Staffing in general can feel a little cut throat at times, and I was good at what needed to get done, but looking back I wish I hadn't been so encouraged to step on the person next to me in order to get more money and placements in my own pocket. Management is so stressed to get numbers that it affects their ability to lead the team, and they end up spending more time trying to just make it all look better than it really is than fixing the problems at hand. I was wildly disappointed to find out at one point that although I was one of the highest performing recruiters on the team, I was making far less in base compensation than my counter parts.