CBRE Reviews

Current Employee – been working at CBRE

Pros – Many locations, many jobs, many departments, wealth of knowledge shared over in-house software but hard to take advantage of in terms of time and knowing how to access it.

Cons – Myriad of support software all has different UI, sometimes hard to navigate and find what you need but it is there...somewhere.

Advice to Senior Management – Aggregate different support software and provide some autonomy to city offices. IT needs to be updated to keep up with the rest of the world.

Yes, I would recommend this company to a friend

Current Employee – been working at CBRE full-time for more than a year

Pros – Stability and job security is high

Cons – Too many baby boomers, needs young talent

Yes, I would recommend this company to a friend – I'm optimistic about the outlook for this company

Former Employee – worked at CBRE full-time for more than a year

Pros – Well known company - looks good on resume
good benefits
OK bonus packages

Cons – Insane hours, not paid overtime
little recognition from management
can't move up the ranks easily
pay is very low for new graduates

Advice to Senior Management – recognition goes far - give your employees positive re-enforcement and honest feedback to keep them on board for longer.

No, I would not recommend this company to a friend – I'm optimistic about the outlook for this company

Current Employee – been working at CBRE

Pros – Large company that has many opportunities for people interested in managing real estate.
Can work from home a few days/week

Cons – HR department is incompetent-makes frequent payroll mistakes related to pension contributions and the hr websites are riddled with mistakes and poor programming design. It's obvious that CBRE in Canada doesn't consider the HR department to be very important in terms of employee growth and development.
Benefits are barely competitive-monthly benefits costs are excessive.
Workload is excessive for the pay but that relates to the account one is working for.
No interaction between the various accounts. No company sponsored group get togethers unless employees pay for it themselves.

Advice to Senior Management – Need to spend some time focusing on the human aspect -career development-a HR that is more than a skeleton crew - rather than looking only at the financial numbers.

Current Employee – been working at CBRE full-time for more than a year

Pros – CBRE truly focuses on the corporate values of Respect, Integrity, Service and Excellence. All employees are treated with respect and are supported through their career.

Cons – There seems to be a lack of continuity between countries and an unclear vision (or execution) of the 'global' approach of the organization from leadership.

Advice to Senior Management – View the company as a global organization and not shiloed by country or line of business. We have an amazing opportunity to leverage all of our experience and opportunities to really serve our customers.

Yes, I would recommend this company to a friend – I'm optimistic about the outlook for this company

Current Employee – been working at CBRE full-time for more than 8 years

Pros – Great PTO Program and Paid Holidays
Other benefits include a discount program on various items and services

Cons – Most have Manager approval to apply for internal job postings

Yes, I would recommend this company to a friend – I'm optimistic about the outlook for this company

Current Employee – been working at CBRE

Pros – good working environment, good team

Cons – politics, target driven, work/life balance

Yes, I would recommend this company to a friend – I'm optimistic about the outlook for this company

Former Employee – worked at CBRE full-time for less than a year

Pros – since leaving, management have changed, so i hear they are doing better. IT was originally outsourced, then the company bought up our contracts, so people cheered up.

Cons – 30-50ish calls a day
high volume of calls due to outages
stationary at your desk/all remote support across EMEA
supported around 600 or 6000 employees amongst several people ( i hear they have more IT staff now though)
felt very much like working in a call centre
a lot of politics, and unhappy staff
no real pay rises at the time..

Advice to Senior Management – speak to your employees and get everyones views, people have a lot on their chests there, and incentive to train and better themselves,,,no body wants to answer calls all day, and then when offered other work to do, have to do this on top of calls.. thats too much..
otherwise, just keep up the good work and keep improving the place like you are.

Yes, I would recommend this company to a friend – I'm optimistic about the outlook for this company

Former Employee – worked at CBRE full-time

Pros – Great working atmosphere, i.e. working remotely is available after only 90 days of service, this is a fantastic benefit and available for nearly all accounting positions (as long as you work at a Center of Excellence)

Cons – You can work 24/7 and it still won't be enough for senior management, expect to give up vacations, family time and really any free time you think you will have for the job, and expect a 0% salary increase at review time for your efforts.

No, I would not recommend this company to a friend

Former Employee – worked at CBRE full-time for more than a year

Pros – Nice, friendly people overall. Really smart, talented people but down to earth.
You can learn a lot.

Cons – Brokers are nice but there is no real structure or effective work flow between the marketing team and the brokers. If you are with the right team, you are fine. Nobody likes to share data or marketing materials, which I find to be completely crazy.

Advice to Senior Management – Don't just listen to your brokers. Develop a better system where everyone is involved and can share information for the good of the entire company.