Altus Group reviews about "salary"

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2.0
Sep 29, 2025

Company aspirations don't align with actions

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Pros

PTO and hybrid work is great and rare for company this size nowadays

Cons

Too many layoffs recently, distracting for employees having to reorg. Sr. Management says company is doing well despite market conditions but turns around to do massive cost cuts and minimal salary increases. Doesn't address the underlying issues with products, just focused on "looking" like a tech advanced company.

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Altus Group Response
8mo
Thank you for taking the time to review your experience at Altus Group. We’re glad to hear our flexible work model has been a positive aspect of your Altus Experience. Despite dynamic market conditions, our focus remains on execution — building innovative solutions that help clients drive performance and mitigate risk. This vision continues to guide every decision we make, and this requires evolution on our part as we put software solutions at the center of addressing client challenges. As a current employee, we encourage you to bring forward your questions to our communications team who can connect you with the appropriate leaders to discuss our business strategy and priorities. If you’d like to discuss a specific instance in further detail, please send us an email at internalcommunications@AltusGroup.com and  we’d be happy to facilitate a meeting. 
4.0
Dec 17, 2024

3/5

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Pros

Great work culture and flexibility

Cons

Pays a very humble salary

4.0
Sep 6, 2025
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Pros

positive culture and supportive boss

Cons

low salary and no bonus for protege

3.0
Feb 8, 2025
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Pros

Great benefits and expense allowances. Competitive salary.

Cons

Not transparent on pay grades.

4.0
Jan 8, 2025
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Pros

Work life balance and flexible WFH policy

Cons

Not much to complain Salary adjustmnet is linked to global coporate perfromance

4.0
Apr 14, 2025

Good Place to work

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Work-Life balance, Culture, Employee-friendly. Support for carrier growth

Cons

Salary Hikes, Process and HR Policies. Growth within the company is very slow.

4.0
Mar 12, 2025

Solid employer

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Pros

Salary is solid, Bonus has varied largely in my two years here. Employee stock purchasing program

Cons

Insurance is lacking in certain areas. RRSP match is lagging the market a bit.

2.0
Jun 1, 2025

Company is over advertised

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Pros

One of the positives is that the company is fairly well known in the commercial real estate industry, so having it on your CV can look good—especially if you’re planning to move into roles in asset acquisition, asset management, risk management, and portfolio management later on. The role also gives you decent exposure to how valuation models are used in the context of risk management for real estate investment funds. Just keep in mind that the work is mostly about reviewing models and commenting on inputs, rather than doing actual valuations, so it won’t count toward qualifications like RICS, although the company might sponsor the same. Promotions can happen quickly in certain situations—like if you become a key contact for a client and others working on that account leave—but generally, those are more the exception than the rule.

Cons

You will have multiple bosses and people telling you what to do, so brace for that. Moreover, some people in more senior roles don’t seem all that qualified—you often don’t really understand their purpose in the team, as they’re just there to assign tasks without offering any real leadership. That said, there are a few managers who are genuinely good at what they do and decent people to work with—but unfortunately, they’re in the minority. While the team might seem friendly at first, the atmosphere can feel fake. And when things go wrong, it’s usually the junior staff who take the blame, while senior folks avoid responsibility. Promotions do happen eventually, but only when the company really needs you to fill a gap—like when you’re managing multiple clients and the team can’t function without you. Otherwise, they’ll delay it as long as possible. When they see you performing well, their usual move is to pile on more work, not give a raise or show any real appreciation. The pay is below industry standards, especially considering the amount of responsibility and manual work involved. Raises are rare, and even promotions don’t always come with a meaningful salary bump. If you're expecting competitive compensation for your effort, you’ll likely be disappointed. Even when they’re hiring for so-called entry-level roles, they usually want candidates with around 1–2 years of experience and try to sell the company as some elite, professional place during interviews. But the day-to-day reality is very different. Most of the job is repetitive and manual—checking valuation models, inputting data, cleaning files. You’ll end up doing the dull, tedious tasks that consultants offload, often while they scroll through social media. And no one really tracks who does what, so your effort likely won’t be acknowledged. On top of that, the review process is inconsistent and rushed, so even major mistakes can easily slip through to the client. The company positions itself as tech-driven, but the only truly valuable product is Argus Enterprise, which is already widely used in the industry. What they call “Software as a Service” is really just a bunch of manual tasks done offshore—mostly in India—then reviewed in places like Luxembourg or the U.S. The processes behind it all are so disorganized that the final output often ends up full of errors.

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Altus Group Response
11mo
Thank you for sharing feedback on your experience at Altus Group. We’re glad you’re finding that your experience with us has a positive impact on your career and skills development. Our award-winning, high trust, high performance culture is grounded in our core values. Our managers have weekly one on ones with their team to discuss projects, and our annual performance management framework scores everyone across the same rubric to ensure a fair and standardized evaluation across all employees’ contributions over the year. Our values extend into our talent acquisition framework, where we strive to provide candidates an authentic and cohesive look into the employee experience at Altus. As a global organization, we hire the right people for the right roles and are proud of our teams for the work they put into supporting our clients and stakeholders across all geographies. As your experience is not aligned with our commitments, feel welcome to send us an email at internalcommunications@altusgroup.com and we’d be happy to facilitate a meeting with one of our human resources business partners.
3.0
Apr 25, 2025
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Pros

Good working environment, fully remote

Cons

Low salary, often overtime, low raise

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Altus Group Response
1y
Thank you for taking the time to share feedback on your experience at Altus Group. We’re glad that you’re enjoying the benefits of our activity-based work model and enjoy our high trust, high performance work environment. Altus Group is committed to offering our employees a competitive total rewards package, which includes health benefits, a Take What You Need vacation policy and several programs in place for additional financial awards and opportunities to plan for your future, like the company matched employee share purchase program and Group RRSP plan. We’re guided by industry standards and annual raises are decided by the performance management program, where every employee is marked against the same rubric. If you would like to discuss your concerns further, we invite you to reach out to our human resources business partners at internalcommunications@altusgroup.com.
1.0
Sep 30, 2025
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Pros

Salary work life balance hike leaves

Cons

Poor Management work culture micro Management

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Altus Group Response
8mo
Thank you for the feedback about your experience at Altus Group, and for recognizing our flexible work model and competitive salary. Leading with integrity is one of our core values and our award-winning team is made up of managers who facilitate a high trust and high performance work environment. Altus Group’s leaders are industry experts, dedicated to navigating the evolving landscape of CRE and supporting our teams, as has been recognized by our people with consistently high scores in our annual employee engagement survey. If you would like to share more information about your experience personally, we encourage you to reach out to internalcommunications@altusgroup.com and we’ll connect you with our HR business partner. Thank you.
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