Meh... Ups and Downs - Anonymous employee CoStar Group Employee Review

3.0
Nov 11, 2016
Anonymous employee
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

- Great Benefits - PTO - Company Outings - People (depending on what department and/or location) - Downtime (sometimes you can learn something new -- until more work comes)

Cons

- Sometimes things are over processed - New solutions are shoehorned into an archaic very non user friendly system - Unclear direct sometimes from upper management and executives - Working from home is frowned upon; with all of the security in place sometimes it's impossible to work from home - No matching or competitive salary for standard market rate of sought after positions - Downtime... sometimes they loose great people by not having competitive salaries an sometimes your team can go days or weeks without nothing to work. - Expansion in teams that aren't Sales or Development are null and void. - Value order goes.. Sales, Marketing, Research, Development and then Product

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CoStar Group Response
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Thanks for leaving a review, we’re glad you’re taking advantage of our benefits and the great culture we have here. If you see room for efficiency improvements on your team we really encourage you to bring those forward, your manager wants to hear about them. We are committed to paying our employees competitively and equitably and regularly review our compensation structure to ensure that we are paying fairly and competitively in the markets in which we operate.

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