Just no... - Recruiter Matlen Silver Employee Review

1.0
Jun 14, 2017
Recommend
CEO approval
Business outlook

Pros

-"work experience" for the resume

Cons

***HAD TO CLOSE A CHICAGO BRANCH DUE TO POOR DECISION MAKING AT THE TOP -Horrible management -Base salary, benefits and commission structure are not competitive with other staffing firms -Recruiters are peasants. Sales is heavily favored even though it takes two to tango -Push people into sales too fast. A lot of good recruiters left because they were pushed into sales. ADVICE: If you start in recruiting, make a lot of placements so that when they push you into sales you have commission to last while you burn yourself out trying to bring in new business, otherwise you will be living off a $35-45k salary. -No transparency. People have walked away from big accounts and a lot of commission because the company is that bad. Do not tell their employees if people are fired or left the company on their own. If employees do leave on their own, management will smear them even if they made a bunch of money for the company -No diversity in the company, racial bias are huge with management. Sexist as well -Do I need to keep going?

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Pros

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Cons

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