HR is incompetent - Anonymous employee CBRE Employee Review

1.0
11 May 2018
Anonymous employee
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Pros

They are in a wide range of industries

Cons

HR is incompetent. I left about a year ago, only to find out they have been overpaying me even after I left. I kept calling trying to fix this and only after roughly 2 months payment was stopped. Then it took me almost a year to rectify this issue. I ended up paying more in taxes. Additionally, I have wasted a lot of time and effort calling and emailing HR. This is completely unnecessary and unacceptable for something that wasn't my mistake to begin with.

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5.0
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Pros

The company has a great mentor program. You will meet colleagues who do amazing things like write books, receive leadership awards, and write checks to nonprofits that really need the help.

Cons

I really have no complaints. I am still in contact with many of my colleagues there.

1.0
26 June 2026
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Pros

Honestly? Not much. The vision insurance was decent, I guess. Truthfully though, there wasn't much.

Cons

Management's refusal to allow employees freedom. I routinely got praise from the client and hit the maximum score on my goals. If things weren't done "by the book", they were wrong. The health insurance was awful. Going to self-employment, one of the things that you hear is that you're going to pay a lot for health insurance. However, I'm actually paying LESS than when I worked for CBRE. When you work for CBRE, don't consider job security something that you're going to have. I saw two employees with 15+ years for the company get laid off, with zero severance and no option to transfer elsewhere, unless they wanted to uproot their families and move states for more work and a pay cut. This is the worst company that I've ever had the displeasure to work for. If you have literally any other option of employment, please consider doing that.

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