Worst employer in my career - Senior Staffing Specialist AppleOne Employee Review

1.0
Mar 20, 2020
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

none that I can think of

Cons

I worked at AppleOne for five years. It was, without a doubt, the worst company for which I have ever worked. I only stayed for five years beacuse I needed to re-establish longevity on my resume after the recession. Bernie Howroyd was a sleezy, leering jerk who encouranged employees to lie to potential clients and candidates. For example, he would tell us to lie to clients and tell them that we had gone to the same college as their child (as if this isn't easily verifiable via LinkedIn). The internal training staff was a joke. One of the 5 Bernie's Basics for business was "A bird in the hand is worth two in the bush." The trainers tried to tell us that this meant that one candidate would lead to two sales leads. Well no, this is a long-establish proverb that has a set meaning (what you have is worth more than what you might be able to get) but these fools thought that they could re-define it to fit the company's strategy of using candidates to mine for sales leads. The pay was abysmal with no differential according to location.

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Pros

Free snacks, WFH, Paid leaves good culture

Cons

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5.0
May 21, 2026
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Pros

I have been working with Cynthia Torocsik and she has been fantastic. As someone that was laid off recently as so many have, it has been humbling and challenging finding my next opportunity. Cynthia and her support team incudling Katie have been a great support both finding temporary work to help ends meet while they help me get back on my career path. Great people at AppleOne

Cons

I wish more organizations partnered with them.

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