Compass reviews

3.9

70% would recommend to a friend

(409 total reviews)
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Robert Reffkin

74% approve of CEO

65% positive business outlook

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1.0
Feb 3, 2020

A great vision, if it ever becomes real.

Anonymous employee
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Pros

-Working here introduced me to some of the smartest and most hard-working colleagues I've ever worked with. -Competitive salary (at least initially)

Cons

-Constant shifts in focus and direction with little to no communication to the "boots on the ground" employees (agent operations) -Using a company "entrepreneurship principle" of "Move Fast" to cover up inept decisions from executives. Often you would here promises from CEO/COO to "fix" something within 24 hours with no input or discussion from the rest of the teams. -Promising agents complete vaporware software when they join, only to leave the agent success/agent operations teams to deliver the bad news down the line. -Selling the "in house" support, and slowly eroding them down to nothing. There are agent support staff with literally hundreds of agents assigned to them.

1.0
Dec 31, 2019
Recommend
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Pros

Office location. That's about it.

Cons

Rogers has big turnover with his agents. They put on a good song and dance to make it seem like it's an amazing place to work to get new agents aboard. Then they tell agents to pay out of their pockets to put ads all over social media, for the MAIN purpose of getting the brokerages name all over social media. The tell you to put hashtags for the brokerage too. IF an agent sells anything while they're there, which happens not too often since they give minimal to borderline useless "training" there, then they take a huge chunk of your commission while also nickel and diming you on random charges. Rogers is fake and dangerously narcissistic and doesn't care at all about his agents. They're just a tool for him to get free marketing for his name and make his brokerage look like it's "big time" so he can better land the whales with deep pockets and pricey houses for himself. Rogers talks badly about the agents behind their backs and has virtually no respect for the majority of them. He does ridiculous "articles/interviews" that he pays for to make him look like a big shot, along with the pointless FOX "interviews" where he clearly either pays for or has a buddy who hooks him up with those spots that have limited airings. His alleged substance abuse problem has been spreading through the grapevine especially since he tweaks and fidgets more and more even on camera, which terrifies many agents since it can cause random bouts of anger and rash decisions towards them. He also forces agents to post fake reviews on many review sites including here. So I want to make sure a real voice is heard to expose the truth so other agents don't waste their time and money with this company and broker.

1.0
Dec 4, 2019

They lie about their technology. It sucks.

Recommend
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Pros

They spend more money than they make so it looks great!

Cons

Several: - Compass says it is revolutionizing the home buying/selling process by creating superior technology. Compass has been around for 7 years and still has absolutely zero technological advantage over a low/mid-range small-town local brokerage. They use gmail & facebook, tools any 5th grader can sign up for. - Compass is run by an inspirational aging peppy millennial, not unlike Adam Neuman, who likes to stand in front of compass offices and hand passer-bys cake pops. He frequently sends long emotional emails about past moments from his life & asks agents to buy compass stock. - Compass is incredibly arrogant and does embarrassingly tacky things like stamping their logo all over legal documents and real estate contracts. - Compass has raised $1.5 billion dollars in venture capital, the majority from Softbank, and frequently boasts about its fundraising on social media. Even though they have never turned a profit & they refuse to open their books. - They use the majority of their fundraising dollars to lure top-producing agents away from their brokerages with massive signing bonuses and unrealistic commission spits. Yet they claim they are growing organically. - Amateur C-level management continuously fleeing & being replaced by more amateurs with little to no real life real estate experience

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