Good company to join but not to start a career - Consultant CBRE Employee Review

3.0
Jan 1, 2016
Recommend
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Pros

Very knowledgable senior management with many years experience. The best in the industry. The quality of the reports is very high with exhaustive coverage of the content discussed.

Cons

Inconsistent work flow lead to many hours scrounging for work to do. Also, difficult to come up with side projects to add value during downtime. Performance reviews tend to be based on old ways of doing things and not on merits of individual's contributions.

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5.0
Jun 29, 2026
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Pros

A great organization to work for with friendly staff.

Cons

insurance is not as good as I would have hoped.

1.0
Jun 26, 2026
Recommend
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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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