Great company, but did not handle pandemic well - Financial Analyst CBRE Employee Review

4.0
May 18, 2021
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

Some of the best brokers in the industry, and you can work up to being one. Not micromanaged, tools for success.

Cons

When the pandemic hit, they reduced a lot of low paid workers a percentage of their salary while higher ups didn't take much. What really got me is the third time the regional manger called us to tell us we were going another stint on pay reduction, he did not take it seriously and was cracking jokes while everyone looked upset, then just hung up. I saw some people on that call with terrible faces after that. That was my reason for leaving.

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5.0
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Pros

A great organization to work for with friendly staff.

Cons

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1.0
Jun 26, 2026
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Pros

Honestly? Not much. The vision insurance was decent, I guess. Truthfully though, there wasn't much.

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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