1st Choice reviews

2.7

45% would recommend to a friend

(37 total reviews)
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Michelle A. Bell

53% approve of CEO

35% positive business outlook

1st Choice has an employee rating of 2.7 out of 5 stars, based on 37 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have an average working experience there. The 1st Choice employee rating is 27% below average for employers within the Management & Consulting industry (3.7 stars).

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37 reviews
1.0
Jun 11, 2021
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Pros

My co workers were very sweet

Cons

Employees at the headquarters are led by a very questionable CEO. There were more bad days than good. The CEO lies on employees and creates such a hostile and toxic work environment that employees are afraid to lose their jobs and will follow blindly. The method of leadership is to conquer and decide. All reviews that are positive on any site were written by employees who were directed to do so upon the request of the CEO. She lies about employees and treats them horribly so they quit and can not file the unemployment or they are fired and file unemployment . Several harassment complaints were filed from employees “in the field” with EEOC and the Department of Labor. There are employees that she wanted fired, makes up lies, has HR fire them and tells them to put them in their records. One employee was accused of drinking in the job. It was false because when the CEO wanted me to include damaging information, I fact checked. As it turned out the employee informed the CEO that she could not do a certain task because it was questionable and sent me the documentation. I was humiliated in meetings, items were thrown at me in front of my peers. Once I found out the CEO basically tells lies about whatever employee is the target for the week, she creates a toxic environment. If you are a company find someone else who treats their employees better and does not create lies so people will either quit or get fired.

1.0
Feb 29, 2024
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Pros

- Remote / WFH company for corporate employees - Talent Acquisition team is extremely nice and easy to work with

Cons

There are a few characteristics I’ve found to be common in a lot of underperforming and toxic staffing agencies; they’re cheap, they have passive-aggressive leadership, and a staff that won’t speak up against any of it. Unfortunately, 1st Choice is no different. The “CEO”, and I use that term loosely, is incompetent and insecure, a terrible combination of characteristics for an “executive-level leader”. The role she plays in the organization is that of a seagull at the beach; she’ll be loud and wrong, annoying, rude, tell you everything about what you’re doing wrong with your job, and will either a) offer absolutely no solution or b) offer a terrible solution in a very passive-aggressive and disrespectful manner. She’s the type of woman who clearly can’t get out of her own way, and unfortunately, is more than likely too old to change. Her ego needs to be stroked in a very special way, so she calls daily meetings that last entirely too long and doesn’t add anything helpful to anyone but herself. Her role in the meetings is to stop doing whatever low-effort “work” she was doing during the day, join the call, and be clueless about the happenings in the organization or the jobs she hired people to do. She’ll make you explain simple concepts to her, she’ll go off-topic and talk about luxury purchases and other pointless things, and she has a flair for the dramatics, so expect long monologues. She’s the type of “leader” who thinks that being rude and belittling your employees in front of the entire staff will make the team respect her. These meetings will end up lasting on average at least 2.5 hours, twice a day. Due to these meetings, you won’t have much time to meet the uninformed and unrealistic expectations she sets, especially given that she’s cheap and won’t pay for the proper TA tools you need to do the job quickly. If everything else wasn’t bad enough, she isn’t that bright, so she’s extremely insecure about being wrong about anything. If you just nod your head in agreement, stroke her ego, laugh at her jokes, ignore the disrespect (that WILL happen towards you) and listen to her ramble off-topic in mandatory meetings, you’ll be successful here. Listen to the reviews you can tell are real, and make a smart decision regarding your next place of employment. You’re worth more than 1st Choice.

5.0
Aug 7, 2015
Recommend
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Pros

Great Training, The staff here is what makes it. Everyone here is positive and willing to train. Great office commodore within meetings and various events such as Birthday parties etc. With any growing company, there have been moments of stress. But through strong leadership and a clear mission (I help people get jobs), 1st Choice has been an amazing place to work. The challenges are daily and varied and leave me satisfied. I have grown a lot working here and see a lot of potential for more in the future.

Cons

Long work days at times.

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