Analyst - Anonymous employee CBRE Employee Review

1.0
May 18, 2017
Anonymous employee
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

Honestly, I cannot think of one. Not a single one.

Cons

The Management Team is comprised of a bunch of self absorbed, ignorant bullies who do nothing to coach or mentor their staff but rather seek pleasure in micromanaging them. This is so they can find the most trivial infractions to include in your performance evaluation to justify not giving you a raise. Despite the countless hours you spent meeting their objectives and yours, you never see a dime of that hefty bonus they collect by riding your coattails. To add insult to injury, you end up making less than you did the year before thanks to increases in insurance premiums and no cost of living raise to even compensate for it. Employees were expected to do the work of three but only get paid for one and promotions were reserved for those who were best friends with a manager or related to one. Those employees jetted up the corporate ladder in record time while other more deserving employees were passed up and then given vague excuses by management as to why they were rejected in a pathetic attempt to hide management's blatant nepotism. So if you love being ridiculously overworked and grossly underpaid, enjoy being harassed and bullied by managers because you're smarter than they are, get excited about higher ups taking credit for all your hard work, and look forward to being micromanaged, then CBRE is the perfect fit for you.

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Pros

The company has a great mentor program. You will meet colleagues who do amazing things like write books, receive leadership awards, and write checks to nonprofits that really need the help.

Cons

I really have no complaints. I am still in contact with many of my colleagues there.

1.0
Jun 26, 2026
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Pros

Honestly? Not much. The vision insurance was decent, I guess. Truthfully though, there wasn't much.

Cons

Management's refusal to allow employees freedom. I routinely got praise from the client and hit the maximum score on my goals. If things weren't done "by the book", they were wrong. The health insurance was awful. Going to self-employment, one of the things that you hear is that you're going to pay a lot for health insurance. However, I'm actually paying LESS than when I worked for CBRE. When you work for CBRE, don't consider job security something that you're going to have. I saw two employees with 15+ years for the company get laid off, with zero severance and no option to transfer elsewhere, unless they wanted to uproot their families and move states for more work and a pay cut. This is the worst company that I've ever had the displeasure to work for. If you have literally any other option of employment, please consider doing that.

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