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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1K reviews
2.0
Sep 9, 2013
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

Have a job while looking for another one.

Cons

Horrible management, no company vision and a big chance of jobs will be outsourced to India soon. After First Advantage bought out LexisNexis Screening Solutions the company went through several layoffs and major management changes which is typical. What is also typical is a chance for outsourcing of technical jobs to India. They have a technical support team in Bangalore, India and they have been training them for the past couple of months. So you know what is coming....

1.0
Aug 30, 2013
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

They aren't the only company providing these services. They are paying my salary and providing benefits while I find another job.

Cons

Awful company that continues to make promises that they cannot fulfill. Low pay. 1/3 of what was promised. High expectations from employees but lack of support. Constantly changing processes. Terrible employee morale. By end of year they will lose 50% of sales staff. Recruiters are calling us nonstop because our industry is tight knit and most of my teammates are leaving. Mgmt is lackluster and demotivating and has no control over the broken processes. We are being tasked with doing more work with less support. Pay is too low and commissions are pathetic. I made more fresh out of college. Greedy mgmt and owners that will ultimately suffer due to the high cost of attrition. No one seems to be able to make the changes necessary to fix internal problems. We have no marketshare. Most companies have never heard of first advantage. No marketing support and too much red tape. Run don't walk from this company.

1.0
Aug 7, 2013

First Advantage : A pathetic company to work with

Anonymous employee
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

Company itself sucks, is there even a management, i have serious doubts about that as well..

Cons

Absolutely nothing even worth mentioning...

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