Aquent reviews

3.7

53% would recommend to a friend

(881 total reviews)
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John H. Chuang

54% approve of CEO

48% positive business outlook

Aquent has an employee rating of 3.7 out of 5 stars, based on 881 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have a good working experience there. The Aquent 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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881 reviews
1.0
Sep 8, 2015

Another embarrassment to staffing agencies

Anonymous employee
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Pros

They work hard to make themselves look cool and hip, a creative approach that will work hard to find you something.

Cons

They Lie, and they are extremely unprofessional! It's taken me more than 3 years to get a job with Vitamin T which is absolutely absurd. In the past, there have been multiple jobs that I fit the description EXACTLY, the jobs would have been an absolute perfect match! Lately, I was told that I was submitted for a few different positions at different companies, when I asked what the other one was, they responded, "Oh, I don't have that in front of me right now, even though they were right in front of their computer and could have looked up my info!" I know how staffing agencies work they have access to all of my information if they just look it up! She then responded, "well I have another call coming in, I'll send that name of the other company over to you via email today" and I'm still waiting for that email from a week ago. Needless to say, I don't think she's planning on sending it over, because she lied to me. Vitamin T has continually also emailed me about immediate positions that they are needing to have filled. Nearly every time I get back to them that same day, they say, "Oh I'm sorry we've already filled that position with a senior level candidate." Seriously???? You managed to fill the position on the same day that you're reaching out to people about it???!! More lies! Stop playing with people's emotions and just be honest and tell people that your lack of integrity of a company and immoral values means that you will not have any jobs available to potential candidates and they should seek employment elsewhere!

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Aquent Response
10y
Hi there - I'm Susie Hall, president of Vitamin T. Thanks for taking the time to share your feedback. Sounds like something has gone wrong here, as I assure you that we are not a bait-and-switch company. I have been here 16 years and am proud that we have found many thousands of our talent work on many thousands of opportunities with our clients. I'd like to understand what happened in this situation, so please contact me at shall@vitamintalent.com or 323 475 7374.
1.0
Jul 10, 2015

Slave Traders

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Pros

There are not any. They routinely misrepresent jobs and salaries. They work on strip-mining college talent pools with amazing stories about what they can do for you but they don't.

Cons

They are complete con-artists. Avoid at all costs.

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Aquent Response
11y
I am shocked to read this feedback. I've been with Aquent | Vitamin T for over 16 years and am president of Vitamin T. We pride ourselves on our ethical behavior and over 95% of the candidates we represent have 2+ years of professional experience. So I'm not sure what happened here, but I would very much like to understand it. Please contact me directly at 323 475 7374 or shall@vitamintalent.com.
5.0
Sep 21, 2015
Recommend
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Pros

Aquent truly cares for their employees and they are dedicated to providing a great work culture that will help their employees be successful. They have great benefits, life-long learning funds, great work/life balance and excellent management.

Cons

If you do not like to be graded on metrics, then this may not be the place for you. But, I find that if you are truly doing your job, it is almost impossible to not meet your metrics!

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