A career in recruitment is challenging regardless of which company you work for, but somehow The Select Group managed to make it one of the worst experiences of my entire life. First off, they have no upper level management to run things in the Toronto office. If you're a recent grad, you have zero guidance and are expected to do things without ever being trained on them. Goals are set for you by leadership in the North Carolina office. Every market is different, and leadership doesn't understand that you can't set the same goal for every employee in every market. If you aren't hitting goals, even if it's for a valid reason, leadership will refuse to give you extra guidance. They'll tell you that they don't want to hear your excuses, and threaten your job security. Second, they have no respect for their employees. Leadership doesn't care about anything going on in your life. If you call in sick or take a vacation - you'll get a nasty email or snarky remark about how you're not dedicated to the company. Leadership is incredibly unprofessional and will belittle you to make you feel like you're dispensable. Third, they fire employees without any regard to how it is going to effect other people in the office. When an employee leaves, either because they're fired or have decided they can't take another minute working at The Select Group, the company doesn't replace them, but instead expects you to take over their accounts. Fourth, promotions are not merit based. It's ALL about politics. People are handed accounts without having to work for them. Fifth, there's no room for upward mobility because there are no leadership opportunities in Toronto. Sixth, they will lie to you to get you to work for them. They'll tell you they have plans to move to an office downtown: they don't. They'll tell you they're planning on doubling the team size within the next year: they won't. They'll tell you they want to open up more offices across Canada: they don't. They are barely keeping the Toronto office afloat.
