CoStar Group reviews

2.7

34% would recommend to a friend

(3,016 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 3,016 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
Jul 30, 2021
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

Good pay and benefits. Good people on the floor with you. The company is growing and there is room to advance.

Cons

Whatever agenda the main stream media is on about will also be shoved in your face by the CEO via emails, meetings and All-Hands Company calls. He literally made us watch a 10-minute John Oliver segment about the COVID vaccine while on a call with every employee. For a millionaire CEO, you’d expect him to value his employee’s time more than that. As long as you agree with what he thinks, you’ll probably be fine.

2.0
Jun 6, 2021

Unwilling to compromise for employees; only desires positive press

Anonymous employee
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

Good Pay Great Benefits Coworkers in office

Cons

Higher management unwilling to listen to employees No work from home options in sight even when we saw growth while working from home 12 hour work days sometimes

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CoStar Group Response
5y
We appreciate you taking the time to share your thoughts with us. We value feedback in all forms from our employees, both past and present. We're happy to read your comments about our competitive salaries, top tier benefits and the extraordinary people who make CoStar Group such an exciting place to work. Our people are truly our greatest asset and we constantly challenge ourselves to find innovative ways to reward their dedication and engagement. That ranges from new free food options in our offices and pop-up events to celebrate our employees, to cash awards, once-in-a-lifetime trips and much more. We also passionately believe in the power of in-person collaboration and how that leads to innovation. As our CEO recently said, "We believe that companies with teams that are able to work together face to face will always outcompete remote, disbursed teams." We encourage you to have a conversation with your manager if you feel you are struggling to maintain an appropriate work/life balance. If there is anything else you would like to share with us so we can make your experience at CoStar Group a positive one, please let us know at HRdepartment@costar.com. Thanks again for your review.
1.0
Oct 28, 2019

Research Associate

Recommend
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Pros

The building is nice. 40 hour even work week. Decent training and starting pay- but don't fall for it.

Cons

Metrics, metrics, metrics! Oh, and layoffs and micromanagement. Your value as a human being is derived monthly from an arbitrary metrics system. How many 90 second calls can you make to someone who doesn't want to hear from you? How many true building owners can you find on Google? How good are you at falsifying monthly numbers, because the vast majority of "researchers" do so to stay employed? I use quotes because actual research isn't really part of the job- we gather existing data from obvious, predetermined sources and put it in a database. "Research" often feels more like customer service. Just don't forget, these numbers determine your worth and not silly things like tenure, intellect or subject matter expertise. Did I mention layoffs in portfolio research? Summer 2018- Columbia, MD office closes, 150+ terminated. Some researchers accepted a transfer to DC. Summer 2019- DC eliminates portfolio research, 100 laid off along with many more in Atlanta. CoStar doesn't care about you.

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CoStar Group Response
6y
Thanks for taking the time to leave us a review. At CoStar Group, we continuously focus on improving how we measure success for our teams and maximize value to our clients, and we appreciate your feedback. CoStar Group is in a period of expansion and we're actively looking to grow our team. However, it’s important to understand the business decisions behind some of the recent organizational shifts in the research department. With the success of our Apartments.com business, our methods for capturing data in the multifamily space – whether through electronic feeds, direct user entry, or other methods – have simply evolved. As a result, we conducted an organizational realignment to ensure job functions match with our methods for collecting information and are more in-line with the future direction of the business. As the leader in the multifamily space, Apartments.com continues to extend our footprint and will expand our focus by increasing the sales force. We are hiring 100 new outbound multifamily sales consultants based in Richmond. Unfortunately, because of this shift of focus, the Community Research group based in Atlanta, GA has been eliminated. This decision was purely business-related in an effort to align our research and sales resources to current data collection methods. It was not at all related to employee or company financial performance. Decisions like these that affect the daily lives of our employees are not made lightly. We value our employees and the work they do in making CoStar Group the leading provider of commercial real estate information, analytics, and online marketplaces. Impacted employees have been offered the appropriate resources to help them through this transition. These employees also have the opportunity to apply for one of the new outbound multifamily sales positions, or any other open position within the company where their skills align to the job requirements. We do read all reviews to see where we're getting things right and where we can improve. If you have any specific feedback you can give us about leadership and you feel comfortable doing so, please email us at HRdepartment@costar.com. Thanks for your time with us. We wish you the best in the next steps in your career.
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