People & Culture Business Partner, Compass
$100-135k
+ Participation in our incentive programs (which may include eligible cash, equity, or commissions)
5 days a week in office
Real estate technology platform
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Real estate technology platform
1001+ employees
Be an early applicant
$100-135k
+ Participation in our incentive programs (which may include eligible cash, equity, or commissions)
5 days a week in office
1001+ employees
Company mission
To help everyone find their place in the world.
Role
Who you are
- BA/BS degree or equivalent practical experience
- Minimum 5+ years of HR experience (i.e. HR Generalist, HR Business Partner, Employee Relations Associate)
- Strong understanding of policy, compliance, and precedent; builds compliance into daily work
- Skilled in program and project management, driving initiatives from concept to completion
- Uses data and insights to inform decisions, identify risk areas, and influence outcomes
- Demonstrates strong business acumen and communicates effectively with senior leadership
- Highly organized and adaptable; able to prioritize, multitask, and stay calm under pressure
- Experienced in employee relations, investigations, and conflict resolution
- Applies critical thinking and sound judgment to evaluate issues and identify root causes
- Balances facts, data, and common-sense reasoning to guide decisions
- Empathetic, approachable, and trustworthy; handles sensitive issues with discretion
- Builds credibility and trust through collaboration, active listening, and curiosity about the business
- Acts with integrity in all interactions
- Solutions-oriented and proactive; takes initiative to meet employee and business needs
- Acts as a change agent with resilience and professionalism
- Holds self and others accountable for commitments, follow-through, and timely communication
- Workday experience is a plus
- Experience in Mergers & Acquisitions is a plus
What the job involves
- As the People & Culture Business Partner (HRBP), you will guide Compass’s people strategy to support the business strategy
- You will play a critical role in providing support and coaching to both our business leaders and employee base
- You will serve as the subject matter expert in people decision frameworks, understanding the overall goals of the organization you support and its leadership to shape people policies, procedures, and resources to help reach the desired business outcomes
- You will be instrumental in building our growing company and HR function, championing our values and ensuring that Compass is a great place to come to work everyday
- Be a strategic and trusted advisor to the business and leaders that you support; partner with leaders to align people strategy with business goals and drive accountability for talent outcomes
- Serve as a thought partner and advisor to leaders as they navigate difficult employee issues, helping to mitigate risk, and ensuring a collaborative employee/employer experience
- Support the execution of key people programs and processes including performance management, annual reviews, compensation planning, talent reviews, succession planning, employee engagement, retention, and key people metrics
- Hold yourself and others accountable for results, ensuring timely execution, transparent communication, and clear ownership of next steps
- Collaborate with Business Partnering team members and cross-functional partners (e.g. HR Centers of Excellence, Legal, Payroll, and Finance) to deliver integrated, compliant, and scalable people solutions
- Use data and insights to proactively identify trends, influence decision-making, and measure the success of people and culture initiatives
- Build compliance and consistency into every HR process, ensuring policies, documentation, and execution meet regulatory and ethical standards
- Demonstrate ownership by anticipating needs, solving problems before they escalate, and following through on commitments with precision and integrity
Our take
Compass uses an AI-driven platform to smooth out and speed up the process of buying, selling, or renting property. It functions much like a traditional broker, but employs tech to reduce the time, uncertainty, cost and friction of transactions for buyers, sellers & agents.
It's disrupting a sector so far largely averse to tech innovation, allowing users to close deals in less time than the industry average of 30-45 days. Compass is now the largest independent real estate brokerage in the USA, with over 29,000 agents nationwide.
Despite being a leading residential brokerage and competing well, Compass has remained unprofitable. While the company is replanning its cost structure to be profitable over the next year, it announced its third round of payoffs in early January 2023. Its profit-generating plans include expanding into mortgages, escrow & title services.
Freddie
Company Specialist at Welcome to the Jungle
Insights
15% employee growth in 12 months
Company
Funding (last 2 of 9 rounds)
Jul 2019
$370m
SERIES G
Sep 2018
$400m
SERIES F
Total funding: $1.5bn
Company benefits
- Flexible Working
- Work From Home Opportunities
- Paid Vacation, Holidays, Sick Time
- Paid Parental, Marriage, and Recharge Leave
- Medical, Tele-Health, Dental and Vision Benefits
- 401(k) Plan
- Flexible Spending Accounts (FSAs)
- Commuter Program
- Life and disability insurance
- Maven (a support system for new parents)
- Carrot (fertility benefits)
- UrbanSitter (caregiver referral network)
- Employee Assistance Program
- Pet Insurance
Company HQ
Midtown Manhattan, New York, NY
Leadership
Robert Reffkin
(CEO)After 2 years at McKinsey, Robert worked as a Lazard Associate and White House Fellow. They joined Goldman Sachs in 2006, where they worked as VP of Principal Investment before leaving in 2012 to found Compass. Alongside this, Robert ran 50 marathons in 50 states to raise $1 million dollars for for youth education and enrichment programs.
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