You do not want to work here - Anonymous employee Compass Employee Review

1.0
Dec 10, 2023
Anonymous employee
Recommend
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Pros

All of the best reasons to work at Compass vanished at the IPO. It was immediately clear the business model is flawed and the CEO has no plan other than hope for a market rebound so he can sell his stake. CEO has bragged about promoting people (a president) because “they show up to the office”.

Cons

CEO has an obsession with return to office because it helps him hide that he is completely underperforming in every way. Health insurance has gotten much worse, pay has been frozen since March 2022, and there are giant disparities between orgs. Product and engineering is guaranteed to stay remote through 2024 and had received two retention bonuses while the rest of the company is forced back to the office 5 days a week with no retention bonuses.

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5.0
Jul 7, 2026
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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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