Not a good diverse company - Anonymous employee CBRE Employee Review

1.0
Oct 15, 2017
Anonymous employee
Recommend
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Pros

Nice downtown Baltimore view and also laid back at times.

Cons

They barely hire any minorities, last summer none of their intern was a minority, even though the company is located in downtown baltimore. I guess no Asians, Indians, African Americans, or Hispanics are interested in working in real estate. When they hire 1 per 100, they are left to feel uncomfortable. A lady in property management always referred to African Americans as "they", and how she doesn't like driving in "their" neighborhoods. She said "they" are always killing each other and doesn't want to get caught in the middle of it. You know, appropriate office conversations. She also always touched an African American girl's hair. She doesn't even ask, making the poor girl from a local high school feel very uncomfortable. You don't touch African American people's hair! it is a real estate company, not a salon.

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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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