CoStar Group reviews

2.7

34% would recommend to a friend

(3,014 total reviews)
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Andrew C. Florance

32% approve of CEO

38% positive business outlook

CoStar Group has an employee rating of 2.7 out of 5 stars, based on 3,014 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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3K reviews
1.0
May 7, 2024
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

benefits- medical 401k, snacks, free food

Cons

-reversals/chargebacks of clients that don't pay or decided Costar is too costly. -micromanaging of activities -public shaming of employees with each individual metrics--meaning if you dont meet their standards they will either email everyone of your sales standing and publicly put you down for being a loser -changing environment - dumb upper management that does not effectively lead and just gets paid over priced salary for not doing anything. They should all be fired -- all the negative reviews 1000 % true --do not work here. You will not last more than 2-3 years. If you stay longer- you have no soul or are hopeless if you can't find better employment

2.0
Mar 14, 2022
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

Good health insurance Good pay if you exceed sales numbers

Cons

This place is so toxic, I’m glad I’m gone. From the gold lists where we don’t even know who our customer is so we’re calling on affordable communities every month, to the useless fire drills, being a sales rep at apartments.com was soul sucking. Fighting for commissions with other reps who lie and cheat and management who does nothing as they prefer to “pick their battles” even if they know the other person lied. Costar only bought apts.com for the data so good luck with new products or anything, it's a stagnant business. I was also involved in a sexual harassment claim that was verified by many different people and nothing ever came from it. No follow up. Nothing. The data in costar was awful, clients would laugh at me in meetings as I presented their own data to them in the comparable reports that was completely wrong. I hope the board replaces Andy as the company is going downhill because of his ego and old ways of doing business. The entire market hates costar and apartments.com but are forced to use them, not a good long term business strategy when your employees and customers both hate you. That was changing with apartments as many competitors were gaining ground quickly or realizing that apts.com was just not worth the money, especially in this market with occupancies at their highest levels in years (a fact that Andy REFUSED to believe). I had ptsd for six months after leaving but have finally recovered. If you decide to work here, good luck, your mental health will suffer because of it. Don't say you weren't warned with all these bad reviews.

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