Research Photographer - Anonymous employee CoStar Group Employee Review

3.0
Nov 12, 2016
Anonymous employee
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

Varies from a very easy job to an annoyingly complicated and tedious one.

Cons

Bonus driven, can be very boring, work from home, barely any communication between management and research photographers, promises of working your way up in the company but no help from management or HR. Your wage is based on how many photographs you can manage to upload into their not so user friendly program. This take up the vast majority of your work day.

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CoStar Group Response
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Appreciate the review! Please know that our research photographers are core components of our research team and gather essential information that drives our clients’ decisions every day. It’s also a position that offers a great deal of independence and we understand that some may want a change of pace. If you feel that you’d like to make a role change we encourage you to discuss advancement plans with your manager to determine next steps.

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