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
Sep 24, 2017

Worst Job Ever

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Pros

Good Salary, they might take you travelling

Cons

Terrible disgusting job and the managers are the most idiotic robot like individuals you can ever meet. If you cherish the years you've spent pursuing your degree and building up your career, DO NOT WORK HERE.

1.0
Jul 12, 2017
Recommend
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Pros

Great people, good money, ok benefits, free fruit and tea/coffee

Cons

Horible soul destroying job, call centre, clients hate your calls, you need to repeat who CoStar are and benefits of using it every time you talk to a client (you talk to the same people at leats once per month), which makes you feel really stupid. Clients find it patronising, but Andy Florance insists on using the script, which he created. Stress, fear and anxiety is a norm. Constant change without warning and very little explanation. Run!!!

1.0
Feb 8, 2017

AVOID!

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Pros

The people you work with make the days bearable...the salary is good also, but it's a trap to keep you with the company.

Cons

Where to start? This place has a lot of potential and could be a really good place to work - however the CEO (American chap) seems to think that having an office full of unhappy people is the best way to go. I'm not exaggerating when I say that there is literally not one happy person in the Glasgow office...so many people are leaving or are off sick due to stress. We recently had a salary increase which sounds great on paper, but what we weren't told at the time is that we were going to have completely unrealistic targets imposed on us. CoStar has always tried to say that it isn't a call centre which is complete BS! We have to make 20 calls a day that are over 90 seconds. Not only that but we have to say ridiculous branding lines on every call to tell people how amazing CoStar are (lol!). Clients pay us for our data - not for the number of calls we make but this seems lost on everyone at CoStar. On top of all the calls, we are supposed to add a certain amount of new properties & deals and also check property websites for any updates. The fun is being drained out of the place as well; we used to have dress down days every Friday where we'd all pay £1 to go to different charities...this has now stopped as well for some bizarre reason.

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CoStar Group Response
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Thank you for your comments and for your time with us. Our metrics are carefully tailored to help drive the quality and productivity of research, help researchers improve and create value for our clients. I can understand that it has been challenging to adjust to the metrics but the metrics are a way to measure the activities that lead to a robust, timely and accurate database. The CoStar data obtained by Research is our critical differentiator from our competitors and what clients are paying for.
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