CBRE Employer Reviews

Fast paced critical environment facility. No room for mistakes.

I've been with CBRE for a many years and have found it to be, by far, my worst working experience. Knowledge and skill are not valued because that combination makes you hard to brainwash. If you are over 40 or a minority you need not apply. You will be discriminated against in ways you never even imagined possible.

Although you may receive excellent – more... performance reviews, you may not receive a salary increase for two or three year stretches. And when you finally get one they expect tears of joy for a 2% "increase."

After a couple of years supporting a team of brokers and building a rapport with them, you are often switched to another team and you can expect that to happen every two or three years unless you are one of their pet employees. You will feel more like a long-term temp or floater than an "permanent" employee as you and your current brokers have no say in the matter.

Nepotism is the norm - incompetent people who make many mistakes but were hired, and are safe in their positions, because daddy, uncle, another relative or a friend of their parents is an executive or has some pull at the company.

If they decide they want your seat, you will be harassed for any/everything until you leave (on your own accord or they walk you out).

Against federal and state laws, the majority of hourly employees are most often NOT paid for OT, unless you are one of their choosen few (brown-noser, snitch or daddy's little girl). They force you to take comp time or eat it (work in excess of 40 hours for free) and people feel like if they don't work the excess hours, they will eventually be terminated so they do it anyway. This is a legitimate concern from my experience and observations.

If you are hired there, check you paystub carefully every time you get it. Mistakes will be made on your pay just for the heck of it. – less

Supervised, directed, and monitored the performance and assigned responsibilities of the preventive maintenance staff on shift. Performed and/or directed the performance of all maintenance departmental service requests, insuring that work performed in these areas is accomplished efficiently with a minimum amount of disruption and inconvenience. Checked – more... malfunctioning equipment and ascertained corrective actions required to restore the equipment to satisfactory operating condition.
• Provide training and supervision to the Critical Environment Engineers, to CBRE standards aimed at expanding the capabilities of the operations staff.
• Supervised and implemented the preventative maintenance program.
• Directed the performance of contracted vender maintenance work and DWRs as needed.
• Responsible for the operational management and effective daily leadership and administration of the engineering team with the objectives of safely, efficiently, and effectively operating machinery and systems in a cost-effective manner.
• Oversee the maintenance and continuous operation of all building systems including: fire/life safety, mechanical, electrical, generators, primary switch gear, cabling, lighting, temperature controls systems, critical environments, light construction, card access, and Audio/Visual services. – less

CBRE is a great company I work with a great time I have learn so much in the Maintenance Technician.

even though the field of real estate is very challenging and time consuming, this firm makes sure it improvises a little bit in order to make sure that the workers aren't stressed or overwhelmed with work

We are productive while working, and also have time to connect with other co-workers and have time for family. The hardest part of my job is preparing for daily, weekly, monthly meetings to update leadership on financial reports, forecasting, and current projects.

My typical day of work consist of setting up PM's and repairs for my guys on my shift. Report and record completions and findings on equipment. Fill out soft copies and make sure the guys are doing their jobs safely and efficiently. I am the Lead on my shift.

The harder you work and the more dedication you show, the more they expect from you as a person. Cbre does not appreciate employees monetarily. You are stressed and worked beyond capacity and kept at the same wage for years. It's a decent job for a starter career, but not long term.

Place for professional challenge and learning.
Good training ground, great resume builder

It was only a few months of accounting help to get through their busy time.

Enjoyed the job and was sorry to leave, company cost cutting. Management was good and very flexible, some O.T., but not too much. Again, was sorry to leave.

work you till your expendable then they want to try to get you to leave thru difficult working conditions. Under pay by as much as 25% for same position else where.

There is no such thing as a typical day at work. A large portion of my day is spent putting together listing files for the brokers. I also perform back up receptionist duties. Brokers aren't always given a lot of lead way to conduct tours so sometimes I have to put together tour packages in a few hours. I work with a lot of professional people that – more... appreciate my skills and what I have to offer to the company. – less

constant moving
havent learned anything new
management is mostly fair
hardest part of the job is being on call 24/7

CBRE is a terrific company. They have a great reputation in the industry and because they are very well established, they have great procedures in place.

CBRE has been a wonderful insightful experience thus far. They work you hard, but that is for your own good. They are preparing you for a stressful lucrative career. Wonderful management, rigorous training, and fantastic talent to tap into.

Document review and data entry, manage daily document requests
Client specific data bases
PAS has a good Management Team
Co-workers, we are a Team and it makes it an even better working environment
Learning new client specific needs
Enjoy data entry and working with my team and meeting or exceeding my goals

Do my property morning rounds inspections, log all defective findings, schedule work to be done and make repairs, perform PM, etc.
I learn from every day task and situations.
Team up with management for acomplishment.
I work with knowlegable and respectful co-workers.
Hardest part of my job is to acomplish completion of work in a discent amount of time.
The – more... most enjoyable part of my job is interacting with tenant in a day by day basis, and friendly enviroment. – less

I worked here for 3 months. The training was horrific. No follow up help.

Fun workplace, everyone was friendly. Great learning oppotunity. They were very flexibe. Very laid back place to work. Management was good in places. my co-workers were very friendly and helpful. Learned a lot.