Not a bad place to work - Anonymous employee CBRE Employee Review

3.0
Sep 6, 2013
Anonymous employee
Recommend
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Pros

I had a great boss They are willing to let you learn as much as you want as long as they don't have to pay you more

Cons

Under-paid for company and industry standards despite great reviews Company does not care about employees Benefits are below average Worked on client account where their goal is to save as much money as possible, especially on employee cost. I had no where to grow because my boss had no where to grow, no opportunity for advancement

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Pros

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Cons

Management's refusal to allow employees freedom. I routinely got praise from the client and hit the maximum score on my goals. If things weren't done "by the book", they were wrong. The health insurance was awful. Going to self-employment, one of the things that you hear is that you're going to pay a lot for health insurance. However, I'm actually paying LESS than when I worked for CBRE. When you work for CBRE, don't consider job security something that you're going to have. I saw two employees with 15+ years for the company get laid off, with zero severance and no option to transfer elsewhere, unless they wanted to uproot their families and move states for more work and a pay cut. This is the worst company that I've ever had the displeasure to work for. If you have literally any other option of employment, please consider doing that.

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