Avoid this role at all costs... - Agent Experience Manager Compass Employee Review

1.0
23 Mar 2021
Recommend
CEO approval
Business outlook

Pros

- your direct team - learning about the industry - benefits

Cons

If you like being treated poorly by agents and having everything thrown on your plate, then this is the job for you. The job description does not line up with about 95% of what you'll actually be doing, and the pay does not line up whatsoever with your workload. You are going to become a personal assistant to 100+ agents who outright refuse to do anything for themselves, nor attempt to learn of the Compass technology/SOP's. Do not expect upper management to have your back. You'll be given the runaround and told to "have empathy for the agents" and "they take their frustrations out on you because they trust you" (yes, that was actually said). There are no boundaries set, as your phone will continually ring after hours and through out the weekends. The role of AEM is seeing a high turnover rate for good reason.

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5.0
17 Jun 2026
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CEO approval
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Pros

Forward thinking tech company exploring the cutting edge

Cons

Focused on expansion by any means necessary

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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