Robot work but not a bad place to start - Research Associate CoStar Group Employee Review

3.0
Feb 2, 2015
Recommend
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Pros

Great snacks. Gym access. Bikes and Segways. Great Christmas Party. Young and fun office culture. fun lower management. Great way to learn the ins and outs of real estate. Great entry level opportunity.

Cons

No communication between departments or middle managements. Projects are assigned with no deadline or goal.. they just continue until a new one pops up. Not a great career advancement place but they are getting better about it. No challenges or use of creativity. Very robotic work.

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CoStar Group Response
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Thanks for your feedback, and I’m glad you were able to learn about the real estate industry, we like being able to give our researchers the chance to learn about a field they (in many cases) would like to have a career in one day. Opportunity for career advancement is something we have been working to further develop in recent months, and in the coming weeks with the start of a new Market Analyst role in our US offices, we are aiming for researchers to be able to better see the career paths available to them. I’m sorry to hear you didn’t feel you were able to be creative, but the nature of the research role is analysis and information, and our recruiting team works to communicate that clearly with candidates so they know what is ahead for them in the position. As the career paths develop into a stronger aspect of Research, researchers should be able to challenge themselves as they reach for certain accomplishments to help them reach their career goals within the company. I will pass on your feedback to Research management, who is always looking for ways to improve the organizational effectiveness of the department. Best of luck to you in your career!

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