Addison Group reviews

My team “churned and burned” many times while I was there for less than a year. My direct manager talked behind my back to multiple co workers (things I ONLY shared with my manager), but I guess that’s what I get for sharing personal information. Very “frat” like culture. I was almost required to go to happy hours / dinners after work. I would be told months in advance to block off my calendar for happy hours and to “not make plans after work”? If I didn’t go, I would be questioned and felt like I owed them a reason. And I’m sorry, but working 5 days a week in office is dead. If you’re going to let some offices work remotely or hybrid, let every office to the same. Talking poorly about candidates happened A LOT. I would hate to know that a recruiter or BDM was talking about me that way if I was applying for a job to work at your company.

-There is a lack of professionalism across the board. I can't speak to every office, but I witnessed consistent gossip, sexual harassment, bullying, threatening behavior and intimidation. I have a feeling the response here will be "We have a great DEI program now" - a step ahead sure, but that doesn't excuse what I'd witnessed or experienced OR the fact that certain high-level employees were often the SOURCE of the harassment. -Crooked management. Managers and execs will bad-mouth members of their team openly during 1x1's with their team members. I experienced this a few months ago and it's a big part of why I chose to leave. -Addison hires inexperienced recruiters which puts extra work and stress on experienced producers when asked to train without compensation. -Pay is horribly outdated. Yes, one should always be motivated to sell and make placements, but good grief, base salaries are $15k to $30k below what others are offering. -There's lots of "that's my candidate" or "that's my client" and intimidation not to call a person when they hadn't had been touched upon in well over a year. In general, tenured managers or employees act threatened and use bullying tactics when a newer producer who is hungry to do their job and make placements, gets after someone they once talked to or worked with years ago. -Inconsistencies with rules and guidelines and managers playing favorites/colleagues playing "teacher's pet" to bend rules to benefit one's own success. -Frat-like culture: "work-hard, play hard" - heavy drinking, drugs encouraged. Employees are expected to attend happy hours and show up to work hungover the next day to produce. -They have historically promoted individuals who were poor performers or unprofessional or lacked the skillset to train new hires/manage producers. One should know the ins and outs of their CRM system for example, if they are promoted to a manager seat. Also, promoting low producers does not incentivize other team members. Another indication of favoritism/politics at its finest. I would not recommend working for an Addison Group office unless you're new to recruiting looking to gain experience. Those with experience and love recruiting or biz dev can do better, and Addison's "churn & burn" model demonstrates this.