Mondo reviews

There are many cons, and the negative reviews are the accurate reviews that truly describe what the experience of working at Mondo is like (the positive reviews come from people who have been brainwashed, or subtly coerced into writing them to make the company look good - their stellar Google reviews are also from the recruiters encouraging their consultants to write them. It's not spontaneous.) Since the pandemic has started, there has been a huge increase in turnover, distrust, and any sense of security among all of their US locations. In speaking with people after I left, the issues began years ago but are coming to light now. 1) Lack of transparency: this is HUGE. You are told what you want to hear in your interview and are made to feel valued at the beginning, but it is superficial. It doesn't matter what value you bring, what skills you have, or unique talents you can offer. No one cares. You will be expected to work a 12 hour day, switching between so many different reqs at one time, across many roles, on a moments notice, like everyone else. The problem is that none of this is addressed at the onset and the internal recruiters are good at making you feel warm, fuzzy, and special when you start. It is YOU who is expected to be transparent with management, but you will not receive honesty, integrity or transparency in return. 2) Micromanagement: you will be treated in a way that makes you feel guilty and constantly undermined: questioned incessantly about your progress towards submissions during the day, continuously compared and pitted against your coworkers with respect to goals and metrics, and expected to provide updates every few hours on what you are recruiting on, and what you are doing. In short, you will not be trusted to the do the job you were hired to do. G-chats are abused frequently, and are utilized to make ever-changing demands, not to communicate effectively. 3). Tunnel vision: your achievements will be looked at as a singular instance, not as progress to a larger goal. For instance, if you secured a placement in a given day (which is what all recruiters are working towards), but not a submission (still important, but not as important as a placement, as placements make money for the company), this will be seen a major shortcoming. Instead of being praised or encouraged, expect to be confronted about what you didn't do, or should have done. The metrics are used as emotional ransom, whereby you will not receive any respect whatsoever unless you hit them, all of them, every day. The only way to get around this, is by being a favorite, which means sucking up constantly and never questioning any of the ridiculousness that happens around you. Similarly, if you are consistently hitting submission and interview metrics, but not getting deals, you will not receive assistance with a strategy to get better or be acknowledged in any way for this consistent work ethic, but rather will get slapped with a PIP and made to feel punished. 4). Communication: there are many communication breakdowns that happen because the account executives/sales people do not properly acquire important details from the client that affect the nature of the requisition, interview process, or the scope of the job itself. This poses many problems when trying to instill trust in candidates, all of whom are subjected to tedious check-in calls, needless interview rescheduling processes, and other messes. This is because Mondo's claim to fame is being "aggressive" and "urgent" which really translates to sloppy and hasty changes to existing processes each day. They think they are better than other recruiting companies because they are faster at recruiting, but this has backfired many times with candidates and clients. 5). Lack of maturity: there is no maturity among management, and in some cases your coworkers themselves. The management culture at Mondo is similar to an obnoxious sorority in college. It is near impossible to have a level, balanced discussion about anything nuanced because all the managers know is "LFG" or "let's push this up". At the end of the day, you are expected to acquiesce to what you are told, and conversations around compromise, expectations of peculiar candidate issues will not be tolerated. It's a dictatorship-like atmosphere disguised among privledged, white girls who have no real depth of character.

high turn over, scare tactics, all the worst of an agency