CBRE Reviews

Current Employee – been working at CBRE

Pros – good working environment, good team

Cons – politics, target driven, work/life balance

Yes, I would recommend this company to a friend – I'm optimistic about the outlook for this company

Former Employee – worked at CBRE full-time for less than a year

Pros – since leaving, management have changed, so i hear they are doing better. IT was originally outsourced, then the company bought up our contracts, so people cheered up.

Cons – 30-50ish calls a day
high volume of calls due to outages
stationary at your desk/all remote support across EMEA
supported around 600 or 6000 employees amongst several people ( i hear they have more IT staff now though)
felt very much like working in a call centre
a lot of politics, and unhappy staff
no real pay rises at the time..

Advice to Senior Management – speak to your employees and get everyones views, people have a lot on their chests there, and incentive to train and better themselves,,,no body wants to answer calls all day, and then when offered other work to do, have to do this on top of calls.. thats too much..
otherwise, just keep up the good work and keep improving the place like you are.

Yes, I would recommend this company to a friend – I'm optimistic about the outlook for this company

Current Employee – been working at CBRE full-time for less than a year

Pros – Good team atmosphere and people

Cons – Too politicized and very hard to do career progression

Yes, I would recommend this company to a friend

Former Employee – worked at CBRE full-time for more than a year

Pros – Great office locations in London, Team social events and the annual quiz

Cons – An "US and Them" feel between Fee Earners and Non Fee Earners. Lack of responsibility, micro management, poor work ethic, lack of flexibility with working from home, very long hours in the office, No sense of a work life balance, poor progression potential.

Advice to Senior Management – Get with the times.

No, I would not recommend this company to a friend

Current Employee – been working at CBRE

Pros – Global brand - people outside the industry are more impressed than those inside due to branding and image of the firm

Cons – Process driven, internal politics, always saying client comes first when CBRE comes first sometimes at the expense of the client

Advice to Senior Management – stop tinkering about with systems, listen to the ranks that actually do the work as to how best to should be done and let them get on with doing it rather than filling in pointless forms and getting on planes to meetings in Scotland.

No, I would not recommend this company to a friend

Current Employee – been working at CBRE full-time for more than a year

Pros – CBRE truly focuses on the corporate values of Respect, Integrity, Service and Excellence. All employees are treated with respect and are supported through their career.

Cons – There seems to be a lack of continuity between countries and an unclear vision (or execution) of the 'global' approach of the organization from leadership.

Advice to Senior Management – View the company as a global organization and not shiloed by country or line of business. We have an amazing opportunity to leverage all of our experience and opportunities to really serve our customers.

Yes, I would recommend this company to a friend – I'm optimistic about the outlook for this company

Current Employee – been working at CBRE full-time for more than 8 years

Pros – Great PTO Program and Paid Holidays
Other benefits include a discount program on various items and services

Cons – Most have Manager approval to apply for internal job postings

Yes, I would recommend this company to a friend – I'm optimistic about the outlook for this company

Former Employee – worked at CBRE full-time

Pros – Great working atmosphere, i.e. working remotely is available after only 90 days of service, this is a fantastic benefit and available for nearly all accounting positions (as long as you work at a Center of Excellence)

Cons – You can work 24/7 and it still won't be enough for senior management, expect to give up vacations, family time and really any free time you think you will have for the job, and expect a 0% salary increase at review time for your efforts.

No, I would not recommend this company to a friend

Former Employee – worked at CBRE full-time for more than a year

Pros – Nice, friendly people overall. Really smart, talented people but down to earth.
You can learn a lot.

Cons – Brokers are nice but there is no real structure or effective work flow between the marketing team and the brokers. If you are with the right team, you are fine. Nobody likes to share data or marketing materials, which I find to be completely crazy.

Advice to Senior Management – Don't just listen to your brokers. Develop a better system where everyone is involved and can share information for the good of the entire company.

Former Employee – worked at CBRE as an intern for less than a year

Pros – A lot of very successful individuals work at CBRE.

Cons – You can get lost in the mix if you aren't a proactive person.

Yes, I would recommend this company to a friend – I'm optimistic about the outlook for this company