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Barrett Business Services reviews

3.2

43% would recommend to a friend

(322 total reviews)

Gary Kramer

64% approve of CEO

53% positive business outlook

Barrett Business Services has an employee rating of 3.2 out of 5 stars, based on 322 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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322 reviews
2.0
Oct 19, 2022
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

Great people, but so burned out

Cons

BBSI cares more about pleasing senior management and improving metrics vs doing things right and caring about people who actually do the work. Return to work was pushed so hard at the time when schools were still half open and sudden despite the fact that their own feedback was overwhelmingly positive about people working from home. The reason was because ‘managers wanted to see heads at the desks’. It was sad to see great people being stagnated professionally, overworked and unrecognized if they were not good at politics and being aggressive. The company’s overall approach is that there’s always someone else willing to work here.. as a result, when you start, you’ll find no documentation, unknown and forgotten systems and processes because one person was handling it and then one day s/he was done and gone.

2.0
May 8, 2019
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

Independence, talented co-workers and meaningful work.

Cons

The culture can be atrocious depending on the location. The management style of some is rife with fear, intimidation and sarcasm. Examples "you are all C players," "I might as well fire you all and do the job myself," "my job is three hundred times more important than yours," "I need to make at least $300,000, YES, those are real quotes.

2.0
Jul 27, 2018

Deserves the poor reviews

Anonymous employee
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

Some autonomy with professional work. Some good and very smart coworkers. Interesting work with diverse clients. Some good people in corporate office. Technology is sub standard

Cons

Among the most backstabbing places I’ve ever worked. Branch offices play favorites and will resort to lying to purge those they don’t want. One of the most unprofessional work environments I’ve experienced. Petty, behind the back talk it feels like high school. Perks are almost non existent. Zero pto for a year. Incredible!!

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