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3.3

53% would recommend to a friend

(246 total reviews)
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Jan Gupta

66% approve of CEO

42% positive business outlook

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2.0
Jun 3, 2016

Modis has changed

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If you read most of the reviews on here, they will bash the company or share outlandish statements about choosing no job over Modis. Here is the thing with Modis, it use to be a great company to work for. About 3-4 years ago they were focused on creating relationships with their employees, contractors and clients. Metrics weren't important, putting butts in seats was. This created a high level of success for many of its branches and then they got the great idea to make a Billion Dollars by 2017. This "marketing movement" changed everything Modis was about and in turned changed day to day operations (which is what made them so successful). They stopped treating employees with respect and only focused on the numbers (Calls/submittals/Interviews/placements). As this happened, senior level management pushed on every office to go make more money and moved away from what got them to the land of success. Management changed and stopped caring about the people. Individual offices lost their voice and senior level management's voice took over, even though they weren’t sitting in on a daily basis. They judged the office based on numbers and only numbers. As this new strategy to make a billion clouded the Senior Management, people felt unwanted. The turnover went through the roof and the stability was gone. Modis was losing good/quality resources but didn’t care because maybe they didn’t make 150 calls a week. The mentality was we only want people who put up a lot of calls/submittals and make crazy money even if the way they do it is at the expense of candidates and clients. Some of the top performers in Modis are snakes in the grass. They dont do things by the book, they step on toes, they disrespect candidates and yet because they make money for the company they are untouchable. This is not the modis I started at. I have faith that eventually it will turn back around, but a lot of very good people have left modis and by the time Modis realized they had a culture problem, it was too late. Modis still has a few good people left, and therefore I say judge each situation differently. PROS Good starter job Get some good people skills Fairly flexible work schedule Make some decent money once you get your feet wet CEO Jack Cullen is actually a good guy. I think he is just feeling pressure from above

Cons

-Management only cares about metrics -Top performers are protected citizens and can get away with anything. Management gets bonuses based on money generated, so top performers are allowed to do anything if they get results. -Very poor training program. -No upward growth -Most office Management is unaware how to deal with conflict and fix problems - Concerns are not heard or flat out ignored. Many people have shared the concerns on the way out the door and nothing has changed

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Thank you for taking the time to share your honest feedback with us. It's usable feedback like this that helps us grow as a company. You aren't the first to mention training as a concern. We've recently changed our training programs based on the feedback we received about them. Thank you again sharing your feedback with us!
2.0
Apr 25, 2016

Great as a starter job

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Lots of team building, young energetic environment. Pay is decent, benefits are great.

Cons

Same old, same old that you see in staffing firms. Lots of fire drills, tracking system not effective so always had to give manual numbers to upper management which took time out of recruiting. Lots of inter-team drama and jealousy. Could turn from fun to toxic within the span of a couple days. High turn over. Upper management cared very little for recruiters and sales staff. Mentality that everyone is easily replaced. Tons of favoritism and discrimination.

1.0
Apr 11, 2016
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The company actively tries to hire young people resulting in a hip millennial culture. "Monthly" (Read: quarterly) team building events occasionally take the team somewhere fun, or at least get you out of the office for 3 hours. You will probably like the people you work daily with no matter your background. If you can stick it out for a year, you'll either work on a project you can headline on a resume, or work on a project you can spin into something you can put on a resume. The benefits are generous.

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Delusional management applies "one size fits all" metrics to teams, despite some people recruiting entry level IT support contractors and others recruiting senior project managers and developers. Commissions are laughable by any standard - a "great" commission might net you enough to make a car payment and that might happen quarterly - maybe. Part of this is because Modis is so desperate to keep Fortune level companies in its rolodex that it lets their clients run roughshod all over it, letting the client dictate whatever terms they want and paying well below market rate while still demanding top talent. This ruins both yours, the client's, and Modis' reputation, but hey, it lets you stamp those corporate logos on your website, so it balances out right? Right? Going back to the metrics, it's a very Big Brother environment. In addition to monitoring your phone calls and talk time (you know, like a call center) you are expected to have a certain number of submissions per week. If you are assigned to a team that does low-level recruiting such as customer service reps or help desk, you'll do fine. Enjoy your two-digit commissions. But if you are unlucky enough to be on a high-level recruiting team, recruiting people who make well north of $150,000 a year, you will be held to the same standard and will be given little leeway or flexibility. You're only as good as the last time you hit your submissions (not hires, submissions. You don't even have to generate money for the company) But that commission will make it all worth it when you finally do place someone with your client, assuming they don't leave for someone who pays market rate after two weeks on the job in which case you receive nothing.

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