Contract Specialist - Anonymous employee CoStar Group Employee Review

3.0
May 12, 2015
Anonymous employee
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

The company itself is very forward-thinking, innovative and have healthy initiatives. My colleagues were great to work with. Program Developers are on their game, constant updates to keep up with times / changing markets.

Cons

It's hard not to feel like a number because the company is so huge. I have to talk to a supervisor to talk to a manager to talk to my director to talk to HR...

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CoStar Group Response
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We appreciate the feedback. I want to make sure you know that the lines of communication are more open than you may think. Any inter-departmental questions you may have can often be handled more directly – particularly for Human Resources, as we know many topics are very personal. If you don’t know who to speak to, email HRDepartment@costargroup.com and the right person will be able to get in touch with you to help. For any issues that need to go up the food chain, but we recommend keeping your direct manager in the loop because they know you best, and will be able to help advocate for you in terms of reaching the right people. As our Sales structure has recently been reorganized to better fit all members of the Sales force, new policies for the promotion review process in place, looking at both an individual’s skills as a salesperson as well as a potential leader, when it applies.

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