Newmark Knight Frank Employee Reviews

A typical day at my job is doing your PM's or receiving a service call from someone around the building. The list of things learned is short seeing that your not always doing h-vac work your also doing maintenance on things around the building. The hardest part of my job is knowing that I'm not going to be learning much in my field of work.

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Mismanaged

Senior Financial Analyst (Current Employee) - New York, NY - April 1, 2019

Treats their employees like garbage. No structure. No training for new programs that get rolled out. Inconsistency throughout offices. So many tools to do your job, but NONE of them work properly. If you're not a broker, you're not important. Health insurance is absolutely TERRIBLE. Basically: No structure, takes advantage of it's employees by constantly adding new tasks and workload without compensation, not competitive pay, poor management, not a challenge, no career advancement, no training, and company does not want to spend money on much needed employees -Disconnected management -Unclear leadership structure -Lack of flexibility -Low employee to broker ratio -Heavy workload -Company overs up any misconduct, gender/racial discrimination

Pros

good teamates

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Great place to call your work home.

Lead Engineer (Current Employee) - Austin, TX - March 20, 2019

I've been working with NKF for 2 years now and i love the staff I work with. Management is GREAT, they are very understanding and supportive we all work together seamlessly. If you have something come up at a moments notice you have support to help with coverage, so you don't have to worry about a back log of work upon return. I could not ask fore a better place to work. the benefits are industry+ pay is competitive, PTO is very good with vacation time sick time as well as personal time and 2 floating holidays. I could not ask for more. the ability to grow and promotion opportunities are well above standard. After the time I've been here I have a very hard time thinking about going somewhere else to work. we truly do work as a close nit group, it is very family like.

Pros

Management, Promotion opportunities

Cons

having to leave due to moving.

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Little to no culture

Director (Current Employee) - Chicago, IL - February 11, 2019

Everyone works in a silo and they are stuck in the 90's when it comes to today's technology. They could benefit from some strategic team hires, not just individuals.

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Tenant Broker (Former Employee) - Washington, DC - February 5, 2019

I was responsible for cold calling and identifying tenants who wanted representation on their real estate leases. I assisted in putting together presentations to pitch our companies strengths and how we could best assist them. I worked on a team with 3 others and we all worked hard to help everyone else succeed.

Pros

Team Environment

Cons

No Medical Benefits, Commission Only

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Quick and easy temporary job

Data Entry (Former Employee) - East Hanover, NJ - January 14, 2019

It was a Temp job but it was very easy to get used too. Took part in taking surveys of the campus. Six times a day, for four weeks. Management was very helpful on teaching you the basics.

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Spurts of work

Transaction Coordinator (Former Employee) - Washington, DC - January 10, 2019

Company was only okay - people did not interact with each other outside of their teams serving as a very boring day at a desk. Most people were friendly if you took initiative to actually talk to them but other than that no one ever reached out.

Pros

Awesome work space

Cons

People were cold

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Good experience overall

Intern (Former Employee) - Sacramento, CA - January 3, 2019

The place to be if you want to work in commercial real estate in Sacramento. Usually need to know someone to get in the door. You will learn a lot if you work there.

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Good pay and benefits

Maintenance Technician (Former Employee) - Conklin, NY - December 31, 2018

I enjoyed working with professional staff at NKF. Everyone in management was respectful and helpful Company pay benefits was very good.. Good benefits and 401 k plan.

Pros

Good pay and respectful management

Cons

Property management contracts can end..

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Fantastic place to work

Property Accountant (Current Employee) - Pittsburgh, PA - December 18, 2018

Wow... I just read the one-star review left by the Property Accountant from 2014, and all I can say is that it must have dramatically changed since then! What is true is that you are kind of thrown into it with no formal training. For me, I was given a handful of accounts to work on from three different people, but they were all gracious when showing me the ropes. I took lots of notes, and learning the different systems isn't too difficult.They have MRI for Windows and an older version of YARDI. Neither are terribly complicated to learn. You will need to function of course in Outlook, Excel and Adobe. You are going to print A LOT and do what feels like a lot of redundant duplicate tasks. But, well that's accounting for you! No, no one is going to give you step-by-step instructions. You need to be comfortable learning new things and taking some initiative in the Property Accountant Role, otherwise go back to doing data entry somewhere (bleh!). The managers are all pretty laid back, and everyone working here says the same thing: As long as you get your stuff done, the bosses don't bother you. I've worked at some places where every teeny mistake is treated like the end of the world, but it's not like that here. Everything is triple-checked, and if something is wrong, you just fix it and move on.

