Location is everything - HVAC Engineer CBRE Employee Review

4.0
7 May 2018
Recommend
CEO approval
Business outlook

Pros

Large, well known, established company. A person with little experience can come in and get experience and certifications while on the job. It is a great place to start a career.

Cons

-Benefits are not great when compared to other similar positions in the industry. -The company is so large that your experience can be highly dependant on your location.

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1.0
26 Jun 2026
Recommend
CEO approval
Business outlook

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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