First Advantage reviews

3.3

43% would recommend to a friend

(1,108 total reviews)

Scott Staples

69% approve of CEO

45% positive business outlook

First Advantage has an employee rating of 3.3 out of 5 stars, based on 1,108 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have a good working experience there. The First Advantage employee rating is in line with the average (within 1 standard deviation) for employers within the Human Resources & Staffing industry (3.8 stars).

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4.0
Sep 23, 2014

Relaxed environment

Anonymous employee
Recommend
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Pros

-Easy to file VLs and may have option not to come in duing public holidays (as compared to BPOs) -You may take your lunch/break anytime -Work is not that stressful (performance evaluation is only done 2x a year) -Not strict in bringing food inside production -Regularization after 6mos probation -Yearly base pay increase based on performance

Cons

-Salary not that high and no other allowance aside from Rice allowance (500php/month) -There's a quarterly performance bonus however maximum bonus amount is really low. Not enough to motivate you to work hard for 3 consecutive months -Growth is scarce (mostly lateral movement. For openings for higher position, they tend to favor friends) -Not a lot of benefits -Can be a bit boring as there's hardly any activities, company/team building -There's hardly any training (upon starting in the company and even when moving to a new role/position)

1.0
Sep 15, 2014
Recommend
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Pros

They somehow are still in business, but only b/c Symphony the private equity firm in Palo Alto, CA did such a lousy job of due diligence prior to buying them.

Cons

5 different CEO's in just over 2 years is pretty telling... Losing Customers much faster than can ever hope to win new business. They systems don't work properly; people are not paid and Finance does their best to screw people out of their earned commissions to save money. Culture is toxic -- not a positive place to work at all.

3.0
Sep 13, 2014

Working at First Advantage

Recommend
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Pros

Exciting and chaotic place to work. Bringing multiple companies together. Restructuring organization and changing company culture. Must enjoy being part of building something new while living with a lot of construction, dust and fumes.

Cons

The current chaos isn't for everyone. It's a tough environment for many when so much change is happening and there's no light at the end, just more change, more chaos.

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