Mixed feelings - Software Developer CBRE Employee Review

3.0
Nov 3, 2015
Recommend
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Pros

- Competitive salary - Flexible work hours - Most IT teams has working from home schedules - Good work life balance - Very professional work environment

Cons

- Health care plan is the most expensive and least coverage providing plan I have ever seen. Separate RX plan provides a very poor coverage. If you have a family member with a condition, or kids, go through the health care plan details before joining. - Lack of transparency in management decision making. Decision making with consensus is rare. Most of the time you are wondering where we are going. - Career growth for IT engineers is totally run by your luck. There is no clear path to follow. Frequent organizational changes makes things even harder. - Too much bureaucracy makes it harder to get things done.

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5.0
Jun 22, 2026
Recommend
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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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