Pros
Having seen some of the recent reviews I felt compelled to write something as they are totally unfair and unfortunately seem to be written by someone with a vendetta. I have worked at Proco for a number of years now and it has been nothing but an amazing experience. Salaries and the commission scheme are above market, there are generous benefits, we genuinely have a USP that clients and candidates need and we create global solutions for clients to partner with them in every region, and we have great colleagues across the world. When Covid hit the CEO moved very quickly, well ahead of other firms in the industry, reducing costs to ensure the business survived and saved as many staff as possible. I’m not in the UK but from what I saw, and I work on the same clients, nobody worked on furlough let alone being forced to, and they’ve since brought back as many people as possible. Although salaries were reduced for a few month, the structure of the commission scheme ensures your total compensation doesn’t reduce, we would have just received less basic salary and more comms as long we bill 3x salary. It was all very fair and consistent. Plus I’m pleased to say salaries are now back to 100%, well before competitors I know in APAC and UK. It is unfortunate that some of our colleagues were let go but these are unprecedented times and those people or offices weren’t profitable in a good market so wouldn’t be through a recession. I feel the communication around this was very transparent and although I'm sorry to those people involved I get it. I am also a female and do not feel that there is a boys club vibe at all. I’ve worked at other major agencies in the past and can tell you what a boys club looks like!
Cons
Our industry practices across the world work closely together and due to time zones Asia gets the short straw so we do need to take some late evening calls but it really does help with our client and market knowledge. Because of the niche industry and functional focus consultants work across an entire region. This can be very complex and can take time to build relationships. It’s super interesting and challenging but anyone who relies on jobs from a PSL or works via a portal may find it hard to adapt. You need to enjoy business development.