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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3K reviews
1.0
May 15, 2020
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

- The money - The young staff - Very little else

Cons

- It IS a call centre, we are targeted to make a calls for a designated time period - We are monitored with everything we do - there is 0% chance of job progression, promotion in CoStar is the SAME job with a different title. - We are asked when we join to leave positive reviews on glassdoor (unacceptable).

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CoStar Group Response
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Thanks for taking the time to leave a review with us. As you mentioned, we're proud to offer competitive salaries to our employees. Additionally, we'd like to encourage you to take charge of your career because there is definitely room for growth at CoStar Group. Many of our researchers have been promoted within research or to other positions in the company. You should feel empowered to speak with your manager about how to evolve your role and/or about opportunities for further professional development. As for reviews, while we always encourage current and former employees to leave us feedback so we can constantly improve, we do not ask - nor will we ask - employees to leave positive reviews. We encourage you to reach out to our HR Department at HRDepartment@costar.com to discuss your role and how you can grow with the company.
1.0
Dec 13, 2017
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

- Benefits are good. - Workplace can be enjoyable at times. - Pay is good for the work. - They hire good people

Cons

- I was not told any of these specifics at the time of my interview - Completely Metric based work (you must average a certain amount of calls, THAT ARE 90 SECONDS OR LONGER, per month with a limited contact list. You must also contact a certain percentage of your contacts to be considered "on track.") - Micro-management can be seen at great lengths (You are monitored on a daily basis that identifies how many calls you have attempted, how many 90 second 'interviews' you have conducted, the total length of your 'interviews' per day, and what percentage of your contacts have you contacted within the month.) - Other instances of micro-management involve frequent audits to assess whether or not you are 'asking all the right questions consistently and effectively.' - You are consistently told to call the same people each month, even those that have expressed the desire to no longer be called or to be associated with the CoStar Group (This was made apparent during both the Training sessions and the live work place - simply told to 'try again next month') One interviewee during my training session called this borderline-harassment - We oversell our Analytics Product to our 'interviewees' (brokers, owners, decision makers) - There is a sense of a 'weak leadership' which could possibly stem from the guidelines that are set out from the Head Office in Columbia, DC. These guidelines are stern and are not receptive to feedback from both employees and managers at the Toronto office.

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