Pros
Learn about making connections with others more effectively.
Cons
Working here is very difficult. Every search consultant that is supposed to be your teammate in helping others find opportunities seem to be in it for their own accords and will backstab you without warning. The general rule of thumb when dealing with the people you connect with is you have 2 weeks or less to retain constant communication with them otherwise anyone can steal them from you (this is enforced). The training is not very good because they hire hundreds of new recruiters every training period (every month or less) and the recruiters are thrown to the wolves. Not only is there almost no one on one teaching but most recruiters who attempt their best are let go and don’t make it. Part of this is because most are left to fend for themselves because they are expected not to last. Anyone who you do end up working with as a professional recruiter (split deals) will most likely and very well could not be employed the next day, regardless of the production set in motion with that person. There is special treatment given to some recruiters and not to everyone. Some recruiters are handed companies and candidates to immediately begin making placements with and others are forced to create their own by their own means, which is many more hard working hours, more tedious cold calling, and less supplied than those given special treatment. This is at the sole discretion of management. GPAC is money oriented and interested in money as its root motivation to succeed. They are extremely greedy. The pay is the most horrendous structure I have ever seen that is designed to assist in not success but failure. There is a draw which is given as a loan and this is your pay whether you are able to make a placement or not. If you do not make commissions (placements) you see this as your pay (under 1500 every two weeks once tools and benefits are considered). You have to pay this back and this is your sole income if no placements are made. If you do make commissions (placements) you are still required to take the draw and it is marked against your total commission balance biweekly, along with tools and benefits, before you see anything. The commissions you do see if you are so blessed to overcome the odds and make a placement from are extremely low compared to what is paid to the GPAC office. The draw also accumulates so if you weren’t able to pay it off the first time it adds up every two weeks, which you are expected to pay the total sum. You also start at 30% every single year in what you earn and have managed to establish the year prior from gaining any increased percentage rate. 30% minus the draw minus the tools minus the benefits ends up being not enough to sustain the common family/household, let alone acquire a growth in income. Once you reach a certain amount in the draw you are let go and that’s that. The company cannot pay for you to be employed if you keep a positive draw balance after about 20,000 - 25,000. No learning curve, no accommodations, unless you are given special treatment which is deemed appropriate at GPAC’s discretion. The pressure in the work atmosphere is such that if you do not make production you are let go with no remorse. The company is all about the numbers game and they will attest to it. The more the better. The more you do the more your rewarded. They take this number philosophy and apply it to the recruiters they employ. Through a sheer “hire 100 recruiters and hopefully 1 sticks” mentality, their turnover rate is astronomically high. Many hopes and dreams are lost and shattered here. Many spirits crushed from big promises yielding little rewards here, along with extreme struggles and extreme pain.
