Don’t buy all the hype. - Anonymous employee Brooksource Employee Review

3.0
Nov 28, 2017
Anonymous employee
Recommend
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Pros

-great place to start out after undergrad college -learn true business skills and other transferable skills -surface level friendly and upbeat environment -great place to work internally for an extrovert -corporate leadership in Indy is awesome -meet tons of likeminded, similar aged people -will challenge you daily -you will set tons of goals, goals, goals! -great place to be if you love real competitive sales

Cons

-little stability due to nature of the staffing industry. There are people that’s been here for several years (good for them), but majority of people don’t stay here for too long. -they’ll hype that turnover is not high especially for the staffing industry but stay here for more than a year you’ll see that more than half of the people change. -not a good place to have a long term career if you want to grow up. Growth opportunities have improved since the company started 15+ years ago but they’re still limited. Avg age of company is 26 years old, so get ready to feel super mature if you’re above that age. Great place to be if you like mentoring/babysitting youngins! -you might run out of people to look up to the longer you are here. -culture is awesome your first few months because you’re new but you’ll quickly feel that it’s covering for some deeper issues like you’ll be watched like a hawk, gossip, etc. they also like to hype up the family/friends culture but the moment it’s business related, it’s all out the door. -hours are “8-5” but more like 7:45-5:45. Don’t be a second past 8, you’ll be given death stares and snide comments. Don’t leave at 5, you’ll be talked about the second you leave the front door. -have a doctors appointment, oil change, errands to run? Forget it if you’re a recruiter because that’s not your job and you’re expected to make the company money at all times. Not too bad if you’re in sales, it’s nice to have the option to swing by those places on your way to or back from a meeting. -pay is a joke. If you have nothing saved up, be ready to pick up some bartending shifts until you start making commission. Commission will inevitably fall off too so you better make those up or you’ll be poor. -depending on location, you may have an immature manager. People here are young so you’ll likely get a young manager. Not all are bad, actually some at certain locations are great, but you’ll probably notice that immaturity is a trend here. -office managers tend more to the sales team and pay less attention to recruiters. This is a good and bad thing depending on the situation but management can be absent when you need them. -unprofessional business conduct depending on what teams you work with. Also get ready for unprofessional internal behaviors such as inappropriate comments and jokes being made.

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Thank you for taking the time to share your feedback! At Brooksource, we strive to better the lives of our consultants, so we appreciate any feedback we can use to address the needs of our organization. If you have any additional feedback or suggested improvements, please email us at success@eightelevengroup.com as we are always trying to better the experiences we offer.
3.0
Jun 9, 2026
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Pros

This company relies on growth from within, so if they see potential in you, they will help you get to that next level. There is always a huge support system around you at all times.

Cons

The amount of support can quickly turn into micromanaging, and promoting from within is great until you start protecting those who earned their title sheerly through tenure or a 'good ol' boy' system. Also, the pay is abysmal. They pay you the absolute minimum in salary and the rest is based off of commission, so even the best reps can lose everything on a clients whim, going from making almost $200K a year to $30K in the blink of an eye. They say they have protections in place for that but that's only for the people who earn the company millions of dollars for 4 consecutive years. Also, there really is no such time as a work/life balance here. They throw parties to make you think you do, but if you are out on PTO you will still be judged by your KPI's while you were out, and they expect you to pick up the phone, regardless of if you are on vacation or at your grandfathers funeral. "Still gotta keep you numbers up!"

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