There are so, so many things wrong with this place i don't even know where to begin.
-Lies - I think as a company who promotes integrity and honesty as part of their recruiting practices, they should really practice what they preach. I was told so many untrue things about this company when I was being recruited (see above in the things they sold as PROS), and it couldn't have been more different when i actually stepped foot in the door.
-Commission is laughable at best. Go in very aggressively with your salary because they will tell you about this commission structure that is so lucrative and it is anything but. I know for a fact i was getting paid 20K more than someone who was hired 6 months after me because they bought into the commission and i could tell by how well it was being talked about that chances are it wasnt all it was cracked up to be. I would say of all the people in the office only 10% even make ANY commission (and it isnt alot with the exception of maybe 3-4 people) and that is being generous.
-The culture and "team" atmosphere is also another big funny joke. This is a place where people are ready to throw someone else under the bus because at the end of the day the ONLY thing that matters here is Metrics (phone calls, emails, sales, interviews, job orders, candidate submissions, etc). People will do as little as they have to, to get by and hit those metrics, even if it means coming no where close to closing business. There is a trend, where if the recruiters aren't hitting numbers, its always the account managers fault, and if jobs are not being worked on then it is an issue with something the AM didnt let the team know, when really it is just the recruiters cherry picking what they think will make them money, when again, almost no one makes any money.
-"its not an 8-5 Job" I cant tell you how many times i heard this, and it always drove me insane. I get it, at jobs you will have to come in early, or work late from time to time. But they only liked this mentality when it was you coming in early or staying late, it was never the same if you came in an hour late, or took off an hour early, then it became "core hours are 8-5, but this isnt an 8-5 job". Basically as long as they are taking more than they are giving they are ok with it?!
-There was ZERO training. I came into Technology staffing not knowing much about technology and i got literally no training. I didnt even get to shadow someone in my role in action for the first 4 months. Invest in your employees and send them away for a 1-2 week training program classroom style and let them really learn the business.
-F&A and Onstaff have it so much easier than technology, yet we are all held to the same standards in terms of goals to accomplish to be awarded things like leaving early on friday, etc. Make these goals fair across the board, it takes alot more time to fill a SR software engineer role than an accounts payable clerk or front desk assistant...
-Meetings, we had meetings, about the meeting, to have the meeting. These meetings were so incredibly unproductive and NOTHING ever got done except alot of lip service. We had one meeting at 8:15, one at 1:00 (this one was only mondays), and one at 3:00 every single day. This was the time that was used to give updates about the jobs, and have recruiters say what they were working on even though they rarely actually worked on what they commit to because inevitably "something came up" and they worked on what seemed easiest. With so many meetings you would think there would be a level of accountability to help each person be able to successfully do their job.
-There is a staffing company on every corner here in San Diego, so if you are on the client side, youre going to call into places everyone else is calling into, saying the same thing they are all saying, and over half the time wont be able to deliver on the things you promise because you are forced to rely on the other half of the team to complete the task.
-If you dont like cold calling, this will be your own personal nightmare. IF i hear the term "smile and dial" one more time I will die.
-All in all this is not a good place to work. If you are entry level (just out of college) and really want to do staffing and recruiting, or just need your first salaried job, then sure ok i guess. When you look around you will notice that most people in the offices are there for less than a year or over 2.5 years there is nothing in between because most people realize the lack of skills and mobility you can gain from here if you don't want to stay in staffing. I would say of the people in my office a good 60% of them are ALWAYS looking for something better to come along hence why there were 27 people who left during my first year here.