Toxic management, suppressing talent, and overworking staff - Lease Administrator CBRE Employee Review

2.0
Jan 17, 2024
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Pros

Hybrid model and good team.

Cons

Management was toxic, poor at people management. They will tell you that you aren't good enough for other roles i.e., promotions, so they can keep you at your job. They won't reward talent but will promote new people that have just been there for less than a month to managers while others within the company that have been there for >3 years are not considered even though they are high performers. Management had their own agenda and should never be people managers.

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5.0
Jun 16, 2026
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Pros

Team was very supportive and interactive when I was onboarding

Cons

Mostly virtual but that was just nature of the job,

1.0
Jun 26, 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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