Miserable - Recruiter Aerotek Employee Review

1.0
11 Apr 2021
Recommend
CEO approval
Business outlook

Pros

- Good opportunity for recent college grads to gain soft skills - Relatively good pay - You'll most likely meet some really great people along the way

Cons

After working for Aerotek for less than a year, I watched 8 recruiters leave, 2 account managers leave, and watched as the director of the office was relieved from his duties. I was told a few months in by one of the account managers that they had watched over 60 recruiters come and go over a 3 year period. This ironically high turnover rate is due to long hours, high stress due to factors that are out of your control, guilt trips, and lots of micromanagement. I could go on, but I'd run out of room.

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Pros

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Cons

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5.0
30 Oct 2015
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

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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