Compass reviews

3.9

71% would recommend to a friend

(2,506 total reviews)
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Robert Reffkin

75% approve of CEO

64% 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
1.0
Mar 24, 2020

Look Elsewhere

Anonymous employee
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Pros

Great coworkers, decent salary, decent benefits, snacks.

Cons

These reviews are skewed because it seems to be a mix of Staff and Real Estate Agents reviewing. If it was just Staff reviews, the approval rating would be much lower. Most agents love it here because guess what, that’s all c-level cares about. They build programs and practically throw free money at agents to get them to join Compass. Staff on the other hand? I would argue the opposite. Compass was once a great place to work but everything that was promised in the beginning is slowly being taken away because they are trying to cut back for an IPO. The CFO came in and completely changed the culture. What was once a place filled with energetic and happy employees, is not filled with anxiety, stress, and borderline depression. Now, no roles are being backfilled for people that either left or got laid off, current employees are being asked to take on more and more work without any support (they combined 3 roles into 1) or increased pay, and there is zero transparency from management on anything going on. Compass is NOT a people first place. They no longer value anyone who works on staff. So do yourself a favor, save the heartache and look elsewhere.

2.0
Jan 7, 2020

No Work Life Balance

Anonymous employee
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

Medical benefits, Free food, Great co-workers, Unlimited sick leave, Tech support

Cons

Everyone is overworked across various departments. People work themselves to the bone with no work-life balance. Compass is growing too fast and the work load for staff is consistently overwhelming. Their main concern is recruiting agents, and doing everything they can to make them happy, even if it is at the expense of staff members’ quality-of-life. Staff works late into the night, vacation , sick days, and holidays. Employees do this because they take pride in their work but the workload is so heavy.... and no one should feel the pressure to work like this unless they are self-employed. Despite numerous national and regional meetings where employees repeatedly voice these concerns, nothing is being done. Many have quit simply because they are fed up and burnt out. The free lunches and unlimited sick leave mean nothing when you don’t even have time to eat it or take time off to be get better. They are losing incredibly brilliant and talented people because they cannot get their act together.

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