Pros
They over pay you so you stay, making it difficult for you to leave. It's like this because of the high turnover rate, not just in the department of research but the company as a whole.
Cons
Everything. What they don't market on the job posting is that it's an outbound call center. For calls to count towards your daily total and metrics you have to be on the phone with brokers/ agents for 90 seconds. If you collect all the required info you need under then, it doesn't count. If you leave a 90 second voicemail to someone that will never answer, it will count. Metrics are raised to such a high standard where it's almost impossible to achieve promotion. CoStar is NOT respected in the CRE industry, no one wants to talk to anyone from here. The product is garbage in the lease and sales comp information you collect. Out of maybe 100 lease comp info collected you'll get 1 full comp. Therefore the product reflects roughly 1-5% of the market. You have to call on sales comps in confirming price, size and date of deals based on the public record to verify if it's correct and verify the accuracy of listing information of listings on realtor. Everything is pointless, you're basically a web scraper trying to confirm information already known. If there was any advice I wish I knew prior to taking the job and it's this company is not run professionally, and you'll regret joining a month after you start. If you're considering any role at this company, don't and apply anywhere else and it won't be as bad as it was there. Lastly, it's micro-managment galore if I haven't convinced you already to stay away.