Mondo reviews

3.7

68% would recommend to a friend

(813 total reviews)

Stephanie Wernick Barker

73% approve of CEO

57% positive business outlook

Mondo has an employee rating of 3.7 out of 5 stars, based on 813 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have a good working experience there. The Mondo 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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813 reviews
2.0
Mar 7, 2022

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Pros

If you like working very hard (60+hours per week, 6 days a week min), you can make a lot of money (as a salesman).

Cons

The culture is VERY (almost exclusively) sales-oriented (salesmen make 3x-5x more than recruiters) and entirely money-focused and highly metrics-driven. If you are a purpose-driven person who hopes to help job-seekers, this company is not for you. The client is the only important thing to Mondo. The espousal of "4 days work week" goals and "flex Fridays" are a pipedream, and not remotely representative of what Mondo realistically expects from its employees/who Mondo celebrates and promotes. Expect to work 50-60 hours a week, and be aware that you are also "highly encouraged" to work on Sundays in order to "set up your week" (aka work 6 days a week). You will also be pinged and emailed in the off-hours, and it will very rarely feel like you can step away from your phone/laptop without missing something important. Most of my days were 11-12 hour days when factoring in after-hours pings. They include a controversial "forfeiture clause" in their commission agreements (courts are split on whether this is ethical or if it creates an "unconscionable contract" (i.e. invalid)), which means that you will not be paid a cent of any earned commissions if you are no longer employed by Mondo on the date it is to be paid. Because commission is paid monthly on a one-month delay, you will absolutely be out at least 1 full month's commission upon leaving Mondo, provided you time it perfectly. To simplify, if you get paid commission on the last day of the month, but you quit on the second to last day, all of that money stays with Mondo, as well as the full month prior (due to the 1 month delay) - so you would not receive 2 full months of commission. There is an expectation of complete transparency from the employee side which is not reciprocated, and in fact, has been used against employees. I know multiple people on my team who were either fired or not given raises/promotions because they were open with management about issues they were having. Any meeting that is supposedly 1 on 1 with a manager can be assumed to be simultaneously transcribed to other managers within the company. Statistics are skewed and manipulated to show a far more favorable financial outlook for employees than is accurate. In a "year in review" presentation, the amount of money employees were stated to be making could clearly be seen to be manipulated with the intent of convincing newer employees that "financial freedom" was right around the corner. Recruiters are reprimanded for their candidates making life decisions that do not align with Mondo's best interests (aka Mondo's bottom line) during the hiring process. If you submit a candidate to a role who then backs out when/if they receive a better offer from another company, you (as the recruiter) are responsible for that. Not the client, who couldn't or wouldn't stay competitive in order to hire that candidate. Micromanagement is rampant. Not much more to say here. There is almost no diversity company-wide or in management. It's laughable how tone-deaf Mondo has been about diversity in general, including its social media posts, which have since been taken down.

1.0
Jun 29, 2020
Recommend
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Pros

Used to be a great company with great people, but no longer

Cons

Leadership is no longer transparent or honest.

1.0
Jul 24, 2018

Account Director

Anonymous employee
Recommend
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Pros

The people they hire are amazing... until they suck the life out of them.

Cons

Everything. They treat you like an intern, you better not have any friends, relationships, or hobbies. They demand responses within minutes or they go "Chicken Little" *The sky is falling* The management team is a couple of liars, talk about the blind leading the blind. Their main concern is looking good, they don't care about you making $ or if you do well. Recognition isn't their forte. They are ill intentioned & all they do is bicker like kids about the team. Not all good producers are meant to be in management. 13 hour days. They act like staffing is an equivalent profession to surgery, so dramatic. They don't care about their people, you're just a number. It doesn't matter how much time or passion you invest in Mondo, it will never matter. ESPECIALLY in the Dallas office. They lie to hiring managers & expect the account directors to keep up with their fibs. Worst place I ever worked, hands down.

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