Pros
Benefits is truly the only good thing about working for the apartments.com department within Costar
Cons
Costar Group is a GREAT company, the apartments.com department however is a totally different thing. In a nutshell, it’s a cancer. There are two offices Terminus and Phipps. Terminus houses primarily apartments.com. If you are college educated and looking for career advancement within the company then the apartments.com sector is not for you. It’s moreso a pit stop for a new graduate or someone between jobs. It’s a call center with call center metrics. No matter how they try to sell it to you. Apparently, the college educated, growth and career advancement is all housed in the Phipps office. Imagine the newest director ( I saw 6 in my 2.5 years there), who came from the Phipps office acknowledging the Terminus office as the “hood”. Terminus is unanimously referred to as the hood, the plantation and any other derogatory adjective you may think of. The work culture is very poor. And it definitely starts with the team managers. They are college graduates with little to no experience in management. Hiring a chemist graduate in an Architecture position does what good? They themselves do not even care or take their position serious. Guidelines are not respected or enforced. Remodeling the Terminus office to mirror the upscale Phipps office does nothing for the work culture just like everyone knows you can’t outrun a bad diet. Overall, there is no stability.