Good pay, benefits are not top of the line with competitors, no set training - Associate Software Engineer CoStar Group Employee Review

3.0
Sep 30, 2021
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Pros

Good pay for Associate Software Engineers- started at $100k with $15k bonus. People I worked with personally were excellent and extremely helpful until management changed the structure and our team was ripped in thirds and no longer balanced. An opportunity to work on a lot of different websites and get to interact with and write code that will be seen internationally.

Cons

Management is greedy. There is no set training for engineers so you are kind of just thrown in the water. It was chill for the first 5 or 6 months but then there were switch ups and corporate games started being played (I.e. switching me off my main assignment for a whole month to do something else, then the day I was switched back and relearning everything, I was quizzed and the moment I messed up I was being told that “people above” may want me gone if I don’t produce”. It was a setup.)

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5.0
Apr 15, 2026
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Pros

Overall a good company, salary and benefits

Cons

Depends on the department, there are people who loves others don’t.

1.0
May 11, 2026
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Pros

401k, medical benefits snacks decent base salary

Cons

Working at CoStar Group was one of the most emotionally exhausting sales environments I’ve experienced. The culture on my team was extremely male-dominated, hyper-competitive, and very much “sink or swim.” Collaboration was talked about constantly by management, but in reality the environment rewarded internal competition, territorial behavior, favoritism, and politics over actual teamwork. As one of the few women on the sales team, I often felt isolated and unsupported. Instead of mentorship or coaching, the expectation was basically: “figure it out yourself.” New hires were thrown into difficult situations with inconsistent training and unrealistic expectations, while certain reps appeared to receive stronger books of business, better territories, or more support than others. It created resentment and a toxic atmosphere where coworkers often felt more like competitors waiting for you to fail than teammates. The turnover was incredibly high, which should have been a red flag. Management pushed aggressive quotas and nonstop pressure while failing to address morale, burnout, or fairness concerns. There was also an unhealthy obsession with leaderboard culture and internal politics that made the workplace feel stressful every single day. What disappointed me most was that I genuinely believed in the product and enjoyed helping clients. Many customers loved working with me, and I built strong relationships. But internally, the environment became mentally draining. The constant competitiveness, lack of support, and toxic culture eventually outweighed the positives of the role.

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