Springboard - Anonymous employee Aerotek Employee Review

3.0
8 Aug 2017
Anonymous employee
Recommend
CEO approval
Business outlook

Pros

Strong and enjoyable company culture: Very young and energetic. Everyone is very bought-in to the corporate values. Great experience building: -If you are interested in a career in sales or recruiting, this is a great place to break into the space if you have little/no experience. Not a ton of direct training, but they will make you get out of your comfort zone and build good experience being on the phone a lot. The skills you are required to develop are very relevant in most industries for sales and recruiting. From my experience, it is common for young professionals to use this company as a "spring board", and management is aware of this. Salary: Once "earned" after an hourly "training period", base salary pays very well for entry level positions especially.

Cons

Boarderline micro-management Accountability is valued highly, so much so that you may be asked to check in on your goals for the day - set by management - constantly through out the day. They are big on giving "feedback" and they give it very often. Some might not work well with this management style. "Smile and Dial" There is a heavy emphasis placed on call volume, you may even find yourself being asked to call candidates that have - sometimes multiple times - displayed a strong disinterest in working with an agency, or candidates who's resume's are 10 years old, as it is part of their model to reach out to candidates in high volume. This can be exhausting and motivation reducing for some. There was definitely a sense of distrust in the air in my experience. Very high turnover for recruiters and low/mid level AE/Managers The total adherence to the corporate goals and values felt ingenuine. I felt that my colleagues and I were not especially valued, almost as if they were squeezing us for all we were worth, and then disposing after total exhaustion. While I felt the experience was valuable, the overall management style in my office was not something I would like to return to.

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Great people, great training, great entry level opportunity to get into recruiting and sales. If you are successful you will make more here than about anywhere else. Performing Recruiters are making $55k-$75k. Great Recruiters are making $100k+. Every large office has salespeople making $200k-$400k. Culture is 100% committed and generally cool type-A's you would want to have a beer with. The skills, drive, and sense of urgency you learn at Aerotek serve you well anywhere you may go later.

Cons

If you are just looking for a low-commitment 8-5 job while posting on social media about where you are partying that night...you will not like Aerotek. Success requires an all in approach both in work ethic and active support of the culture. That is not for everyone. There are Political Science grads 3 years out of college making $200k+, but there is a price to be paid. All the tough work comes first. If you are not up for the level of work and commitment, Aerotek is not for you. If you are, none of this is really a "con" As far a real cons go, the benefits are only OK, and finding work/life balance is pretty difficult.

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