CoStar Group reviews

2.7

32% would recommend to a friend

(2,995 total reviews)
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Andrew C. Florance

31% approve of CEO

38% positive business outlook

CoStar Group has an employee rating of 2.7 out of 5 stars, based on 2,995 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have an average working experience there. The CoStar Group employee rating is 28% below average for employers within the Real estate industry (3.8 stars).

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3K reviews
1.0
Oct 17, 2021
Recommend
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Pros

They help you get a drone license so you can use that to get a job that is actually about taking photos.

Cons

CoStar created an entire department of Architectural Photographers and their only job is to do all the photo/add shoot work. They do zero data stuff. So if you have a Architectural Photographer in your market you will never do photography just data collection. The photographer part of the Field Research Photographer is just to rope you in… you’ve been warned. Micromanaging on steroids, if you are stopped somewhere for more than 10 minutes you get a call from your manager asking why. Just think about that, if you’re working they assume you’re not. Not only that they look at satellite images of where you were stopped and decide for themselves if you could see a particular building or data point. Get use to going to the bathroom in a bottle while in your car because the productivity requirements are so insane it’s more productive to pee in a bottle than go find a decent washroom. Also if you spend too much time trying to find a washroom they question your driving routes because productivity…

1.0
Feb 10, 2022
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

They over pay you so you stay, making it difficult for you to leave. It's like this because of the high turnover rate, not just in the department of research but the company as a whole.

Cons

Everything. What they don't market on the job posting is that it's an outbound call center. For calls to count towards your daily total and metrics you have to be on the phone with brokers/ agents for 90 seconds. If you collect all the required info you need under then, it doesn't count. If you leave a 90 second voicemail to someone that will never answer, it will count. Metrics are raised to such a high standard where it's almost impossible to achieve promotion. CoStar is NOT respected in the CRE industry, no one wants to talk to anyone from here. The product is garbage in the lease and sales comp information you collect. Out of maybe 100 lease comp info collected you'll get 1 full comp. Therefore the product reflects roughly 1-5% of the market. You have to call on sales comps in confirming price, size and date of deals based on the public record to verify if it's correct and verify the accuracy of listing information of listings on realtor. Everything is pointless, you're basically a web scraper trying to confirm information already known. If there was any advice I wish I knew prior to taking the job and it's this company is not run professionally, and you'll regret joining a month after you start. If you're considering any role at this company, don't and apply anywhere else and it won't be as bad as it was there. Lastly, it's micro-managment galore if I haven't convinced you already to stay away.

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