Knight Frank reviews

3.7

68% would recommend to a friend

(1,235 total reviews)
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William Beardmore-Gray

88% approve of CEO

63% positive business outlook

Knight Frank has an employee rating of 3.7 out of 5 stars, based on 1,235 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have a good working experience there. The Knight Frank 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
Jun 21, 2017

Ride with greed, sexism and misogyny

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Pros

Some of the people I worked with were lovely and the only thing that kept me going in every day (most of whom have now left)

Cons

A greedy culture with no thought for community or the wellness of staff. Partners can do and say what they like with no comeback. A boys club with old rich men at the top who have no qualms in shouting at you during meetings or making sexist comments or jokes that shouldn't be told in the workplace. My particular department head was a snobbish bully who favours those who carry a Chanel bag and wear the right designer clothes. Honestly, if you have any morals and value your self worth don't work here. It's all about money and there's more to life than that. To witness first hand the attitude of some of these privately schooled men in very privileged positions was sickening.

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Knight Frank Response
8y
Thank you for your feedback. We are sorry that you feel this way. We have a fully dedicated Respect, Diversity and Inclusion programme which has been instigated to ensure that diversity is a priority.
1.0
Nov 20, 2018
Recommend
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Pros

Met nice people in other teams

Cons

Racist pretenous team in hotel valuations . Bullying and horrendous behaviour from seniority. Treat temps extremely badly.

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Knight Frank Response
7y
Thank you for your feedback. I am sorry to hear of your experience of Knight Frank and would be grateful if you would share more information with me as I am very concerned. Please email me on sally.chacatte@knightfrank.com. Kind regards Sally Chacatte
2.0
Mar 18, 2021

Not for everyone

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Pros

If your face fits (probably because you're a white man, preferably who was privately educated) you'll do well.

Cons

Very old fashioned. Slow to adapt. Women are judged more harshly. Very few people work part time and those that do are expected to work on their days off. The global exec board is all male. To be on the board you have to be an equity partner, which means having been a fee-earner, so essential services you'd expect to be represented like HR, IT etc aren't. Of 75 equity partners, 72 are men and all or nearly all are white.

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Knight Frank Response
5y
Thank you for your message. If you would like to discuss this further, please don’t hesitate to contact me on sally.chacatte@knightfrank.com. Sally Chacatte, Group Head of HR
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