CoStar Group reviews

2.7

33% would recommend to a friend

(3,019 total reviews)
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Andrew C. Florance

31% approve of CEO

38% positive business outlook

CoStar Group has an employee rating of 2.7 out of 5 stars, based on 3,019 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have an average working experience there. The CoStar Group employee rating is 22% below average for employers within the Real Estate industry (3.5 stars).

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1.0
Jan 19, 2016
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Pros

Health benefits were very good. They put the money into market the products and into the technology to create opportunity and be very visable. And they throw very elaborate customer parties

Cons

They do not value their employees and find ways to avoiding paying out on hard work. They buy companies to dissolve them and lay of departments at a time or push people out once they have gotten all the knowledge necessary out of them. There are no ethics in place.

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CoStar Group Response
10y
Thanks for your frank review. We take ethics very seriously at CoStar and encourage employees to report any ethical concerns to their manager, Human Resources (hrdepartment@costar.com) or the Company Hotline (888-496-0665). If you have an ethical or pay concern we definitely want to hear from you. It is an unfortunate result of acquisitions that companies sometimes cannot fully utilize all of the talented employees that come along with an acquisition. A large part of why Costar makes acquisitions is to acquire the employees who bring the knowledge, experience and leadership in the industry. We do our best to make a new home for all acquired employees offering them new jobs and relocation when possible. When it is not possible we treat our exiting employees fairly with severance and outplacement to ease their transition to new employment.
1.0
Apr 29, 2015

COMPANY FROM HELL!!!

Anonymous employee
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Pros

-Health Benefits; Nice Office Building; Large Cubicle

Cons

-COSTAR'S CEO WAS RATED THE WORST RATED CEO TO WORK FOR IN THE ENTIRE WASHINGTON, DC AREA.

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CoStar Group Response
11y
We respect our employees, and that includes allowing them the time to take care of personal needs throughout the workday. We strive for a welcoming and fun atmosphere in our offices, bringing our employees together as they work throughout the day. We respect the enormous quality of work our employees do, and while we love treating them to annual outings to professional baseball games, food trucks in front of the office and other small perks, we also strive to further their careers through learning opportunities to specialize in a specific area of their job of prepare for promotion to a higher level within the career path. The ranking you reference is more than two years old. More recent rankings for CoStar Group include Forbes’ World’s Most Innovative Growth Companies for 2014 and one of the 50 Fastest Growing Companies in DC by Washington Business Journal. As implied by these ranking titles, we’re growing at an amazing rate, and the inner workings of CoStar Group are vastly different from two years ago. As we continue to expand our business and take on new challenges to provide more – and better – information to the commercial real estate industry every day.
1.0
Oct 30, 2014
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Pros

None that I can think of.

Cons

Worst company that I have ever worked for. Management is a complete joke. If you are thinking of working for this company I would suggest that you think twice. Who has sales people that have no territories. Middle sales managers are in over their head and new head of sales is clueless.

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