Overworked & Under Appreciated but Solid Perks/Benefits - Software Engineer CBRE Employee Review

2.0
Feb 8, 2024
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Pros

The perks & benefits here were the only reason I stayed as long as I did. With this role, you are likely consider a Highly Paid Employee (or something like that) and qualify for an escalated benefits package. This includes unlimited PTO (had to put 3 weeks PTO at the beginning of each year, very lenient on additional days as long as workload is in good shape), 10% yearly bonus, 401K matching, and a bunch of different retail discounts & such from all the clients they work with.

Cons

This is not a tech company in the slightest. The office spaces are nice but not tech-oriented. The culture is geared to favor business facing roles rather than tech - very cliquey & not much effort for inclusion across teams. Most weeks were 50+ hours of work. sometime pushing 80. Little transparency when it comes to overall organization updates.

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5.0
Jun 29, 2026
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Pros

A great organization to work for with friendly staff.

Cons

insurance is not as good as I would have hoped.

1.0
Jun 26, 2026
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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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