CBE Companies reviews

3.7

66% would recommend to a friend

(227 total reviews)

Thomas R Penaluna

83% approve of CEO

70% positive business outlook

CBE Companies has an employee rating of 3.7 out of 5 stars, based on 227 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have a good working experience there. The CBE Companies employee rating is in line with the average (within 1 standard deviation) for employers within the Financial Services industry (3.7 stars).

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227 reviews
3.0
Nov 11, 2014
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Pros

Most departments that I worked with were wonderful. I worked with the IT, Organizational Development (Training), Accounting, and Command Center departments on a daily basis and nearly everyone was wonderful to work with. They do believe in a very friendly, hard-working environment. The communication from a few of the department heads was a bit lacking from time to time, but that was strictly because of how quickly they are expanding, and not a lack of effort. The pay was... sufficient. In a recruiter position, and nearly all salaried positions there is a chance for bonus, but as the fine print states it is "up to". The benefits were okay.

Cons

I was hired as a recruiter in the Human Resources department, which as an experienced recruiter from a different company kind of caught me off guard since it was disclosed in any of the 3 interviews I had. One interview on the phone, one interview via Skype, and then finally one at their Cedar Falls office. In the interviews I was told I would be doing 70-80% recruiting and 20-30% "special projects". In reality I spent 60-70% doing secretarial work (W-2s, I-9s, background checks, setting up drug screens, criminal background checks, etc, etc) and 20-30% recruiting. The other 10% was utilized a few job fairs we went to, and other random things. I was told they wanted someone to come in and help make some changes, and anytime I brought something up, it was brushed off. Training didn't exist in my position, which based on some of their weird, off the wall procedures, is a complete joke.

3.0
Sep 9, 2014

Rewarding

Recommend
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Pros

Diverse engineering services and clients/Customers

Cons

training, leadership, lack of leadership skills

2.0
Aug 25, 2014

Too many ways to take your pay

Anonymous employee
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Pros

Relaxed environment, friendly people, friendly management and open door policy

Cons

As a new hire we were told less information about how to use the system fully and reprimanded after mistakes were made. Each day it seemed that we were informed of new policies that could reduce pay, take away the bonus and all together lower morale.

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