AppleOne reviews

3.7

67% would recommend to a friend

(1,303 total reviews)
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Janice Bryant Howroyd

68% approve of CEO

53% positive business outlook

AppleOne has an employee rating of 3.7 out of 5 stars, based on 1,303 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have a good working experience there. The AppleOne employee rating is in line with the average (within 1 standard deviation) for employers within the Human Resources & Staffing industry (3.8 stars).

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1.0
Nov 19, 2025
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

Working with Appleone has been stressful so no pros

Cons

My experience at AppleOne/BilingualOne (Mississauga team) was one of the hardest periods of my career. I am sharing this to help others understand what I personally went through, while keeping everything factual from my perspective. Feeling Overlooked and Unsupported I joined the team with excitement and hope. In the beginning, everyone seemed welcoming. But as time passed, I often felt ignored—especially as a remote employee living in another city. I consistently tried to give my best, yet I still felt sidelined. Important meetings were held without me, and job orders were slowly taken away despite positive feedback about my performance. Constant Stress After Management Change When the previous manager returned from maternity leave, the environment shifted dramatically. I felt heavily micromanaged, questioned constantly, and stripped of autonomy. This took a serious toll on my mental health. I reached to share this with my previous manager who hired me and to vice president . Things were still the same. My doctor advised me to take medical leave for stress and ergonomic injury, which I reported properly. Coming back after treatment, I hoped things would be better. Instead, I felt like people doubted me. The reduction in job orders and lack of inclusion made me anxious every day. Despite this, I continued delivering results with whatever work I was given. A Workplace That Didn’t Feel Inclusive From my experience, the environment didn’t feel inclusive or welcoming toward people from different cultural backgrounds. This was deeply discouraging, and I often felt like I didn’t belong or wasn’t truly valued. Personal Emergency Treated Without Empathy One of the most emotionally painful moments was when my 4-year-old suddenly needed urgent medical attention. I reached out to my manager to inform her, and the response I received felt dismissive and unsympathetic. Instead of understanding my panic as a parent, I felt judged for not “planning ahead” for something that was an emergency. Termination That Felt Abrupt and Cold I was unexpectedly let go during a call with HR and my manager. This happened the next business day after I had to take my 4 year old daughter to office which I postponed to attend end of dat call as my manager was upset.I was shocked and needed a minute just to process it. My manager left the call without explanation, and when I tried to reach her afterward, my messages were not returned. The only response I eventually got was an email telling me to contact HR. After almost 2 years of hard work, dedication, and stress, this felt incredibly cold and inhumane. I personally would not recommend working at this company if you are someone who does not fit what seemed to be their preferred cultural background. As a person from an international background, I often felt unwelcome, unsupported, and treated differently. That was my lived experience. After everything that happened, I am honestly relieved to be out of that environment and finally able to focus on my well-being again.

1.0
Nov 19, 2025
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

• You’ll learn exactly what kind of company you never want to work for again.

Cons

• Toxic leadership that refuses accountability. Whenever pressure hits, management pretends to be “busy” while dumping every task, expectation, and stress onto the recruiting team. • No voice for employees. Concerns, suggestions, and legitimate issues are ignored, brushed aside, or met with micromanagement. You’re expected to hit unrealistic targets while working with “two hands tied behind your back.” • Rampant favoritism and clique culture. Promotions and job security go to friends and family, not performers. During layoffs, the same protected inner circle always survives, even when they contribute the least. • High turnover and constant layoffs. New hires come in energized and hopeful, then quickly become casualties of the environment. The leadership “group” watches each other’s backs while everyone else is disposable. • Leadership drains the division. Many managers do the bare minimum, add no revenue, and still collect paychecks while undermining the people actually doing the work. • Unethical dynamics. Job orders, commissions, and credit routinely flow to leadership’s friends instead of the recruiters who actually delivered results. • Chronic operational failure. The agency struggles to stay profitable, repeatedly loses major accounts, and offers virtually no real opportunity for advancement. All symptoms of a leadership team that protects itself first and the business last. • Disorganized, unstrategic, and exhausting. No cohesion between recruiting, CSM, and onboarding. Every team plays favorites and points fingers when things go wrong.

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