Many reasons to join, not a lot of reasons to stay. - cr coordinator Compass Employee Review

4.0
Jan 11, 2021
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

Location, benefits, free lunch, some cool people, especially on the Creative Team.

Cons

Lot of dorks who think they know more about New York than you do. Egos are an issue here. Also, not enough foundation for their loftier projects. There are a lot of great ideas at Compass because there's an expectation that you come up with these huge "dream big" schemes in order to demonstrate your worth/usefulness. However, the initial structure for these ideas are never fully thought out and become the problem of other people and then it's your fault for not knowing how to navigate/not being "solutions driven" enough.

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Pros

Forward thinking tech company exploring the cutting edge

Cons

Focused on expansion by any means necessary

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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