Compass reviews

3.9

70% would recommend to a friend

(2,506 total reviews)
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Robert Reffkin

74% approve of CEO

65% positive business outlook

Compass has an employee rating of 3.9 out of 5 stars, based on 2,506 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have a good working experience there. The Compass employee rating is in line with the average (within 1 standard deviation) for employers within the Information Technology industry (3.9 stars).

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3K reviews
5.0
Oct 1, 2016
Recommend
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Pros

I joined fairly recently so these are somewhat initial impressions, but they have been very positive. Strong team Quickly growing business Internal Transparency & Openness Desire to Improve and Work Together to solve problems

Cons

I haven't really observed any yet. Some areas can work better together, but that's always the case.

4.0
Nov 23, 2015
Recommend
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Pros

*Fantastic culture, they clearly care about the individual enjoying their time at the workplace *Catered lunches every day, most of the time with healthy options *Snacks and beverages galore *Lots of places to sit besides "your desk" to break up the monotony *Free dinner if you work past 8pm and cab reimbursed if you work past 10pm *Open floor plan, so only a couple higher ups actually have offices. Most everyone is given equal work space *Dedicated Compass facilities staff so it's always clean, stocked, and anything broken is fixed within a day *They put a lot of effort into making sure candidates fit the culture and will get along with the company well, let alone checking references, so a lot of very smart, very future-minded people *Consistently hire best of the best, including minds from Google, Amazon, LinkedIn, Twitter, and top agents in respective regions *They promote from within the company when possible, so you can actually grow in your field *Great benefits that have an option for $0 premiums with low co-pays. 401K will soon be in place

Cons

*The fast pace is not for everyone *Explosive growth seems to constantly beat out the hiring capacity, so many fields are a bit understaffed, just from lack of being able to hire people fast enough *Occasional long hours and weekend work, based on certain projects, but as most positions are salaried there is no overtime pay.

1.0
Mar 20, 2026

Setting themselves up to fail

Recommend
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Pros

CEO vision is ambitious Decent salary for a mindless job

Cons

CEO places little to zero value in broader group of employees. As was seen in the way they dealt with layoffs during COVID. Lower level leadership is hit or miss, some are clueless Fake culture. At least while it was remote. Lower level leadership talk about their direct reports behind their backs amongst themselves. Be better, say it upfront and if your employees are coachable they will produce better results Zero growth opportunities and managers do not care about personal development.

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