Steer clear - Sales CoStar Group Employee Review

1.0
Aug 23, 2019
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

Benefits are nice and free snacks in the office

Cons

The good reviews here are cookie cutter and clearly fake. The company would rant about the bad reviews in meetings and tell us or have regional VPs get on us to write good reviews. Any sales you make will get drowned out by accounts in your book reversing so in reality you’ll have to sell 200% of your already inflated quota to reach a fair commission. They will also knock down your commission rate on unattainable metrics that change on a dime, like visiting clients that dislike you and the company. If you are entertaining Costar, ask the recruiters about the extremely high turnover rate for sales as well as how you’ll be paid. Those in charge have no connection with the actual salesforce and the senior leadership can usually be found golfing every Friday even as they yell at their reps to work over the weekend.

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CoStar Group Response
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Thank you for sharing your experience with us at CoStar Group. We're sorry to hear this wasn't a good fit. We take all reviews seriously to see where we're doing well and where we can improve. Our sales team is an essential part of CoStar Group, and we provide our sales team with tools to enable their success -- training and sales mentorship, a best-in-industry product, and a marketing team that creates sales tools for your use. We're proud to have sales team members who have worked at CoStar successfully for 15 or more years. Of course we appreciate when employees share their positive experiences at CoStar Group, but all reviews here are 100% voluntary. While negative experiences unfortunately happen at every company, the overwhelming majority of our 4,000 employees enjoy growing their careers at CoStar Group. Thanks for your time with us, and we wish you the best in your future endeavors.

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