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Barrett Business Services reviews

3.2

45% would recommend to a friend

(323 total reviews)

Gary Kramer

65% approve of CEO

55% positive business outlook

Barrett Business Services has an employee rating of 3.2 out of 5 stars, based on 323 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have a good working experience there. The Barrett Business Services 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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323 reviews
1.0
Nov 5, 2015

Horrible Culture

Anonymous employee
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Pros

Competitive salaries (although you better negotiate well - no one gets raises), the office area is nice and professional.

Cons

You get 4 sick days during year 1, and then 1 week of vacation time during year 2 (completely not competitive in this area - current employer and previous employer both provided me 3-4 weeks PTO during year 1 that I could use right away). Expect to work lots of OT, no OT pay though of course as you're salaried, but, expect to be treated like an hourly employee and frowned upon if 2 min late in the morning. Apparently working 6 days a week and long evenings doesn't matter. CEO is awful, sales guy w/zero skill set. I listened to him speak once to a room full of HR managers/consultants and say that HR will never have a place at the table because they don't have a P&L. YOU ARE AN HR SERVICES COMPANY! I was in shock... Culture is awful, several people I knew were literally depressed/crying because they were often treated so badly. Would never recommend anyone to work here, ever.

1.0
Oct 13, 2015

Payroll

Recommend
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Pros

Decent money. Some really nice, hard working people. Nice offices. A LOT of learning opportunities in new software applications. Many locations (branches) throughout California.

Cons

Overworked employees, No opportunity for advancement, no raises, upper management is out of touch with the branch employees. Business Unit or "Pod" model does not work. Unorganized and growing too fast. Benefits are the worst.

1.0
Oct 5, 2015
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

The description I was given was not even close to the reality of the position. It was like purchasing a great looking car with no engine. Management was untruthful as was the Recruiter

Cons

They mislead clients, Vendors and others who use there services. They want you to uphold their lies, totally unorganized and no systems in place

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