Akkar Reviews

This company operates on blatant favoritism and a deeply ingrained culture of nepotism, creating an insular leadership circle that controls all major decisions. Key management and HR are closely connected on a personal level, leading to biased promotions, preferential treatment, and a complete disregard for fairness. During the hiring process, candidates are sold a false image of the company, only to discover within weeks that support is nonexistent, and leadership lacks the necessary skills to manage teams effectively. Promotions are based on personal relationships rather than leadership ability, leaving employees without guidance or professional development. The work environment is highly unstable, with alarmingly high turnover and sudden waves of terminations that create constant anxiety among staff. Constructive feedback is ignored, and suggestions for improvement are dismissed outright. If you’re looking for a healthy, fair, and professional workplace, there are far better options. This company does not invest in its employees, nor does it foster a culture of stability or respect. Do your research before considering this as a workplace.

The WORST commission structure there is out there. They sell the dream of £70k - £100k OTE but this is not the case, especially in your first year. They cap it at 20% commission and the basics of what you get will be 10%. If you look into any other recruitment business that will show you how shocking these figures are. It is quite sad how they incentivise internally to write up reviews when they are operating still within the business and anyone who doesn't or says their honest opinion will be booted out. If you review the good reviews their always from the same week around April when they realise they need to increase their attraction, quite simply sad. When the words 'family ran business' come into play, usually that is a benefit or at least you would think... The whole structure of the company is horrid and the senior management are all best friends or family/partners. This creates an extremely toxic environment to work within and if one of them doesn't accept you they will play their cards for you to be out of the business ASAP. They create these 'big incentives' that paint the picture that you can go on holiday within the first year/2 years but realistically it's a holiday for family and friends that go YoY. I would recommend avoiding as when the light is shown of other companies it reflects on how poorly they are operated and how their incentives are a real lack for someone who works 45+ hour weeks in an incentivized profession. Each to their own but other companies in and around Brighton has many more opportunities to offer than they do.