CBRE Reviews

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

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

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

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

Pros – Good people to work with

Cons – Micro-manged at times and still very old management style

Advice to Senior Management – Stop micro managing adults

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 – It is well healthy and punctuality base company

Cons – I don't find any down side

Advice to Senior Management – I dont find any down side

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 more than a year

Pros – Offer full service real estate services. Global network. Large pool of market data and statistics.

Cons – Must take personality test. Large company splits.

Advice to Senior Management – Try to promote team collaboration within the network of brokers, property managers, space planners, sustainability, marketing, research and admin employees. Difficult to do with the nature of this business but I think a team effort is always the best approach. Also work hard to stay on cutting edge of trends to keep a market advantage.