CoStar Group reviews

2.7

34% would recommend to a friend

(3,018 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 3,018 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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2.0
May 29, 2014

Meh....

Anonymous employee
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Pros

great coworkers. good compensation (used to be great). nice offices

Cons

no work life balance. senior management is delusional. goals and projects change on a whim, causing constant time waste new employees get great perks, old ones get nothing getting a thank you from anyone other than your peers is impossible

4.0
May 29, 2014
Recommend
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Pros

The company is growing rapidly and there is a lot of opportunity for someone who really wants it. No company is without its challenges, but I've found that as Research Manager who has overseen a wide scope of researchers, the ones that found it the most challenging and have vented on here are those that never worked in a metrics-based or sales environment before, and it can be culture shock. CoStar gives opportunities to a lot of people fresh out of college who have never worked in a professional work environment before and the high expectations that come of a fast-paced, dynamic environment such as this can be difficult to acclimate to. Once you get past all that, it's a fun environment with great leadership and someone who works hard and really wants to move up will excel here. I've just passed my 1-year mark and am looking forward to what's next.

Cons

It can be difficult to engage and motivate employees who have this position as their first job. CoStar should seek more new hires who have at least 1-2 years of professional work experience under their belt. I think this would really help attrition.

2.0
May 29, 2014
Recommend
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Pros

Good benefits, company is stable and growing.

Cons

Pay structure is based on very low base pay with a promise of large performance bonuses. Bonuses requirements are constantly changing. Usually retroactive. In 2 years the structure has improved once, got worse 3 times. Job has recently changed from still photography and data gathering to mostly video. Current system is that most of the work moving forward does not earn any sort of bonus. Real effective pay is $13-14 an hour for a professional photographer, videographer, & video editor. The company has tons of money to spend, but not on salary.

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