Toxic to Your Physical and Mental Health - Customer Success Manager (CSM) Realtor.com Employee Review

1.0
May 23, 2025
Recommend
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Pros

Hybrid work model - 2 days a week

Cons

If you like to be micro-managed, have high stress and low pay, the Consumer Experience side of this company is the place to be. Comp Plan - Has been outdated and still is. It's set up to where the better you do, you have to do even better the next pay period or your check will drop. The few making good money are either putting in 50 hour weeks or cheating the system. It's incredibly easy to burn out here. Lack of Integrity - We were told to not give certain warnings due to low head count and that they don't want to lose anyone in order to hit numbers. So they give "extended-finals" for that sole reason, then give HR a completely different reason to get their approval. This would cause a multitude of issues, but they don't care, they just need numbers. I've seen this happen over and over. I was also told to stay in my lane when I would bring up issues of reps cheating the system. My favorite piece of advice from my Senior was, "learn how to eat a sh*t sandwich." When I brought up a retaliation situation, I was also told, "...and even if it was retaliation, who cares." Terrible Management - If you're putting up good numbers, even if you're cheating, they'll find ways to keep you and bend over backwards for you. If you can't produce numbers, then they hold you to the policy and target you. I saw a manager try giving a warning to a rep who was hitting MPS (minimum performance standard) because they wanted the rep to produce better numbers even though they were hitting numbers that kept them out of a warning pathway. There's a reason why engagement survey scores were so low this year, especially for upper management. Training - The training team is hands down the worst part of this company. You go through weeks of training only to be retrained when you get to the floor. The people leading it have never worked the job itself, and just tell trainees to follow the script. They also force cx managers to pull trainees out of training and deliver warnings. So the first time I met a few of my reps, I was delivering them a warning. Great first impression. There's also about a 50% drop rate due to the ridiculous attendance policy and lack of leadership during training. Highly don't recommend the Consumer Experience side of this company to anyone who is looking for growth opportunity, a healthy mental state, and a place that rewards people doing it the right way.

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Pros

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Cons

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2.0
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Pros

Great pay and opportunity for advancement if you can get on the right projects that will succeed. For the most part I have the tech I need to do my job and my coworkers are really smart capable people who I learn from every day. I feel challenged in my work and that makes me feel engaged and interested in the problems I solve daily. Flexible vacation time and great benefits.

Cons

It can be incredibly chaotic at times, bordering on toxic. People are on edge and passing blame around like a hot potato. Hierarchy, power plays, and territorial politics create land mines for the unsuspecting on any given project— depending on your team or organization you’ll need to tread lightly to survive. They only hire in Austin right now, so any open roles seem to take a long time to fill, but the work still piles on.

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