Keller Williams reviews

4.3

83% would recommend to a friend

(6,714 total reviews)

Chris Czarnecki and Gary Keller

92% approve of CEO

76% positive business outlook

Keller Williams has an employee rating of 4.3 out of 5 stars, based on 6,714 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have an excellent working experience there. The Keller Williams employee rating is in line with the average (within 1 standard deviation) for employers within the Bienes raíces industry (3.8 stars).

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1.0
Jul 10, 2017

Market Center Coordinator

Anonymous employee
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Pros

Looking back there arent any pros.

Cons

I guess if you are a Real Estate agent this would be an okay company to work for. But certainly not as a full time employee. I worked at a franchise location for 2+ years, got married and became pregnant. I was about two months away from my due date so I spoke to the brand new "team leader"  about taking off for my maternity leave. She agreed and told me we woud have a meeting the next day. The next day I go into her office for our meeting, for what I think is going to be about my leave, and she fires me. Two months before i was due I get fired. Fired from a company whose core values are " God, Family then business", which is all a lie. So naturally I file for unemployment. Shortly after I start receiving unemployment, I get a letter in the mail stating that Keller Williams was appealing my unemployment and that I was to show up a court date, that happened to be very near to when my baby was due.  Sure enough, my child was born the day before the court date. I was able to get released from the hospital early and make it to the hearing, the day after having a baby!!  And now almost 7 years later of dealing with this awful company.  I am still dealing with the aftermath of unemployment. Because God forbid the company had kept me as an employee and pay me any maternity leave. So I will leave my long review with this... their core values of "God, family then business" are all lies.

1.0
Jan 28, 2017

Pyramid Scheme Brokerage

Anonymous employee
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

Branding is recognizable to most non-real estate people.

Cons

KW takes large commission, over $100/month in office fees. More fees if you want to participate in any of their more worthwhile training classes (the free ones cover material you learn in real estate school). Fees fees and more fees.

1.0
Oct 6, 2016

It's a greedy cult!

Anonymous employee
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Pros

As an agent, if you join in with a great team leader, it could be a good experience, lots of friends to be made. People are nice. Benefits at headquarters are excellent. In the field, no benefits. Your an independent contractor.

Cons

Everything about the company is a "profit center". How much can they suck out of the agents? Charge them for this and that and yes, the training and the coaching...it's going to cost you....$1000 a month! And what do the coaches do? Tell you to door knock, know your scripts. It's all so old school. It's all boils down to how much money can be sucked from the agents. And the other big goal is recruit, recruit, recruit. The Team Leaders, who consider themselves the CEOs of their office, are considered only "recruiters" at corporate. The top dogs are pulling in a half million a year, or more. The agents? Well, the turnover rate with agents is astronomical because most don't make enough to live.. Lastly, they say "Christian values" and what I've seen and learned, if they need to say it, it's probably not so.

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