Huge growth, opportunity to have a BIG impact - Anonymous employee Compass Employee Review

5.0
Sep 14, 2020
Anonymous employee
Recommend
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Pros

Like the headline says, Compass is growing fast and there's tons of opportunity to have an impact. Unlike FAANG there's no bureaucracy here, the CEO and leadership team only care about getting to the right answer. And unlike many other pre-IPO start ups there's a real focus on culture and employees. There's a real company here, and if you're hungry and have great ideas you can go far.

Cons

The CEO Robert cares SO MUCH, and has such a strong vision for the future of the company that he can get bogged down in the tiniest of details like font size on yard signs. It can be disempowering to have him in the weeds on a project you're working on. But once you realize it's because he cares and values the work you're doing it can become a positive.

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5.0
Jul 7, 2026
Anonymous employee
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Pros

good benefits, unlimited PTO, fun work environment with the agents

Cons

sales is always up and down

2.0
Jun 17, 2026
Recommend
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Pros

People are smart. Very much a “move fast and break things” culture which can be refreshing compared to bureaucracy-heavy corporate life. I don’t agree with their values (if they have any) but what they’re doing is unquestionably working - business outlook is strong.

Cons

Leadership will tell you there’s no ego or self-interest involved in their strategy - that is untrue. It’s an extremely heliocentric culture around the CEO. A lot of the work is based around what people they're guessing he’ll like, but there’s no alignment at the outset and something you worked on for weeks/months will be trashed after one look from him. Their mission is ostensibly about empowering agents but they are solving a problem that pretty much no one was complaining about before they started, and which just so happens to work highly in their favor in terms of market share. It’s just business but very disingenuous- don’t believe the hype that it’s altruistic somehow. Also the CEO loves to share his sob story about his single mother upbringing, but simultaneously enacts some of the most anti-parent policies you could think of.

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