Keller Williams reviews

The cult of personality reigns supreme at KW International. Department goals and objectives are regularly derailed by one manufactured crisis after another, more often than not the result of some well-connected person in the field calling in favors or making complaints. Staffing levels are almost comically insufficient to maintain our current technology offerings, and in no semblance of reality are they adequate to meet the stated goals of the organization moving forward. "Work/Life Balance" is a line they sell to the agents and franchise owners - expect to work 50-60 hour weeks, or see your annual reviews suffer. Participation in the constant events being hosted is mandatory: Two yearly conventions (one of which you must share a hotel room with a co-worker for a week) as well as the constant events being held in Austin will entail a constant flood of requests for mandatory "volunteers" to participate. You will be clearing food off of tables, holding up signs, directing people to busses, holding microphones for attendees (and being derided publicly by the speaker if they think you aren't hustling enough) and other menial tasks regularly throughout the year. Leadership works on a "chaos by design" principle, which is basically a cover for "making it up as we go". Your priorities and focus will be in a constant state of change, partly due to lack of planning, partly due to what's "hot" at the moment (again, VIPs calling in favors), and partly due to an overloaded IT infrastructure that the organization has long since outgrown yet cannot be replaced due to lack of resources. If you crave working endless hours on largely undocumented 2008-era technologies that are constantly falling over dead, this is the place for you.

Everything. They only care about you as long as you have thousands to spend on their ridiculous fees and hoops they force you to jump through. You pay a big chunk of money and think you're in, just to be told there's some more payments. You pay those and then you're told you have to join the board of realtors (not a legal requirement by the way) which guess what! More money! They claim to be the best trainers with this fantastic mentor program. Everyone gets the same mentors and they dont help you do anything, but they gladly take a huge chunk of your first couple commissions. They give you access to this online system that spams you all day with emails basically asking for you to give them more money. If you're a stay at home spouse who has access to unlimited amounts of money and you want to pretend like you have a real job this is great for you. If you want a real real estate experience and are just starting out this isnt where to go. They cater to the rich and if you're not rich you'll be ignored and sucked dry of all of your money.