Enjoyed working there, but hit by recession - Anonymous employee CBRE Employee Review

4.0
Mar 10, 2011
Anonymous employee
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Pros

-Family-oriented environment -Good work/life balance -Management was family-oriented and supportive but things may change when they retire

Cons

-Benefits were lackluster and the worst I've had in my career -Some groups worked a lot more than others, not sure if they received a better bonus or any recognition for their work -Some of the asset managers and finance professionals are rude and unprofessional and treatment of accounting staff is sometimes terrible.

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Cons

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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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