Pros
The culture is fun and young which can be appealing to many people, especially recent college graduates. However, don't be fooled with how fun it looks to work there.
Cons
The company in general has no real structure. You start out as a recruiter but call it Associate Account Manager so it seems as though it's a different position. You have to attain ridiculous metrics in order to be promoted into a position that is not even similar to the previous one. Doesn't promotion mean you get a higher ranking in the current or similar position? Anyways, it doesn't matter how hard working or deserving you are because if you do not hit these ridiculous numbers then you can't "move up". Also, there is no control over these metrics which is why hard working people may never attain that promotion. The management only cares about making money for your team and doesn’t care what measures you take to get there. If you start slipping then they put you on a performance plan and fire you (usually after 1 month). They overwork the employees and even try to control your personal life. The hardest part about this job is that you have the future and professional lives of people in your hands. Meaning, you are helping people find jobs and join amazing companies that Collabera staffs for. Since management does not care about those people then they make the Account Managers responsible for ruining these lives. A perfect example is when management pushes you talk to the hiring managers at the companies and then find candidates for the open positions. They make you get the candidate all lined up to start on a certain day, accept a pay rate and sometimes even quit their previous jobs for the entire the thing to not even go through. This means people are left without jobs and it is horrible to know that you are responsible for that. The company is sometimes not even set up with the companies that they staff for me, meaning that if you do line up a candidate, then you cannot proceed with hiring them. This happened to me and it was then on me to tell the candidate that they not only can’t get the job but that they had to quit their previous role and then are left jobless. I recommend that you do not work here. This company needs to have a better structure and become a respectable company like other recruiting firms out there. It is not a professional environment and they do not value the employees. The salaries are not worth it and the commission checks take so long to come in. Once I left, I was never given all my commission checks and lucked out in a lot of money. If you are looking to get a placement through Collabera – I recommend that you go somewhere else. They do not actually care about placing you in a job and just care about making money off of you.
