Room for improvement - Internal Communications Manager CBRE Employee Review

2.0
28 Nov 2018
Recommend
CEO approval
Business outlook

Pros

Great people, great salary and good benefits.

Cons

Work/life balance is non-existent. No trust at all (doctors appointments will be questioned!). Witnessed a pregnant employee come to work right up to when she gave birth even though she could have handled most of her work from home! Objectives setting is completely ignored and promotions are determined by be-friending management, instead of being measured against objectives. Diversity is nothing but lip-service and they have no intention of investing a single penny to improve it.

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CBRE Response
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Thank you for sharing your feedback. We consider our recognition as a Forbes Top Company for Diversity and a Great Place to Work Best Workplaces for Diversity real honors because the awards are based on input directly from our employees. We turn to our seven network groups to help us better understand the needs of our diverse employees. You can read more about our network groups at https://www.cbre.us/about/careers. If you would like to reach out to us regarding your specific experiences, please email us at TellUs@cbre.com. We’d love to hear more.

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