CBRE reviews

3.8

73% would recommend to a friend

(13,004 total reviews)
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Robert E. Sulentic

83% approve of CEO

66% positive business outlook

CBRE has an employee rating of 3.8 out of 5 stars, based on 13,004 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have a good working experience there. The CBRE employee rating is in line with the average (within 1 standard deviation) for employers within the Bienes raíces industry (3.8 stars).

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13K reviews
1.0
Apr 13, 2026
Recommend
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Pros

Nothing, nothing. Run away from here. You are just a number company

Cons

Everything. Positive reviews don’t guarantee job security — you received strong feedback but were still let go. • Lack of documented performance concerns — no warnings before termination. • Unclear expectations — guidance during hiring (van movement not monitored) didn’t match later enforcement. • Limited transparency in decision-making — reasons for termination weren’t clearly tied to measurable issues. • Communication gaps between leadership levels — direct managers praised performance, yet outcome differed. • Effort not always formally recognized — early arrivals, skipped lunches, and cost-saving work not reflected. • Inconsistent policy application — flexibility allowed initially but later possibly used against you. • Rumor-based concerns — issues like tool suspicion not formally addressed or resolved. • Extra initiative not necessarily valued — using personal vehicle, travel offers, and vendor cost savings didn’t protect role.

1.0
Apr 6, 2026
Recommend
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Pros

40 hours per week in the office with five short breaks and barely any exposure to daylight, it felt exhausting. I even had to shorten my lunch if I arrived late or had an emergency. It often felt like I was just a robot. The only positive was that this strict routine mainly applied to new employees, not everyone.

Cons

I was hired as IT Business Application Support, but soon after starting, my role was changed to Systems Analyst without discussion. Very unprofessional.

1.0
Feb 10, 2026

Older

Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

Good Location and great office

Cons

Management are awful and many of the Heads of Teams are terrible. Many of them would never get into the company today and leant on the old boy network to get in back in the day. Unless you are a minimum of a Senior Director, the highest bonus you will EVER get is c.1.5 x salary (in an epic year with record revenues for your team). The company lacks diversity and retains around 4 token blacks in Director and above positions in the revenue generating side of the business (out of c.250+) for marketing purposes. A previous contact told me there is an unofficial cap of 5. If you are asian, I am sorry but the numbers are even worse (maybe 2). However this might improve now that the new CEO is asian. There are more minorities, but they are most restricted to roles in IT, Finance and other support functions. There are 3 asian PAs and 1 black PA in the business. The other 76 are white. If you are a woman over 30, the men will largely ignore what you have to say in meetings and make lads jokes about you when you are not around. STRONGLY recommended for women under 26 as many of the team heads are married men who consistently seek to recruit "young attractive women who don't answer back", so it is very easy to get on if you meet that demographic. Would strongly advise against ever attending their company "social trips" - their annual ski trip was cancelled a few years ago due to multiple assaults on innebriated female colleagues...

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