CBRE reviews

By nature of the work, your bosses/brokers answer to demanding clients, and their moods and treatment of support staff are directly dependent upon this. For better or worse, they will be mean, rude, immature / whatever they need to be to make sure a deal gets done and that they / the team get paid. If you understand this and can develop a thick skin, it's manageable and can pay well. Typically 12-hour days, sometimes more. Managers generally don't have a good understanding of time required to complete most tasks/projects. Titles generally don't reflect experience / contributions. Promotions are rare. Very political environment. Poor team communication.

Extensive travel and since my peers are all dispersed throughout the country and leadership works from home it can sometimes feel like you’re on an island. After a heavy construction season and traveling every week for 6 months straight it’s hard to feel valued and it feels like you’re just a cog in the wheel. There are internal employees of the client that do the same work and in this current climate we just experienced some lay offs and as contractors we are the first to go so there is a lack of job security. We are constantly challenged to make us seem like an invaluable asset but that’s driven by leadership and can come at a cost, leadership wants to maintain their position as directors of the account, but we are the foot soldiers responsible for actually doing the work. Also the client chooses your general and fixture contractors which some are sub par so it’s a ton of added work to support a project that goes sideways because of that.