Large, steady company with plenty of opportunities - room for growth, company culture, work ethic lacking. - Anonymous employee CBRE Employee Review

3.0
Aug 14, 2012
Anonymous employee
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Pros

Fast paced, lots of people, large company, very stable company, adequate benefits package,

Cons

Large company size creates rift between management and employees, software solutions are outdated/prone to outages (especially when they are needed), IT and HR are unwilling to put in extra effort to be helpful - only help with superficial problems, people who have stayed with the company are not willing to work hard: smart people and hard workers end up leaving.

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Pros

Honestly? Not much. The vision insurance was decent, I guess. Truthfully though, there wasn't much.

Cons

Management's refusal to allow employees freedom. I routinely got praise from the client and hit the maximum score on my goals. If things weren't done "by the book", they were wrong. The health insurance was awful. Going to self-employment, one of the things that you hear is that you're going to pay a lot for health insurance. However, I'm actually paying LESS than when I worked for CBRE. When you work for CBRE, don't consider job security something that you're going to have. I saw two employees with 15+ years for the company get laid off, with zero severance and no option to transfer elsewhere, unless they wanted to uproot their families and move states for more work and a pay cut. This is the worst company that I've ever had the displeasure to work for. If you have literally any other option of employment, please consider doing that.

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