Don't not work here - Recruiter Insight Global Employee Review

1.0
22 Feb 2019
Recommend
CEO approval
Business outlook

Pros

I've met good friends there, still friends with them now and I feel bad that some are still employees there.

Cons

Working at Insight is like repeating the 9th grade. I couldn't put it in better terms. You're answering to people who've never worked in a real corporate environment with mature superiors; everyone, including the "regional manager" is is under the age of 35, which seems great at first but have you ever been scolded by your "boss" who is younger than you? Facts about the role that they don't tell you in your interview: - You HAVE to be at the office before 7:30am and if you aren't, you'll get pulled into the back by your "boss" and scolded/belittled - If you don't stay past 5:30pm every single day you'll be told you're not working hard enough (that's a 10+ hour work day M-F) - On top of your 50+ hour work week there's also "forced fun" involved. Almost every other week they have a happy hour that you are forced to go to, either after work on a weekday or on a Saturday. Yes they make you go to these - The starting pay is 31k, they tell you that you get a 10k bump after 6 months. The 10k raise is actually after 7 and a half months. After the $500 a month taken out for benefits (horrible benefits) your weekly check is about $430-$450 a week for 7 1/2 months, barely enough to live on - There are two ways that you can go for a promotion, professional recruiter or account management, they ONLY hire for sales. The day you decide that sales isn't for you, they either disregard you (don't do anything to advance your recruiting skills) or put you on an improvement plan which just means you'll be let go in a month - There's scheduled lunch, you can pick either 1st or 2nd lunch (yes back to high school) and if you are out of the office at all during the day they look down on you if you take a lunch - It's a title-driven environment. It doesn't matter how good you are at your job, if you have a "lower" job title you are treated worse

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Pros

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Cons

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3.0
4 Jun 2026
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Pros

- Great Training if you're a fresh grad or new to the industry. Does feel a bit redundant after a year or so. - High energy, fun people - Good office spaces - A chance to make a lot of money

Cons

- Low base pay. $40k/yr - You'll hear "If you stay you'll be successful" but in my experience it's "if you're successful you'll stay" and most people aren't. - This is location dependent but in my office (in a smaller territory) there seemed to be no interest in our services. 2-3 other Account Managers had ownership over the only large accounts and the rest of us had to fight for scraps. The way they handle account ownership is a gift and curse. - Heavyyyyy grind culture. I love working hard as the next guy but when I put out 300+ manual cold calls a day, week after week, with no success and my manager's only advice is to try harder, that'll wear you down. - Very high turnover. I made a friend group at training of 5 other people when I started. In less than 2 years 5/6 of us left (including me). Most office seem like revolving doors of employees - Kind of feels like they use young people as pawns. Get them to hustle for 1-2 years, hope that they get lucky and strike gold, and if they don't just tell them they need to be "Grittier." I watched incompetent people make absurd amounts of money and very talented people fail time and time again.

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