Work there for 2 years (3 years max) and move on - Senior Research Associate CoStar Group Employee Review

3.0
Jan 27, 2017
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

- great entry into CRE (commercial real estate) or a springboard to another profession - great benefits, 401k, free snacks et.al -can literally clock out after 8hours of work (never work weekends, overtime is compensated) -once you prove yourself, can develop leadership skills with MindGym and be a team lead (great for the resume...remember the goal is to maximize your skill set and move on to a less-soul crushing job) -can learn how a publicly traded company only cares about inflating their stock price by cheap tricks to temporarily increase data quality

Cons

-won't really learn about CRE (have to actively learn about your market on your own, work day is spent trying to hit metrics) -metrics/expectations are unrealistic, and would change several times within a quarter (one quarter metrics were changed after the quarter ended, how does that work?) -upper management doesn't seem to understand what a day is really like for a researcher. uniformed expectations even though portfolios are drastically different (why should I brand the same way for a 20+ year client as you would to someone who has never heard of costar?)

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CoStar Group Response
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Thanks for your time at CoStar and your hard work. Research is central to CoStar’s mission and we deeply value the contributions of every researcher. We provide several weeks of training to every researcher and ongoing talent development; both of which include extensive training in commercial real estate. Many of our researchers develop sector-leading knowledge of the markets they cover. Our metrics are carefully crafted to help drive the quality of research forward and help researchers improve.

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