LoopNet reviews

2.9

41% would recommend to a friend

(28 total reviews)

Cameron Stewart

45% approve of CEO

39% positive business outlook

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2.0
May 23, 2013

Sad for the current company

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Pros

Team management is great. Happy hours every Friday. Breakfast Monday and commuter checks

Cons

The have doubled price, cut leads in half, opportunity in half and doubled commission. Oh and we compete with the same leads as other parent company reps. Costar purchased loopnet over a year ago, and everything was fine until January. Costar fired 15 reps some based on performance and some not. When asked what metric they used we were told to go back to work. Then we spent 5 days at a conference where costar management basically told us we had no place in their long term plans. When asked management told us we have a job now so go to work. Since then the company has been bleeding personelle with 2-3 people a week leaving. In march there was a pricing discrepancy and when asked management told us to take advantage of that. In April they announce they were going to take commission away for those sales upward of $1000+ for some people. Only when we petitioned to keep our pay checks did costar finally give in. Culture has changed and it is no longer a good place to work.

2.0
Apr 15, 2013

You can do better LoopNet

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Pros

Great location - across the street from ATT park Free Monday breakfast, happy hour every Friday You can make a lot in commission if you work hard Meet some cool coworkers

Cons

Bought out by another company so everything is changing rapidly Base pay is very low Glorified telemarketer Company direction is unclear

1.0
Mar 8, 2013
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Pros

Loopnet is one of the few jobs that will give new hires a chance right out of college and give them sales & CRM experience and a legitimate job selling so that they can put something on their resume. It is the minor leagues of sales and if you are decent at it, you can find other decent jobs in the area that pay and treat you better. Like any sales jobs, Loopnet does pay well to top performers. I have succeeded for a number of months at this company and they have always paid for performance. For that I am grateful

Cons

However, recently Costar bought Loopnet out. Since that time, things have really tanked. Other sales reps are a lot of times not 100% clear with the length of term that they are selling and will sneak in the fact that users are signing up for an annual contract. As long as you are a top performer, it seems like mid level management will turn a deaf ear to these tactics. Most of the con comes from the way the senior management treats employees. Back in January, a handful of employees were laid off with no warning whatsoever, even though they had hit their goal the previous months before. When asked for an explanation, the only answer received was "performance issue." Last week, we encountered a price increase with no warning to the sales reps whatsoever. The price of the service has doubled in the last 6 months even though the service has plateaued. Furthermore, the management gives us absolutely no edge to sell over the online price. In fact, there are some services that are less expensive online than through the sales team. No wonder people are lying...they have to manipulate the service in order to get credit for their sales. While I enjoyed my time at Loopnet prior to the merger, Costar is the big bully at the playground. They are corporate, cutthroat, and not a company you will enjoy. There are better companies to work for out there.

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