make sure that your work is completed. Policies and Procedures are also ignored by the field offices and allowances are made by management which puts extra work on the accountants--but hey, the brokers are the ones that bring in the money. Nearly impossible to take time off. Benefits: Horrible. Health insurance is non-copay plans. The company provides $750 towards your health insurance but these plans are only good if you are rarely sick (which you should be--see above)

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5.0
Jun 22, 2026
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Pros

The company has a great mentor program. You will meet colleagues who do amazing things like write books, receive leadership awards, and write checks to nonprofits that really need the help.

Cons

I really have no complaints. I am still in contact with many of my colleagues there.

1.0
Jun 26, 2026
Recommend
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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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