CareerBuilder reviews

3.6

52% would recommend to a friend

(1,628 total reviews)
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Jeff Furman

72% approve of CEO

33% positive business outlook

CareerBuilder has an employee rating of 3.6 out of 5 stars, based on 1,628 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have a good working experience there. The CareerBuilder employee rating is in line with the average (within 1 standard deviation) for employers within the Information Technology industry (3.9 stars).

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1.0
Jun 13, 2018

Please don't tarnish your resume by taking a chance working here.

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Pros

Currently, there are no Pros other than a measly paycheck if you can't find a better company. All the "great benefits they list on there site are no more. All those "culture" photos are of employees who were laid off, fired or quit. Why no new photos? CB no longer makes an effort to have a culture anymore. They eliminated half day Fridays, don't allow budget for team outings anymore, hold the their share of your 401K contribution for 13 months and drop in a one time payment to trap you there and provide no accolades or awards for saving the day and growing the business. Operations only receives their bonus once a year which isn't totally uncommon, unless of course it's 20% of your Target Comp. No one can live off of only 80% of their pay (especially when that pay is 30-40% less than the it should be.)

Cons

For whatever reason, Apollo group has hung on to a group of Senior Leadership that has been there for 15+ years when the company was just a job board and in the 15 years they've been there they've done absolutely nothing to grow their skills, knowledge or evolve in anyway. You can't call you're self a SaaS/Tech company when you can't let go of the Mad Men style "Good Old Boys and the occasional extremely cruel woman" game that worked for you 25 years ago. The VP's and Directors have their eyes totally blinded to the reality of the tech industry and poor HR can't get them to open them. If anyone in HR tries to do their job and bring hard truths to these leaders they are either fired , shuffled around or their 'position is eliminated" only for it to be open for back fill. (Same for any of the very few front line managers left.)

1.0
Jun 3, 2018

Sad story

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Pros

CareerBuilder used to be a wonderful place to work. People, ideas, positive change, culture...all these things used to be prioritized...but not any more.

Cons

All that changed when they were acquired by private equity. Instead, all that is prioritized these days is profit, EBITDA, money, and minimized headcount. The culture is demeaning. There is no work life balance. There is no sense of culture. The products are not being invested in. The internal resources to help you succeed are being slashed. Everyone is trying to leave the organization to work at a place that puts people first and wants to see its employees grow, develop, create, adapt, learn, and scale. It is a terrifying place to work when you don't know how much longer your company or department will be around for. If you have any sense of being part of an organization that does the right thing because it's just the right thing to do to treat people fairly and with moral kindness, then please do not work here. Benefits have been downsized, teams and departments have been laid off, and any feeling of growth or a future has disappeared.

1.0
May 4, 2018

Complete Garbage

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Pros

There used to be plenty of pros, but all of this went out the window when the company was purchased by Apollo. There was Culture, laughter, gatherings, team outings, parties,etc.... Now? none. Gone. Majority of the people that remain there now dread to go to work.

Cons

Almost all leadership. CareerBuilder is losing accounts left and right, and it's because of the direction that the company has been in and not being as good as the competition. However, it seems that all of the leaders want to blame the reps. The sales reps take the hit for everything. Through my time there, I did not see 1 Director get on a call to try and save an account. Instead, they waited until it fell through and punished the rep. I have been reading comments on here for quite some time now, and it seems that there have been a few "positive" comments posted lately. I am willing to bet that it is the leadership trying to convince people that this is a great place to be that way their team does not get dissolved and they actually have to do something..like.... save accounts. HR is also a complete nightmare. Trust me when I saw they could care less about the issues at the company, they will take the companies side and tell you "that's just how it is." There are a few comments on here about sexual Harassment that was reported, but nothing happened. This place is literally a joke and the laughing stock of the job market. If you're reading this on here considering working at CareerBuilder, just click the Jobs button and search for a new place and apply..

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