only as your last resort - Product Marketing CoStar Group Employee Review

1.0
12 Aug 2021
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

Competitive pay, good benefits, great employee stock plan

Cons

How the CHRO and HR are responding to comments on Glassdoor with defensiveness is a perfect example of how this company operates. Complete lack of self awareness, EQ and accountability. This company is imploding. People are being fired on a whim or are leaving in droves because of the full time back to office requirements. It’s bleeding money through attrition. There are so many open roles they can’t fill, but they continue to fire or lose people instead of letting them work from home. The only way you are really allowed to succeed is by being available and committed 24/7. If you are going through big life events (kids or marriage) you will likely be passed over for someone less skilled or less experienced because you are not as available, especially as a woman. Look at upper management’s lack of diversity for evidence. When you’re in the office they track your every move with the keycard, you even have to swipe to leave the garage. The big brother mentality is so intense, people wonder if office conversations are recorded. I’m sure this is also for everyone’s safety, but it’s definitely for more than that. Micromanagement, divisiveness, and fear tactics are celebrated. Executive leadership takes zero accountability for its mistakes and uses scapegoats to distract from their failures. There is no room for creative freedom, being entrepreneurial within the organization nor product innovations and the suggestion of those will get you fired, threatened or the target of public humiliation. All prioritized product work comes down from the very top. Development is too dysfunctional to practice agile methodology and there are not enough resources for some products which suffer massively because the existing resources are spent rushing to integrate newly acquired companies with little to no long term strategy to guide the integration. Further, there is a mass exodus of developers which they have yet to replace. If there is a personnel issue they throw money at it or goes into litigation.

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5.0
28 Feb 2026
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Pros

Great experience in a high-level, fast-paced data company. You have to put in the work to learn the job immediately. Prove your skills and learn by doing. Fun companywide events and great campus.

Cons

Some positions require extra work to meet weekly goals.

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1.0
11 May 2026
Recommend
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Pros

401k, medical benefits snacks decent base salary

Cons

Working at CoStar Group was one of the most emotionally exhausting sales environments I’ve experienced. The culture on my team was extremely male-dominated, hyper-competitive, and very much “sink or swim.” Collaboration was talked about constantly by management, but in reality the environment rewarded internal competition, territorial behavior, favoritism, and politics over actual teamwork. As one of the few women on the sales team, I often felt isolated and unsupported. Instead of mentorship or coaching, the expectation was basically: “figure it out yourself.” New hires were thrown into difficult situations with inconsistent training and unrealistic expectations, while certain reps appeared to receive stronger books of business, better territories, or more support than others. It created resentment and a toxic atmosphere where coworkers often felt more like competitors waiting for you to fail than teammates. The turnover was incredibly high, which should have been a red flag. Management pushed aggressive quotas and nonstop pressure while failing to address morale, burnout, or fairness concerns. There was also an unhealthy obsession with leaderboard culture and internal politics that made the workplace feel stressful every single day. What disappointed me most was that I genuinely believed in the product and enjoyed helping clients. Many customers loved working with me, and I built strong relationships. But internally, the environment became mentally draining. The constant competitiveness, lack of support, and toxic culture eventually outweighed the positives of the role.

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