Cons - SourceRight used to be the #1 RPO, and always led the Bakers Dozen. In 2012, they are #5 with PeopleScout skyrocketing to the top.
The RPO business for Sourceright is in process of dying; they have lost dozens of account - from the largest to the smallest, from the longest length of contract to the shortest - doesn't matter, they have lost it. Currently in October, there are nearly 300 Recruiters and Recruiting Coordinators who are on the bench, for a few more days, and others are just being terminated with a 2 day notice at best.
There were a few of us who were on long-term accounts, but beginning in the fall of 2011, we were all told that contracts with hundreds of new clients were being signed and for us to continue to "hang in there" and we would have jobs for the next 5 years. In a recession, that is good to hear. The majority of us unfortunately believed this moronic middle management, and it all turned out to be lies. They only wanted the Recruiters to 'hang in there' while the contracts were coming to an end.
Prior to the horrid purchase of Sourceright by Randstad, when SRS was still a part of Spherion, it was a good company. Yes, they always demand 80+ hours per week, and the compensation was average; the benefits were average. But you had relationships you could build with the corporate managers, and several of us were absorbed by the client which was a good thing. Other than that, the executive management of Sourceright will just continue to churn and burn - that's their entire goal. Do not make the mistake that they give a flip if you're happy, or if you want career advancement. They do not. They want 80 hours from you - they want you to meet your metrics - and if you get an ulcer or heart attack from their manufactured stress, they do not care.
If you can keep in mind that you are nothing more than a moth in their flame, and you don't mind having -0- work life balance, and make an average salary with well below average benefits -- knowing that there is a 100% chance of the next phone call being your termination call (most of the time for no reason) - then you'll be happy here. Also keep in mind the Sourceright managers will just blow smoke - that's all they know how to do. they have managers who are inept, who often sound stoned on the 'team' calls, who cannot create an excel file, or who constantly (and supposedly) lose their hard drive every other day so you have to do their job too -- then you'll love it here.
If you are interested in a solid work-life balance, working for a good company who cares about your career path, who will reward efforts - then Sourceright is not for you. They have terminated hundreds in the last few months - some with no notice. And they will keep on doing it, and lying to everyone they hire.
If you are an individual with more than one year of expertise in your field, and are hired by Sourceright, please keep in mind they do not acknowledge that you've done anything prior to your being hired by SRS. So, if you have 15 years of solid recruiting, staffing, talent acquisition expertise in your field -- from day one, SRS will talk to you and treat you like you literally just fell in to their chair and knew nothing before they hired you.
