Technical Recruiter - Anonymous employee Brooksource Employee Review

1.0
18 Oct 2016
Anonymous employee
Recommend
CEO approval
Business outlook

Pros

You make friends at work and have the ability to make good money (which you can also do at competing firms).

Cons

Extremely poor management, the idea of only promoting from within is not the best model when your company is filled with people just out of college who have zero experience. People are promoted too quickly into management positions without the proper support or even having to prove themselves. Training is very limited, so you better learn on your own or you will not last past a few months. There is no real professional development path, and they pride themselves on the fact that you can become an office manager within just a year or two out of college and which is pretty comical if you think clients actually respect 24 year old "managers." Brooksource does not invest in employees and is 100% a turn and burn culture, following the model of mass hiring and hoping a few people work out. What is worse is that the company blatantly lies about the extremely high turnover to prospective employees. If you are a young professional looking for guidance, strong leaders, continued training and professional development...don't be fooled into believing the "Brooksource culture" and I highly advice you to look elsewhere.

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Cons

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Brooksource Response
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Thank you for taking the time to share your feedback! At Brooksource, we strive to better the lives of our consultants, so we appreciate any feedback we can use to address the needs of our organization. If you have any additional feedback or suggested improvements, please email us at success@eightelevengroup.com as we are always trying to better the experiences we offer.
3.0
9 Jun 2026
Recommend
CEO approval
Business outlook

Pros

This company relies on growth from within, so if they see potential in you, they will help you get to that next level. There is always a huge support system around you at all times.

Cons

The amount of support can quickly turn into micromanaging, and promoting from within is great until you start protecting those who earned their title sheerly through tenure or a 'good ol' boy' system. Also, the pay is abysmal. They pay you the absolute minimum in salary and the rest is based off of commission, so even the best reps can lose everything on a clients whim, going from making almost $200K a year to $30K in the blink of an eye. They say they have protections in place for that but that's only for the people who earn the company millions of dollars for 4 consecutive years. Also, there really is no such time as a work/life balance here. They throw parties to make you think you do, but if you are out on PTO you will still be judged by your KPI's while you were out, and they expect you to pick up the phone, regardless of if you are on vacation or at your grandfathers funeral. "Still gotta keep you numbers up!"

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