A Previously Great Company That is Nosediving Towards Complete Collapse - Marketing Advisor Compass Employee Review

2.0
Nov 16, 2022
Recommend
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Pros

The people at this company are amazing and genuinely want to put out great work for the agents. No matter how terrible or discouraging the culture got, I always knew I could go to my team and they would brighten my day. The job is also extremely easy, so while you shouldn't expect to actually grow your skills or talents during your time here, you can expect a great work/life balance.

Cons

Honestly, if I wrote this a year ago, this review would sound totally different. This used to be a great place to work, but the executive team is running Compass into the ground, and quickly. Firstly, they consider themselves a tech company (and market themselves that way) except when it comes to employee salaries and benefits. They expect top talent but pay embarrassingly low salaries and the benefits just keep getting taken away. Health, dental, and vision insurance used to be completely covered, but employees will now be charged for them. Not to mention they've also taken away several other benefits (no more education or gym stipend) making the total compensation laughable for the experience they expect. They also stopped offering raises as the company is in financial trouble, and I don't expect that to change anytime soon. Promotions? You can still get those, but as stated previously, they won't pay you more for the new title. You'd never guess any of this bein in a meeting with any of the c-suite team as they can only talk about how successful and great the company is, but if you Google the projected EOY numbers, you'll see the real story. There's a lot of companies out there that actually value their employees, and if you're thinking of joining Compass, I would really think twice before you put yourself in an extremely regrettable position.

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Pros

Forward thinking tech company exploring the cutting edge

Cons

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2.0
Jun 17, 2026
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Pros

People are smart. Very much a “move fast and break things” culture which can be refreshing compared to bureaucracy-heavy corporate life. I don’t agree with their values (if they have any) but what they’re doing is unquestionably working - business outlook is strong.

Cons

Leadership will tell you there’s no ego or self-interest involved in their strategy - that is untrue. It’s an extremely heliocentric culture around the CEO. A lot of the work is based around what people they're guessing he’ll like, but there’s no alignment at the outset and something you worked on for weeks/months will be trashed after one look from him. Their mission is ostensibly about empowering agents but they are solving a problem that pretty much no one was complaining about before they started, and which just so happens to work highly in their favor in terms of market share. It’s just business but very disingenuous- don’t believe the hype that it’s altruistic somehow. Also the CEO loves to share his sob story about his single mother upbringing, but simultaneously enacts some of the most anti-parent policies you could think of.

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