Jobot reviews

3.4

53% would recommend to a friend

(515 total reviews)
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Heidi Golledge

57% approve of CEO

51% positive business outlook

Jobot has an employee rating of 3.4 out of 5 stars, based on 515 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have a good working experience there. The Jobot 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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515 reviews
2.0
Oct 11, 2021
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

- Heidi Golledge (CEO) is absolutely amazing! She cares so much for her employees and treats everyone as equals and like people. - Office environment was a WeWrok at the time I was there and it was very nice. - Once the pandemic hit, they gave every employee to go remote full-time, even once offices started to open. It was your choice to return or stay at home full time. - Really fun events - Great health insurance plan - Every other Friday off (IF you're performing)

Cons

- Competition! Not only with other recruiting agencies, but internally. Employees will do whatever they can to close a deal, so there is a TON of internal competition and sketchy things that they'll do to get that deal. - Pyramid Scheme - Basically, as a recruiter, you're at the bottom of the barrel. Sure, you're the one closing deals, but all the money earned trickles upward. Your manager get's part of your bonus, their manager gets part, the 'Directors' get their cut, and so on. - On the note of 'Directors' - Jobot's upper management were almost all from another company of Heidi's (CyberCoders). Probably 90% of them. They came over with their existing client base and made more money off of them at Jobot because it was a new company and the commission structure is more lucrative than CyberCoders. Because of this, a lot of clients were immediately 'claimed' by them, which prevents other Jobot employees from working with that company. - Lack of Growth Opportunity: Since all of these Directors came over, what upper mobility is there in to one of those seats? The only thing that changes is your title from Recruiter to Sr. Recruiter to Principle Recruiter, etc.. which is solely determined by how much you bill. That's it. - Metrics: If you're not hitting your metrics weekly, you'll be micromanaged until the day they fire you or you quit from the stress. You'll be reminded multiple times a day because 'big brother' is looking over your shoulder. - You're pretty much expected to work +10 hour days and on weekends. So, with all that being said, if you absolutely love sales, working a lot, and are okay working with people who have questionable business ethics, then this is your spot!

1.0
Oct 4, 2022

Just look at the google reviews

Anonymous employee
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

Great parties and solid benefits. The pay can be good if you are in a manager seat with a solid team.

Cons

This place has such a bad reputation in every industry they touch that I don't even list them on my LinkedIn anymore. They are why recruiters have such a bad image in the marketplace. It's clear that all the good reviews are managers, key performer and new recruiters who posted multiple times over the years. Many of the bad reviews get reported and taken down. Let's talk pay. You are completely on a draw system which means you get a "salary" but all your commissions go to paying that back. This isn't extremely clear when you start so be sure you are ready for that kind of payout. If you really are a skilled recruiter joining this company consider this. Draws are best when you are receiving more than 80% commissions. Reason being, you could start your own agency with a business loan for much less than that and essentially that is a draw. You don't have to bill Half a Million dollars to survive and instead can do 1-2 placements a month and make a very comfortable living. If you are looking for a place where you can grow a skillset, to be looked at as a whole human, and not just a dollar amount, then this is NOT the place. You will get zero support from most of management and most of them do not have an interest in growing your skillset. You are just a number that is equal to the payout that they receive from your billing. The way they push that is by giving you absurd metrics to hit. This should be the biggest red flag for anyone joining. You are expected to come in with your current skillset and client book and then bill. If you ever have a bad month, be prepared to be micromanaged and forgotten about. In the end, they just want bodies in seats and new agreements from the recruiters they bring in. They are happy to take the loss because that person may bring in a dozen new agreements from their previous business and can farm some resumes for their database. There is a crazy amount of infighting due to the fact that no one has a territory or industry to focus on. Clients and candidates alike are barraged with dozens emails, inmails and cold calls DAILY from multiple recruiters at a time. If you are at all an Account Based Sales/Recruiting professional your targets will be worn out by the time they are ready to consider you. Not to mention candidate and client ownership is a nightmare. Take a look at the google reviews from both employers and candidates. They have some shady recruiting practices like sending candidates without their knowledge or consent. This is not only common practice it is also encouraged. The tech is decent, the proprietary platform is a cool system but its nothing special you couldn't get from some of the newer techs on the market. Hardly anything to join for. In the end it's all fake. From their reviews to their social media posts and their leadership and true motivations. The CEO is a great marketer and she has built out a great gamified system but the actual work being done there leaves a lot to be desired on a professional level. "Kindness Matters" is a tenant simply to suppress dissent.

1.0
Feb 22, 2022

Smoke & Mirrors

Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

- Fun Culture - Remote - Jeans and T-shirt environment - Mid level management cares about us

Cons

- Offer you a high salary (but it’s a DRAW) and a 40% commission (but you have to split almost everything 50/50) - Very pyramid scheme-y - Commission splits with anyone that fills one of your positions. 50/50 - Boasts having an “advanced” AI technology that for some reason every other large agency has as well. -Draw Commission Structure (Commission - Salary) - Quarterly bonuses are low - Full Desk Recruiting (Are we in the stone ages?) - Refuse to stop talking about their CEO and how “great” she is.

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