Piper Companies reviews

3.9

64% would recommend to a friend

(129 total reviews)

David Matthews

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56% positive business outlook

Piper Companies has an employee rating of 3.9 out of 5 stars, based on 129 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have a good working experience there. The Piper Companies 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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129 reviews
1.0
Jan 16, 2017

Stay away if you're human

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Pros

The people are great. I have made some lasting friendships while working here.

Cons

If you're a grown adult and want to feel like you're 16 again, this is the place for you. -They doubled in company size in 2016, however have had 2 major layoffs in the same year. Some people relocated for this job and were promised things they've never received. Some people were laid off after a month or two of being employed there. Hired more people than business that was available to work on. -Many demotions. They've demoted leaders of the company and threaten others with demotions if you don't keep your numbers up even though you've been loyal to the company for many years. -They like to dangle the carrot in front of your face. Say you can get promoted if you check everything off the list, yet once you complete it they give you another list to check off before getting promoted and the list keeps going. -The countless hours working. Forget 40 hour work weeks, they're more like 60 hours here. Managers expect you to work almost 12 hour days, through lunch, which they also track, and weekends to be what they consider successful. There's no worklife balance. Going on a vacation and taking pto? Expect to work during it. -Expectations are always changing which makes it difficult to know what you're doing. -Expect to get lectured like children everyday. -A lot of turnover. Many people have left on their own terms because the work environment is terrible and unhealthy. -A lot of false promises. They'll promise you the world during the interviews, but there's nothing tangible to see. -Favoritism is huge here. If they don't like you, you'll get fired even if you're doing well. -A lot of the positive reviews on Glassdoor are skewed.

2.0
Jan 10, 2017

IT Associate

Anonymous employee
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Pros

- GREAT, intensive training. You are not just thrown into the wolves - Fun outings (Happy hours, promotion celebrations) - Free lunch and coffees, although they are only when you have them with a client - Uncapped commission - Modern, spacious new office - Great location, easy parking

Cons

- Very low pay and commission structure. Other staffing agencies in the area pay a higher base + commission %. - This is not a 9-5 job.. in order to "succeed" in their eyes, you should be in by 7:30am and leave no earlier than 7pm. They WILL complain at you for leaving before 6pm. - Poor business planning: they decided to hire a ton of new people (recruiters, mainly) in a short span of time, yet were not able to provide the business for them to recruit on. - False advertising in job security: they made everyone think that they were doing so well, that they were going to open several new offices in the coming year YET laid off 15+ employees in the following 2 months after that. Several of them were ones that were recently promoted or even hired. This goes back to poor business planning. - Staffing is a production environment but you shouldn't have to yell/nag at your employees twice a day for not reaching sufficient numbers that they liked. A lot of these numbers depend whether someone answers their phone that day or not.. At least have some compassion in that fact. - A lot of gossip and politics.. talking bad about someone behind their back yet praising their hard work to their face. - They make you sign a non-compete so that you cannot work for any company that they have even briefly tried to work with. They will try to sue you. - Does not keep their "Piper Promise." People DO NOT Matter to them. You are just a number to produce, and if you do not meet their standards, you will be let go without warning.

1.0
Oct 18, 2016

PLEASE read before you consider working here

Anonymous employee
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Pros

- Free meals (but only when you're working through lunch - aka taking clients and candidates out to lunch) - There are some great people who work here. The type of people you will stay friends with for life. - Located near the highway (aka you can hop right on I40) - Great happy ours and events. - You won't be sitting at your desk all day long - you'll get to go and meet with candidates and clients onsite. Sometimes it's nice to get out of the office.

Cons

- It's like going back to high school. People will talk about you behind your back, everything is political, and you're constantly being judged. Want to leave at 5:30 to pick up your kid from soccer? Forget it. You must not be working hard enough... - Senior leaders are only looking out for themselves, don't let them fool you otherwise. - Opportunity for growth is only achieved by working 10-12 hours a day, and weekends. - Commission structure is not great at all. - Your title is recruiter, but you are really just in sales (except you're selling people, and that's even harder. If you haven't worked in staffing before, I highly recommend you research that alone (has nothing to do with Piper) - The company isn't really stable. They fire people left and right, with no reason at all, except for "they don't really fit the culture" - aka they just don't like you. - You are only liked if you are producing at a high level. - Do not expect to have a life outside of work. It will not be valued at all.

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