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Dunhill Professional Search Reviews

2.7

26% would recommend to a friend

(13 total reviews)

Chris Gibbons

33% approve of CEO

21% positive business outlook

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13 reviews
1.0
12 Oct 2021
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Pros

The office is in a nice part of town, and everyone gets their own little office.

Cons

-The workload is very unreliable, and most jobs you are assigned require a government clearance, so that background process takes a couple months (one of mine took 13 months to clear). Therefore, the commissions aren't flowing in like the owner would like new applicants to think. Also, the owner gets around 10k for every placement and only pays 250-500 to the recruiter. -The owner loves to say that none of the employees make under 65k with commissions, but the top performer on our team last year didn't even make that amount. -Also, the owner makes all employees sign a noncompete when hired. And if you ever want to use your work experience and eventually move on to a higher/better paid position, the owner will tell you that if you take the job, they will sue you for damages to their company. There were over 5 people that have quit in the past year (all due to low pay/hostile environment/no remote flexibility), and the owner threatened every one of them with legal action if they left the company to go recruit somewhere else. -The owners also didn't take Covid-19 seriously and would tell us that we were overreacting and that the media was playing up the pandemic. Once they realized it wasn't something to joke about, they were very resistant to allow remote work. They would send out emails saying they are trying to balance their employees’ health with the health of their business and did not see a reason to allow everyone to work from home. Even though our job is 100% capable of being done remotely. -Please take these recent reviews seriously and don't interview with Dunhill in Wilmington! It seems like a great job at first, but you will regret it within the first 2 months. There are plenty of recruiting jobs open right now, don’t choose this one!!

1.0
12 Oct 2021
Recommend
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Pros

Good opportunity for entry level recruiting/gain experience, location and office is nice, great lunch spots close by

Cons

It is unfortunate how bad the management is otherwise this would be a decent entry level role. Toxic work environment where management allows personal beliefs and values to supersede the well being of its staff - poor handling of COVID. We were allowed to work remotely for three months and brought back into the office in June when the environment was still unsafe. A lack of trust in employees keeps management from letting staff work remotely even though the owners are hardly in the office themselves. The environment is SO toxic that when I started my new job I felt like I had PTSD - my current management is extremely positive/uplifting and during the first few months I was waiting to be criticized for something - which still hasn't come, because I am actually appreciated and valued. Management is very reactive and unprofessional. Favoritism, manipulation, and lack of privacy is something you will experience if you work here. Empty promises during the interview process when speaking about salary and commission. Very low pay on commissions for the time you spend recruiting these government roles. Only offer more money when employees put in their notice. Several hard workers throughout this company who receive no incentives or recognition. There is no growth opportunity yet management is surprised when employees leave to pursue other opportunities in order to advance their career. They had a good team while I was there and almost all are gone now. Most have gone on to work in more senior recruiting roles and the owner is pursuing legal action on them although they pose no legitimate threat to this business and work in entirely different industries. This demonstrates greed and narcissism in the worst way.

1.0
11 Oct 2021

RUN

Recommend
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Pros

Office location is convenient & the office setup (tech, desk, keyboard, headset, etc) is nice.

Cons

Owners are never onsite, so they micromanage a lot. They basically hover over your shoulder 24/7 and rarely relinquish any sort of independence in terms of business processes. So if you need that kind of supervision this is the place for you. They play favorites and unfavorites and once you are cast as "unfavorite" that will never change, no matter how much money you make them. One owner in particular is very emotionally manipulative and will threaten your job security over differences in opinions, personality, lifestyle choices, etc. This company has extremely high turn over (shocking I know). In the time that I was there we averaged 6 employees leaving per year( in an office of 10-12 total employees- so half the workforce would quit). They also have a super vague non-compete that they make you sign and then threaten to pursue legal action when you leave even though they operate in an extremely niche market. They pay their employees below market average for Wilmington, claiming they can make big money in commission but that rarely ever happens. They also give really low annual raises. They deny PTO request frequently and benefits suck ( High premiums and deductables). Notice how the "positive" reviews are from a while ago or follow a trend. hint. hint. Final note: only work here if you absolutely do not have a choice. would give it a negative star if i could.

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