Pros

Pretty laid back for a corporate environment.

Cons

No 401(k) match. What gives?

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Tough Workplace

Senior Accountant (Former Employee) - New York, NY - December 13, 2018

Worked on the Merger & Acquisition of a premier consulting and systems integration firm. Conducted the monthly closeout procedure and the reconciling of balance sheet accounts. Consolidated all back office work to a separate location. Supervised a team of 2 Employees

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New culture of collaborative environment

Leasing Specialist (Current Employee) - New York, NY - December 4, 2018

Periodic contact with existing clients. Meetings with prospective new clients. Providing information in order for client to make an informed decision for their real estate requirements: financial analysis, Timelines, tours of prospective properties, draft offers and negotiate relevant terms. Presentation review with team for new business,. Specialist in law firm representation and financial firms.

Pros

limitless possibilities for working on transactions

Cons

constant pursuit of new business

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Productive fun Workplace

Payroll Analyst (Current Employee) - New York, NY - November 5, 2018

Newmark Knight Frank (NKF) is one of the world's leading commercial real estate advisory firms. With roots dating back to 1929, our strong foundation makes us one of the most trusted names in the industry. NKF prides itself on delivering the highest level of service to our clients to meet their needs and exceed their expectations.

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Great location and manger

Assistant Property Manager - Alamo Plaza (Former Employee) - Denver, CO - October 2, 2018

Worked as Assistant Property Manager at a location downtown until the building was sold. Great place to work. Good benefits and competitive salary. Enjoyed working there.

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Terrible workplace

H.V.A.C Engineer (Former Employee) - Branchburg, NJ - September 26, 2018

Management is unprofessional and treat the employees terrible. I have worked in the commercial building Engineering environment for 30 years, this company has no perks for their employees. The benefit package they offer is so expensive and will cost you alot out of your pocket.

Pros

none

Cons

healthcare

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Beware of Management

Building Engineer (Former Employee) - Alpharetta, GA - September 24, 2018

When I started working for this company it was pleasurable.. then new management came in and the company went to sideways. Management never takes timeout to visit properties or tenants and does not know much of anything.

Pros

Was a good company to work for once upon a time ago.

Cons

Prejudice and no integrity.

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Facilities Coordinator (Former Employee) - Texas - September 19, 2018

you come to work your perform your duties you earn your time off you provide professional demeanor you stay away from drama you try not to provide negative comments your work hard

Pros

N/a

Cons

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Maintenance Manager

Research & Development Delivery Service Manager (Former Employee) - Midland, MI - September 12, 2018

This is a contract maintenance company that will say "yes" to any would-be client so they can get the account. This was one of the worst companies to work for and one of my worst work experiences ever. They had made many promises and when you confronted them about it, they would not even answer your e-mails. If you are looking for a company that has no communication skills and no direction, then this company is for you. I packed up my office things at the beginning of the year because I wasn't sure what day I was going to walk out and quit. I literally hated coming into work every day. Needless to say, I do not work there any more and I feel great!

Cons

Lack of management and lack of communication

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Mismanaged, unorganized, unsupported

Senior Managing Director (Former Employee) - Chicago - September 6, 2018

Thug culture management. Smaller platform than promised and the company's goals are very LA & New York-centric, ergo not much interest in supporting/growing other offices, like Chicago. There are some very talented and supportive people there. The compensation, at least for brokers is fair. I learned that accomplish much more when I am working in a team environment, which Newmark just doesn't offer.

Pros

no rules

Cons

no support unhealthy culture

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Professional and Pleasant

Building Engineer / HVAC-R Mechanic (Current Employee) - Branchburg, NJ - August 29, 2018

Working with Newmark Knight Frank is a place to work and has opened many doors for my career development and experience, however the upper management lacks involvement.