Run while you can - Anonymous employee Compass Employee Review

1.0
Feb 7, 2023
Anonymous employee
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Pros

Compass used to be a tech startup had smart people, great benefits.

Cons

Compass used to be a tech company but could not successfully build up any of the tech and is now only a brokerage. They have laid off only the people who knew what they were doing and kept people who do not actually do work but kiss up to leadership. They have only promoted under qualified managers who will do anything but their actual job to get ahead. Compass has consistently made expensive strategic mistakes and now must layoff most employees because of it while they continue to hire for specific groups who's leader is able to push their requests to the top.

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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
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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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