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
Oct 2, 2019

Some company eh?

Recommend
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Pros

The people you work with will be the best in the industry. Unlimited sick time 15 days PTO

Cons

You will prepare for review cycle, hit all your marks and still not get a merit increase, you won't get a bonus and you won't get a promotion. You will get more work, which you'll never finish in a day. You'll be encouraged to "keep doing your best work" but it'll never be enough. There is no transparency to policy changes that have been made without it being communicated company-wide. (They will apologize tirelessly but make no changes) You will not have an option for equity because of "legal reasons." HR is a team of 3-4 for the entire company. There is no HR infrastructure which means everything is done by hand. There will be companies being acquired in order to reach a very ambitious goal of having a substantial presence in the market, but those companies will never actually be "organic Compass." There will be C level folks hired to make Compass profitable (which means, you'll more than likely not get a raise once the next cycle comes back around) They will not answer any of your concerns clearly, its always covered in fluff and sparkles. They want to IPO in 12-18 months but have told agent's that they don't so...who knows. But, at least there are free snacks* and a Bevi machine to make it all worth it at the end of the day. (jk, they've cut the snack budget too)

3.0
Mar 14, 2019
Recommend
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Pros

Compass has its goals in mind and are not shy about their approach in achieving them. In San Francisco, they bought the top 3 brokerages and now have majority market share. They are the future of real estate, no doubt about it.

Cons

While they are expanding rapidly, they sometimes forget about their agents needs. Marketing assistance is pushed to someone else to someone else until you can't find anyone to come by your office and sit down to assist you. I think they have a goal in mind, but lose focus on the here and now. It's always talk about 5-10 years, which is great for those who can wait that long, but real estate agents have deals that are getting done now and can't wait for 5 years to get the kinks worked out.

2.0
Oct 26, 2016

Smoke and Mirrors

Anonymous employee
Recommend
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Pros

There is always free food and a fully stocked kitchen! Friendly staff

Cons

-No room for career growth -Understaffed so often burdened with extreme work loads -New management with no real estate background making uninformed decisions -Agents with oversized egos treat you like on call servants (no desk phones so they call your personal cell phones at all hours/weekends)

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