Vantaggi
If you get hired out of school the pay is phenomenal. In fact it’s rather hilarious to see how jaded a lot of the new workforce members become. Can’t blame them though because costar pays 3x more than my first job out of college. Richmond location is pretty cool as well.
Svantaggi
Corporate is as fake as it gets. The diversity and inclusion program was halfway thrown together by grabbing a couple people to interview over zoom to which they just tried to sell their books. Not saying it was a complete waste of time but absolutely minimal effort here to check a box by CoStar. Talk a lot of big game about diversity but still had to work June-teenth. Enough said. Bottom line is that you’re just a number and 100% expendable. Everything CoStar does for employees it does for optics. You can be employee of the month then fired the next day for any reason. It’s fear based management which is why most people who value themselves leave. Yes, the CEO is crazy. He takes every chance he gets to wave his liberal views in our faces while at the same time does his best to milk every capitalist penny like he’s Rockefeller. It’s quite entertaining to watch the contradictory actions between what he does and what he says. This isn’t that big of a deal however when you understand that you’re just there for a paycheck. Kind of sucks but this is more of a sweat shop environment than a startup. Just know that and it’ll be more manageable. Metrics are ridiculous as well and no your feedback won’t be heard. Overachievers get targeted for more projects and a heavier workload so there’s no incentive to perform above the average. Work here for a year to get experience, keep your head down and move on. Save money. If you get a cool manager maybe do 2 years max with a tight resume ready because any day could still be your last.