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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2.0
Nov 1, 2019
Recommend
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Pros

- Smart colleagues - Small teams and most managers are easy to talk to and very technical - 100% health care coverage - Other usual benefits like 401k(no match), medical, dental, Life, STD, LTD,.. - Flexible work schedule - Good work life balance - Quality Free Lunch everyday

Cons

- This is the single most reason why good people are leaving this company. This company has the worst performance review practice in the industry ever. Reviews are often late by 5+ months and Comp increases are nonexistent/negligible. Don't expect Compass to up your pay even to adjust for inflation. Compass is all talk and will setup shows every week during review cycle that will appear to look like they are helping you. Don't fall for it, actually it' s a never ending reality show and not sincere. At the end of every cycle you will find the P&C people (usually hired as contractors) responsible for helping with comp reviews done in a timely manner fired/quit. Its a show like I said and its intentional and happens during every cycle. The idea is to keep you working here on a sub par pay for as long as it can. Don't believe me ? If you interview here, ask when was the last time the performance review was on time. - The base pay here is sub par. So much so that you could probably get better pay at series C/B startups in the area. The strike price is formidably high that you may have to shell out 50K+ if you want to buy your options for any reason after they vest. - Down leveling is the norm here. If you are considering an offer it's important for you to ask about the levels because your base pay depends on it. - They have 2 health care plans. The 100% company paid free health care plan is JUNK. You will pay a few thousands in deductibles and copays per year.

4.0
Oct 30, 2019
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

Forward-thinking entrepreneurial principles, good perks, quick-moving programs and feedback for employees. Inspired leaders and generally happy staff.

Cons

No 401K matching in their retirement program.

2.0
Oct 29, 2019

Not all it's cracked up to be

Anonymous employee
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

Great benefits, free lunch, flexible work/ life balance

Cons

The leadership team is sneaky and not transparent. Instead of laying people off after a huge surge of over hiring they instead invoked voluntary departure through their review process by providing no raises or bonuses to employees. Massive amounts of employees leaving and not opening up headcount to replace them. People management training nonexistant, people managers with no experience in charge of your career path, career maps are fake, promotions given based off personal relationships, not actual achievements, HR team doesn't take feedback from frustrated employees seriously and is never actioned on. Agents are priority and employees are overworked and abused by agents but CEO + leadership will tell you to do everything to make the agents happy.

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