One of the most toxic work environments. Take note from a former staff and not the 5- star reviews from agents - Office Administrator Compass Employee Review

1.0
30 May 2020
Recommend
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Pros

- Great snacks - Amazing Staff. Some of the best people I have worked with - Pretty decent benefits

Cons

- Don't be fooled, this is no "tech" company. Just a glamorized real estate company - Managers don't have any kind of training. They were promoted because they had been there the longest with absolutely no training whatsoever. - People left because of comments made by agents to staff. No repercussions because HR is nonexistent and because no matter what, the agent will always be right. I have witnessed, experienced , and heard many instances where if this happened at a traditional company, the person would be reprimanded in some way. Here? Especially if you are a top producing agent, they look the other way - Everything I did was put under a microscope. Dont' give me a job if you think you have to examine every email and project I do. Would get in trouble for not CC'ing your boss in emails because they wanted to see everything you did. - Near the end, they introduced something I have never seen in my life. They had people track hour by hour exactly what they were doing. They never told us why but told us this was mandatory. I was one of the 400 people let go due to COVID. They way they handled this situation was atrocious. They wrangled people into a video conference, told everyone to turn off their cameras and microphones , and told us we were no longer employed. There was not one once of humanity in their delivery and it felt like we were cattle sent to slaughterhouse. This experience has taught me so much as to what I am not looking for in my next job, and for that, I am thankful .

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5.0
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Pros

Forward thinking tech company exploring the cutting edge

Cons

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2.0
17 Jun 2026
Recommend
CEO approval
Business outlook

Pros

People are smart. Very much a “move fast and break things” culture which can be refreshing compared to bureaucracy-heavy corporate life. I don’t agree with their values (if they have any) but what they’re doing is unquestionably working - business outlook is strong.

Cons

Leadership will tell you there’s no ego or self-interest involved in their strategy - that is untrue. It’s an extremely heliocentric culture around the CEO. A lot of the work is based around what people they're guessing he’ll like, but there’s no alignment at the outset and something you worked on for weeks/months will be trashed after one look from him. Their mission is ostensibly about empowering agents but they are solving a problem that pretty much no one was complaining about before they started, and which just so happens to work highly in their favor in terms of market share. It’s just business but very disingenuous- don’t believe the hype that it’s altruistic somehow. Also the CEO loves to share his sob story about his single mother upbringing, but simultaneously enacts some of the most anti-parent policies you could think of.

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