Epitec reviews

3.1

25% would recommend to a friend

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Josephine Sheppard

27% approve of CEO

18% positive business outlook

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1.0
Mar 23, 2017

DO NOT JOIN THIS COMPANY!

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Pros

There is always free food, drinks, happy hours, company meetings. The first two weeks of training, they would take you out to lunch and talk about what happens, so you get to know the company culture. Pay is good, on top of the base there is commission and incentives (gift cards, money, leaving early, travel opportunities, etc) for meeting/exceeding goals and when your candidate gets hired, you get commission.

Cons

Benefits only kick in after 90 days of working there. VERY HIGH TURNOVER RATE! They get rid of people by telling them that "today is your last day. I'll grab your things, sign this, and I will walk you out." During my time there, many people who joined before and after me got let go before their 90 days with no reason given. Management does not listen to their employees. Everyone is old so they are set in their ways, don't be fooled by their appearances. They tend to talk a lot behind everyone's backs and usually when you hear someone's name being mentioned in a negative way, that person ends up suddenly disappearing from the company indefinitely. Just an FYI, you are forced to pay money to wear jeans on a Friday. Management make it seem like they are approachable, but they aren't. When you point something out to them, that would become a red flag and you will end up being on their "dislike list" or "next to be fired list." The CEO and wife are constantly traveling with the money recruiters (you) help them make and are never around to ask for advice.

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Epitec Response
9y
I am sorry that your experience with Epitec as an entry-level Recruiter was not a good one. Epitec cares about its reputation and we care about how we behave as an organization. Epitec has an award winning compensation package that pays for performance and our employees are provided with the training, process, and tools to generate employee success. We have clear definition of roles and responsibilities. This takes the mystery out of what is expected and what is acceptable. Benefits start 60 days from the first of the month after hire date. This is an industry standard. Epitec supports many charitable causes as part of our Community Initiatives. Supporting charities and the community is something that many of our employees tell us is important to them. Each payday, employees have the option to wear jeans, and if they do, we ask them to contribute $2.00 towards the selected charity of the month. At the end of the Month Epitec matches the employee dollars.
2.0
Mar 20, 2017

Typical Contracting firm

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Pros

Quick process to begin. All sign on paperwork could be completed online.

Cons

Don't expect them to assist if the client culture is abusive and discriminates against contractors vs permanent employees. They will offer to move you to another client but that is the extent of it.

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Epitec Response
8y
Thank you for your feedback. I'd like to talk to you offline about the client that you worked for and to better understand what happened culturally on that team. Please email mark@epitec.com and we can set up a time to talk.
2.0
Feb 14, 2017
Recommend
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Pros

Culture: They provided a lot of events, in-house parties/happy hours, team member highlights.

Cons

Compensation: Recruiters earn more by getting interviews then by making actual placements. You don't receive continual commission for your hourly employees, rather, you get a small bonus. You are a highly valued member by management by getting 20 interviews and only 1 placement as opposed to 3 placements and 5 interviews because your "activity" is too low. Something that actually bills compared to metrics. Professional Development: Management brings on entry level college graduates with no idea about a company that truly values their employees and wants to build them into successful recruiters. You will not receive training or ongoing development. The expectation is call a ton of people and hope they are good enough to get interviewed somewhere. They try to lure people in with the previously mentioned fun atmosphere and hope it's enough to keep them going long enough for execs to collect on their efforts. Turnover: Epitec is the epitome of a revolving door. Within 2 months of my start date roughly 40% of the recruiters either left or were fired. This is a buddy buddy system so if you can get a manager to like you you have a better chance of being promoted than someone with awesome numbers but clashes with leadership.

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Epitec Response
9y
Epitec is a performance driven company. Epitec provides incentives on activity like submittals for recruiters or interviews for Account Managers. The incentives on Placements are much higher and where commission is made. Any recruiter that consistently places 3 people per month will earn a 50K salary and upwards to 30K in commission each year, will go to Presidents club each year at a Caribbean destination, will enjoy Milestone Bonuses, Goalmaker Bonuses, and other incentives. Please contact me to discuss your situation at mark@epitec.com
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