Approach with caution - Recruiter Finlay James Employee Review

Thank you for the review. We are disappointed to hear that you still feel this way despite leaving some time ago. It does appear that you may be confused about a number of points including the length of your tenure which you incorrectly state as ‘more than a year’ when in fact this was nearer two months. You also highlight our Project Freedom initiative which you will find actually ended well before your start date and as such, something you would not have experienced. Thank you for acknowledging that we provided you with the opportunity to kick start your recruitment career despite having no previous recruitment experience. This is something we take great pride in. Finlay James is very much about the building of relationships. In the early days, after your initial training, consultants will only work on one or two roles at a time. I think you will agree this is hardly a transactional approach. We do not employ anyone looking to ‘ make a quick buck’. Rather we pride ourselves on quality training and developing people’s skills to hone mid to long term partnerships. We are passionate about continuous improvement and we do indeed encourage our people to write reviews on Glassdoor in much the same way as we encourage clients and candidates to leave feedback on Trustpilot. At no point do we ever suggest what they should write however. You are sadly mistaken with regard to having the opportunity to earn commission from day one. In permanent Tech Sales recruitment with lengthy sales cycles a first deal in month three or four is the norm. This would have been explained to you both at interview and during training. People leave companies for a variety of reasons. Sometimes someone leaving voluntarily is the best solution for both parties. In over 15 years FJ has never tried to retain someone who wanted to leave. However we have had many people boomerang back to us and thus always try to leave the door open. It is perhaps fortunate that the vast majority of our people, past and present , do not share your views. Only last week we were recognised as Best Staffing Company to Work For ( UK 51+) at the SIA Executive Forum in Texas. Good luck in the new role.