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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2K reviews
2.0
Sep 4, 2018
Recommend
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Pros

Compensation Women are being given more positions in leadership (....thanks to the recent scandal. Congrats on CEO, Irina!)

Cons

Personal life? Yeah right. No sales training.... now that all the best reps all left, guess who's working our biggest accounts? constant re-orgs of accounts including the most recent company wide shift Taking PTO is now frowned upon Executive leadership can't run a demo of the technology - ask them! Leaders so kindly give us days off for long holiday weekends, but send endless emails expecting us to be closing deals. It is a cutthroat culture with no regard for your sanity

2.0
Jun 4, 2020
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

2012-2015 - feeling valued, working for a mission driven organization, feeling like you were making an impact, presidents club, annual kick-off meetings with inspirational thought leaders, feeling like you were part of a family, amazing culture of innovation and community, being a market leader, upward movement, promotions, careerpaths, the leadership of Matt Ferguson.

Cons

Late 2015-2019 - the acquisition, losing any type of direction, feeling devalued, never having answers, impossible comp plans, product quality rapidly declined, falling into the shadows of linkedin and indeed, loss of any leadership, mission, or passion, Irina, Sasha, Apollo

1.0
Apr 9, 2020
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

The people, that is it.

Cons

I wish I would have read these reviews before I accepted the job. For the love of your sanity, read them before accepting any offer. I recently just started a different sales role and it is mind blowing how a sales role should be and what this company can get away with doing to their employees. If you absolutely must accept the role, make sure you are put in Staffing and Recruiting, the only vertical that sees success. CareerBuilder has announced proudly on every platform how they hired over 100 people in a 3 month span. The reality is CareerBuilder doesn't have the bandwidth to adequately train and help these new hires, so instead every sales person feels unappreciated (like cattle) and in return losing not only those new hires but the tenured talent that actually knows what they are doing. The quotas are extremely unattainable outside of Staffing and Recruiting (4% MAYBE). They will not take responsibility for this except to make excuses by showing examples of success, from again, Staffing and Recruiting. I cannot say enough how discouraging this role was to every aspect of my life. I gave 110% to this position and after I was told "Your work ethic means nothing if we don't see numbers" I knew it was time to look for another position, best thing I ever did. Again, know your worth and go with another option.

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CareerBuilder Response
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Thank you for taking the time to write such a thoughtful review on your experience at CareerBuilder. I believe that in order for us improve and grow, maintaining open channels of feedback is vital. While I understand how frustrating it must’ve been to feel like you lacked training and support during your time with the company, we continue to evaluate the best approach to support all our employees to be successful in their jobs. For instance, our CB University platform is a vital tool for all employees to continue learning and developing their skills. In case you have additional feedback or would like to continue the dialogue, please feel free to reach out to me at Michelle.A.Armer@careerbuilder.com. Thank you, Michelle
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