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      Underpaid and overworked - Anonymous employee CBRE Employee Review

      3.0
      Jul 25, 2015
      Anonymous employee
      Recommend
      CEO approval
      Business Outlook

      Pros

      1.remote working days 2. a lot of social events 3. there are some great people (but depends on the team)

      Cons

      1. Pay is low. 2. As you get more experienced more and more work will be given 3. If you are an hourly employee, there are a lot of pressure not to work OT. If you are a salaried employee nobody cares about your OT. Total absence of life/work balance. 4. Some teams work on weekends on regular basis. 5. Huge turnover which is getting worse with each passing month 6. Over last year, more daily tasks fallen onto accountants with no portfolio adjustments. A lot of busy work, not related to accounting. 7. Almost every random request/task needs to be completed ASAP no matter how big or small it is 8. Controllers' job is to keep clients happy at any cost (which are usually their teams)

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      5.0
      Jun 16, 2026
      Marketing coordinator
      Recommend
      CEO approval
      Business Outlook

      Pros

      Team was very supportive and interactive when I was onboarding

      Cons

      Mostly virtual but that was just nature of the job,

      1.0
      Jun 26, 2026
      Corporate services representative
      Recommend
      CEO approval
      Business Outlook

      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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