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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1.0
Jun 10, 2014

I've had the misfortune of working for First Advantage

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Pros

Unfortunately for us all any pro has been eroded

Cons

Classic Venture capital take over. Horrible Executive leadership. Essential positions eliminated. Client delivery failures are daily. Technology errors that affect customers are daily events. Migrating customers are left out to dry and their programs are terrible in the interim leaving the relationship manager holding the bag.

1.0
Jun 9, 2014

Most pathetic company

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Pros

pretend to work from anywhere, bar, beach, playground as long as you have a special friend in management

Cons

Employee testimony on their website made me puke. How can real people lie to blatantly without any shame and self respect? I guess $$$$$ matters Incompetent management, from top to bottom. How will they help other companies do a background check on their prospects if FADV does not check the background of their so called "leadership"? sorry, I just puked on my keyboard again. They have no insight, vision, qualification, or drive other than greed and self interest. The outsourcing is just a show. HR in India has been making tons of $$$$$ buy receiving booty. You heard it right, people pay FADV HR to get in the door. Ever wondered why there is so much attrition? Every person that I know, reported to HR (USA) upon leaving the company and telling them about the ethics and corruption of these execs. HR is part of the play, no action taken other than promotions of these snakes.

1.0
Jun 6, 2014

OUT-SOURCED

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Pros

Um... Clean environment? Quiet workplace?

Cons

This company "Eats" smaller businesses and doesn't care about or offer any kind of reasonable severance for it's employees. Corporate bullies. What more can I say. My whole department was out-sourced to India. A perfect example of this company can be seen at the beginning of the movie "The Secret Life of Walter Mitty". Enough said. They just don't care.

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