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 31, 2017

Culture doesn't equal PR

Anonymous employee
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Pros

Good benefit package and start-up perks (free lunch, snacks, ping-pong table)

Cons

Too much focus on PR and communications, too little on day-to-day manager to direct report relationships. No career paths or advancement options. The company is focused on hiring top talent from outside as opposed to helping employees grow and advance. Management spends disproportionately more time on external recruiting & selling than internal learning & development. All culture efforts seem forced and planned.

2.0
Jan 31, 2022
Recommend
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Pros

Has good health insurance. Dental and vision are standard. A lot of the people you meet are extremely talented, passionate, and driven.

Cons

Leadership has made it clear that they will not and will never do cost of living or inflation adjustments. Your raise is solely based on your yearly review, which is stack ranked so no matter how well you do, you might just get an average rating. The process is so delayed that you won’t even know your rating till 6 months after the calibration. If you’re not in Product & Engineering you will be severely underpaid. Burnout is a serious problem and the expectation is to just keep going. The product is subpar Leadership has no sense of direction and are completely out of touch on the impacts their decisions make on their teams. They do not invest in employee culture or development. If you’re not an agent then Robert won’t give a single crap about you.

1.0
Oct 20, 2021

Amazon in all the wrong ways

Anonymous employee
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Pros

Some competent PMs and some nice people.

Cons

The management has no sense of direction. Hiring and firing happen without any care for employee careers. The top management, especially within the analytics space have no clue what's required, and how to treat people in their teams. They have zero empathy. Extremely discriminatory, and a high-school chiquey setup is in place. Many current employees are currently living in fear of being removed from their job (for no fault). Earlier this week. there has been another round of arbitrary layoffs. Finally: If you are a H1B employee, beware. The top management does not care about the implications of random layoffs. You will be given minimum time notice (zero days) and a measly severance. Do not join this toxic workplace at any cost.

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