CBRE Employee Reviews

The team was great. The only feedback would be the slamming of calls. It could be difficult to work on tasks when you are overbooked eith meetings constantly

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Safe work environment

RME tech II (Current Employee) - Ottawa, ON - 4 September 2023

You feel safe when you work with CBRE, they have good benefits as dental and health. The salary is fair comparing to other companies. Great company to work at overall.

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Great career starter and room for growth

SR CADD/CAFM Analyst (Current Employee) - Ottawa, ON - 29 August 2023

Even though I joined CBRE later in my career, it has helped me obtain skills and experiences that only a large company can offer. From stretch assignments, to learning and training, i have grown immensely in 8 years, Good pay, good benefits and first in class colleagues and management.

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Some contract are good some are not the one I got was not and transfers were not even an option.

Operations Manager (Former Employee) - Nanaimo to Victoria - 4 August 2023

Completely remote once hired never saw my manager in person for 6 months at a time. My contract was with a box store. who never got on board with CBRE doing their work.

Pros

work from home

Cons

No support given by manager and manager skills were very poor.

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Very Toxic Environment

N/A (Current Employee) - Remote - 2 August 2023

Managers are manipulative and it is clear the client is always the priority. You will always be a cussed of under performing In effort to incentivize you to meet unrealistic goals and give free labor. You will be told you are the under performer and constantly harassed to produce more work. The line is always shifting. There is no real structure. Everything is geared towards guilting you to work harder without overtime pay or incentives. People will complain about their manager and NOTHING WILL BE DONE! The work itself is rewarding but the leadership is lacking significantly.

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Great culture, high turn over rate

Client Service Assistant / Graphic Designer (Former Employee) - Toronto, ON - 17 July 2023

After the interview, I was very excited to work at CBRE. Afterwards, it was a nightmare. Client services assistant was more of a person assistant role, than a graphic coordinator role as they make it seem.

Pros

Great Culture, very inviting and strong brand

Cons

Personal assistant, hours vary depending on broker

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Good Team, Poor Management

Project Manager (Current Employee) - Victoria, BC - 3 July 2023

People great to work with. Always willing to help out. Management is in the Needs Improvement category. Unwilling to listen or change, maybe a little scared.

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great

Manager (Former Employee) - Toronto, ON - 13 June 2023

awesome place to work, great mgmt and lots of ways to learn. i would recomend if you want to get into real estate and build a great career. high turnover

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Busy

Administrative Officer (Former Employee) - Victoria, BC - 7 June 2023

Great place to work, but there is lots of pressure. Too few people doing too much work. Opportunities for growth and lots of learning on the job. Good place to work.

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Love it here

Maintenance Worker (Current Employee) - Sudbury, ON - 11 May 2023

Awesome place to work, benefits could be better. Management is stellar co workers are stellar. Wish I could work here forever. Unfortunately they lost the contract where I am now. I'd follow them if I could

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Relaxed and boring work

Research Analyst (Current Employee) - Kitchener, ON - 4 May 2023

Chill job but little room for growth / learning new transferable skills - mostly grunt work and quarterly report writing. You'll leave the job as you came in, just knowing a little more about commercial real estate. Most exit opps are moving and working with a team as an analyst, but that's more grunt work as well. If you're interested in the industry it can be a good job to get into to learn the space.

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Good Place to Work

Designer (Former Employee) - Markham, ON - 31 March 2023

I enjoyed my time at CBRE. Good work environment and work life balance. Great pay and benefits. Management was great, helpful and understanding. Overall I had a good experience with CBRE. My commute was the reason I left.

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Good company and okay pay. Managers not so much

Facilities Coordinator (Former Employee) - Alberta - 22 March 2023

Great company to work for. Manager and upper management.. not so much. Making their own policies as they go along. Don't really care about you as an employee.

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Good place to be but very limited when it comes to Health and Safety

Maintenance Technician (Current Employee) - Ottawa, ON - 19 March 2023

No clear answer on what technician is allowed to do or not,so much grey area.Management doesn’t want to provide you with clear instructions nor safe environment to do your job .Double standards across the board.If it comes out of company’s pockets it’s not happening.

Pros

Working schedule

Cons

Management

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No work life balance and underpaying

Maintenance Technician (Former Employee) - Quebec - 5 March 2023

No work life balance as you have no control over your schedule. Underpayed for the efforts you put in. Sometimes management cannot help you get something that make you happy

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Excellent place to grow your career

SR Facility Mananager (Current Employee) - Calgary, AB - 9 January 2023

I enjoy working at CBRE and only look internally when considering new opportunities. There are so many different clients that CBRE has across north America that try there are plenty of opportunities to grow expand

Pros

Pays well and has good benefits

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Productive and professional work area

Customer Service Representative (Former Employee) - Ottawa, ON - 19 December 2022

Best work experience so far, the managers are very helpful and the team spirit is always present, I also like the speed of evolution, you can always have new offers of evolution even if you are a new

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Good for long term emloyment

Facilities Coordinator (Current Employee) - Toronto, ON - 17 November 2022

I like this company, the teams, their culture and work ethics. Good also for those who want to start their career. In my 1st year of employment, i did a several position with interesting task. From being the maintenance technician, to building operator to nuilding engineer and then currently as facilities coordinator. I have a supporting manager and teammates who are very supportive to me and help me achieve my goals. I am working now for my next career advancement.

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Interesting Experience-Learned Much about Project Management

Project Controls Manager (Former Employee) - Thunder Bay Ontario - 8 November 2022

It was a large company that felt small. You did not feel like just a number! It was a great step in my career, and I learned so much about PM, contracts, bidding and controls

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Good company, environment depends on account

Facilities Coordinator (Former Employee) - Guelph, ON - 4 November 2022

Depends on which account you are on, the account I was on paid quite low. Company culture was okay, nothing to brag about. I would recommend working here to others.

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Great Place to work

Workplace Experience Receptionist (Former Employee) - Moncton, NB - 2 November 2022

Amazing place to work! can't say anything else, work and life balance are great, very supportive team, if our contract will not expire, I will still be working in this company. very appreciative of all the things I learned

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