Glorified Receptionist - Client Services Associate Carr Workplaces Employee Review

3.0
17 July 2013
Recommend
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Pros

Easy hours - no work to do when you get home and you rarely have to stay for OT. Room for promotion but each position is more meaningless than the next.

Cons

They give you a fancy title but you're just a receptionist for tons of people. You'll spend all day on the phone lying about clients not wanting to take calls. As someone used to "support" positions I at least wanted to be able to relate to the mission of the company I was supporting. Not so with Carr Workplaces. It's a job in real estate, essentially. The pay was super weak too. In fact, me and the rest of team had been looking for weeks and just by chance all ended up with job offers within a few weeks of each. They may have revised the pay scale - I hope so.

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5.0
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Pros

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Cons

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1.0
10 Sept 2025
Recommend
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Pros

The office location is easy to get to.

Cons

I think the place is super toxic. Men are to wear blazers to work, but women don't need to. They tell job applicants of all levels to wear a formal business suit with a tie. Their biggest claim to fame is owning the Willard Hotel, a property that they bought almost 50 years ago! What have they done since then? Nothing memorable. The place is super old-fashioned, including mouthwash in the bathroom- like a cheesy bar or club, yes- 50 years ago! Carr was once its own publicly traded stock. Now they are nothing but a footnote in the Blackstone annual report, and the only reason Blackstone would want them is because they wanted to own the Willard Hotel. Employees are admonished to refer to the CEO as Mr Carr in office conversation, like, What is it 1950?

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