Cella reviews

Cella seemed like a dream when I first started, until the integration with Randstad. It’s inevitable that companies will go downhill from the employer perspective once they are bought by a large corporation. As a recruiter you’ll be held to higher standards than the sales side and ultimately will be punished for their lack of bringing in new jobs. They decided to do a heavy KPI push at one of the slowest times we’ve ever seen, yet never gave us any actual defined goals that we were expected to hit. I was let go due to my position being eliminated after we were told over and over not to worry and that cella wouldn’t be doing layoffs. When asked if I had any questions the only one I had, what the criteria was for deciding who was let go, was unable to be answered. Yet I’m told that leadership told everyone else their decisions were based on performance and tenure. I couldn’t help but notice that the majority of us who were let go are single moms, primary providers for our families and have little ones at home with us during the day. Many people lower on the KPI report than myself and others who were let go were not affected. Cella is not transparent like they claim to be and if they tell you they “have your back”, they don’t.

I’m very disappointed in the company. They preach transparency yet there is none. I came back from PTO to be let go without no warning and being 7 months pregnant. I just requested my family leave too yet they were cold and heartless to single/pregnant women and feel discriminated against. Second, they told us it was due to elimination of position yet during a meeting told everyone else it was performance. If it was due to performance why did management always say your doing good, nothing to worry about it. I would constantly ask for feedback, my number and activity was off the wall. The only thing that was down was fills and that was across the board. They let go 3 people from our team and defiantly pick and chose their favorites. I know for a fact other people’s numbers were lower but hey it’s all about favoritism. In addition, most jobs are not fully qualified, not full job decisions, the jobs closes before Intake calls, sales does not go out to get feedback, yet they will continue to hire sales people and invest in a training- but be prepared if you’ve been there for a year and half you will get let go so they can replace you with someone new instead of investing in your growth. Lastly, commission is not great, I came from making 5 grand a month in my precious job to about $200-$400 a month. They have high turn over; since I’ve been there a little shy of two years they are constantly letting people go and hiring more.