Research Associate - Anonymous employee CoStar Group Employee Review

2.0
Aug 23, 2015
Anonymous employee
Recommend
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Pros

The benefits are great. They do a great job of taking care of their employees. For example, they provide great snacks in the office, provide extensive training, and give you the tools you need to succeed.

Cons

The company tries to accomplish too many tasks and many of the projects do not blend well with each other. Also, they are too metrics driven and do not pay enough attention to the quality of the work. They tend to look just at the numbers.

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CoStar Group Response
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We work hard to provide our researchers with ample training to set them up for success in the job, and we love hearing our employees have been able to benefit from it. We appreciate your feedback, and take reviews like yours into account as we continuously evaluate our practices to improve the workplace at CoStar Group. Looking at researchers’ activity to measure efficiency in the role is a part of Research that will never be able to go away, however the leadership team has changed the way they look at the information. Emphasis is on quality of work over quantity, and we look at the value of information added to the system and the development of relationships with clients. Managers are responsible for determining how their teams function, including how the team takes on any necessary projects or working with any employees who appear to be struggling, and provide ways to help them improve. Research has time and time again taken on new tasks that have an urgent need to be completed to provide clients with more robust information, and it does not go unnoticed. Researchers’ hard work and resourcefulness are recognized by senior management, who weigh those factors in future roles and projects that help to give those individuals more opportunity to grow at the company.

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