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3.9

71% would recommend to a friend

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Robert Reffkin

74% approve of CEO

64% positive business outlook

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3.0
Feb 5, 2016
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Pros

Surrounded by a bunch of reasonably smart staff, that's a plus. Pay is at bottom/mid of market level, but people are excited to be on ground floor of a start-up. They put New York employees who come to Beverly Hills office into nice hotel rooms.

Cons

The support staff is filled with fresh people who have interesting ideas, but no real Real Estate background. So too many inexperienced people giving advice on how to run internal structure, only to be over-ridden by another inexperienced person who enthusiastically pushes new untested ideas. Many minor mistakes in ordering and reordering office infrastructure, furnishings, supplies, etc. Give real estate agents access to technology and a social chat platform, and expect them to revolutionize the industry? Maybe Not? Is the Real Estate industry really going to be revolutionized by giving the real estate agents access to google docs and an in-house social platform?The real estate agents all struggle to use the tech, and not many sales being closed in the short term, but I guess that is to be expected in a new office. Office is definitely burning through money though.

4.0
Dec 16, 2015

Broker

Recommend
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Pros

The tech tools for brokers are very good. The IT support is extremely fast & effective. Issues with computers tend to be resolved within minutes. All brokers here are driven, successful, and come in with years of experience.

Cons

Most of the engineers have no personality, hard to talk to, and seems to avoid others outside of the engineering group. Outside of the real estate managers, "Corporate" & brokers are separated and not much communication happens between the two groups. Desk space for brokers are sub par compared to industry standards. Virtually no space between desks.

4.0
Nov 23, 2015
Recommend
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Pros

*Fantastic culture, they clearly care about the individual enjoying their time at the workplace *Catered lunches every day, most of the time with healthy options *Snacks and beverages galore *Lots of places to sit besides "your desk" to break up the monotony *Free dinner if you work past 8pm and cab reimbursed if you work past 10pm *Open floor plan, so only a couple higher ups actually have offices. Most everyone is given equal work space *Dedicated Compass facilities staff so it's always clean, stocked, and anything broken is fixed within a day *They put a lot of effort into making sure candidates fit the culture and will get along with the company well, let alone checking references, so a lot of very smart, very future-minded people *Consistently hire best of the best, including minds from Google, Amazon, LinkedIn, Twitter, and top agents in respective regions *They promote from within the company when possible, so you can actually grow in your field *Great benefits that have an option for $0 premiums with low co-pays. 401K will soon be in place

Cons

*The fast pace is not for everyone *Explosive growth seems to constantly beat out the hiring capacity, so many fields are a bit understaffed, just from lack of being able to hire people fast enough *Occasional long hours and weekend work, based on certain projects, but as most positions are salaried there is no overtime pay.

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