Pros
- nice office views - people are young and the recruiters get along well
Cons
Let me just spare you the trouble. If you're someone coming out of college or you're interested in being a recruiter... simply don't... go look for something that will bring you personable, life-rewarding skills. Let me just talk about a few key takeaways for WHY I think YOU can do better than working at this location. If management tries to convince you that you can earn 100k in your first year, ask them what percentage of employees actually achieve that. The truth is, it's incredibly difficult and the job market is tough. During my year and a half at that company, only 2 recruiters were making that amount. With any sales job, they'll say this to hook you into joining their team. Moving on, the Director, I found to be very egotistical and rehearsed in his communication. It's frustrating that he takes any feedback in a negative way, making it difficult to engage with him. However, I must say that most of the management team, except for three individuals, are caring and empathetic toward their employees. It's disappointing to see such a toxic culture stem from one person being a major contributor. Some managers aren't helpful or fair. For example, one talks about her personal life in private meetings instead of focusing on team matters. Another manager overloads their subordinates with work, causing two recruiters to quit abruptly. Finally, there's a manager who dismisses your concerns when you seek advice or try to share your feelings. Our incentives were taken away or replaced with made-up rules ALL the time. It's heavily focused on meeting your numbers but what management didn't realize is we couldn't do our job if they weren't going out of THEIR way to seek new business in order for us to find candidates to work with new clients. There were so many people who were burnt out, so many people just couldn't do it anymore, I was one of those people, I was finally seeing results in my commission checks but what good does money do if I walk into my job hating my life every day? There's so much more to share about how we constantly got screwed over and perhaps these things seem small to you but trust me it's not. in the span of 6 weeks, 7 recruiters quit. Having a high turnover IS NOT a good thing. People were burnt out and upset about how things were run before I even started and management knew this but did nothing about it, they believed that bringing in a new set of people it would improve/or make all the past problems go away.
