What went wrong - Anonymous employee CoStar Group Employee Review

3.0
Jan 20, 2017
Anonymous employee
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

- Benefits (401k,vision,health,dental,legal) - Great work relationships among researchers and some managers - Entry level exposure to commercial real estate market from researcher's prospective

Cons

- Lack of management skill set for most of the current managers. - Task management and prioritization skills from managers is lacking which carries over to researchers. Every task that comes to the employees desk is a priority. - Did not feel as if most managers were concerned about the future development of employees but rather if they can met or even better exceed unrealistic expectations - I feel that the managers were not so great at asserting strengths and weaknesses of individuals on team - Work performance measuring metrics are constantly changing and the weight to each measuring metric is in a constant shift. Also, work performance reviews are not fair. - Most of the managers adopt a micro management style

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CoStar Group Response
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Thanks for your review and for your time with us. We’re glad you enjoyed our camaraderie and exceptional benefits. Research at CoStar is fast-paced and at the heart of what we do, we deeply value the work of our entire research team. We regularly assess our metrics to ensure that they’re measuring performance effectively and helping our researchers improve.

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Cons

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