Research Associate I - Research Associate I CoStar Group Employee Review

2.0
Sep 19, 2016
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

Free food, easy work, young people, set hours, cool office. Learn a good amount about cre during training if you don't have previous experience.

Cons

Performance based on number of 1.5 minutes phone calls, not on amount of data entered or the accuracy of the data. Feels very much like a call center, after 2-3 weeks of training you don't learn much about CRE, just how to ask people questions. Some managers tend to treat you like children.

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CoStar Group Response
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Thank you for your feedback! We’re glad you’re learning about commercial real estate with us. CoStar’s researchers create the core of our value for clients and their work underpins many of commercial real estate’s biggest transactions. Much of the data you gather simply can’t be obtained through any other method than calling parties to a transaction. That said we regularly assess our performance metrics and are always working to recognize the full value of team members’ contributions.

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