Okay - Senior Administrative Assistant CBRE Employee Review

3.0
May 19, 2015
Recommend
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Pros

Flexible work arrangements are a plus when applicable and the compensation is pretty good. They also offer an employee discount on personal cell phone service and other discounts.

Cons

Their medical plan is flat out lousy for such a large company. I had to actually go and purchase a plan through the health care marketplace since the company plans covered little to nothing at all. They also claim that there is opportunity for advancement, but that's really not the case. It's all on who you know and company politics. I've seen many people not follow proper hiring procedures to get their family and friends hired. Many of the online systems that we use are extremely slow and resources are scarce. They say they're investing more into the systems that we use, but little has been shown to prove this.

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5.0
Jun 22, 2026
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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
Jun 26, 2026
Recommend
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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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