Approach People Recruitment

1.0

2 June 2018

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Pros

You can tell your friends that you work with cool companies, thanks to an amazing director who signed great clients and expanded the company internationally, before being brutally pushed out by incompetent owners, once he had built it up for them. You can see the sea from the office (industrial part) Social events (which you have to pay for)

Cons

All of the 5 star reviews here are written by current employees under the supervision of HR/management. If you don't write one when they demand it, they will call and email you until you do. They do this with each employee, one by one, so they know who wrote what. Do NOT trust these reviews. I'm sure you can read and tell the difference. Most employees leave after 6 months. All consultants are junior recruiters who don't know better, as they can't retain experienced ones, mostly due to the reasons below. Unstable client base. Clients do not trust the company, as they always change consultants. Contingency recruitment all the way, throwing CVs on the wall, hoping they stick. The original founder was cheated out of the company. The current owners basically stole his whole concept and tricked him to sign off his stocks. They do not follow Spanish labour laws. They have already paid big fines for abusing the law to several former employees. You are expected to work 09:00 - 20:00 every day. You will get no training, no follow up, no career plan, none. Well, there is an online youtube video course they make you watch, so they can claim to have recruitment training programs. You are told to lie to your clients/candidates. You are based in Barcelona, but told to tell your clients that you are in Switzerland/Germany. They read your LinkedIn messages, to see if you're talking to other companies. (they have access when they pay for your premium, if they decide to invest that in you, which they might decide not to...) ...because they rarely invest in sources. Some consultants are left with LinkedIn Free to source with and nothing else. I'm not joking. There is no long term strategy/vision. The director/owner makes sexual comments to female employees. If they respond negatively to the attention, it leads to isolation from the group.... ...if they respond positively, it leads to promotions. (100% of managers in Barcelona are female) They promise sky-high on target earnings, but in reality only 1-2 people in the office hits their "targets". Very low basic salaries. No benefits/perks. Nothing.

Approach People Recruitment Response

Hello, We consider all feedback however many of the facts stated are either incorrect, incomplete or offensive. Here are few insights we follow and actions we set up that we would like to remind you: - Concerning our Glassdoor reviews, of course, we encourage our employees to write reviews and remind them of the value in sharing their positive and negative feedback about their experience. However it is on the recruiters’ own will to write one or not. There is no supervision from our HR team and reviews are anonymous so it is not possible to trace who they are from. - Note that we have as many International Recruitment Consultants as we have Senior Recruitment Consultants and Managers. We hire experienced consultants but we also give new talent a chance to discover their inner recruiter. As we want our recruiters to grow with us, we provide them with personalised training and follow up. As a result, 70% of our Recruiters become Senior Consultants in less than 2 years. - We have 2 offices based in Spain, with full legal and accounting entities, so you can be reassured that we do adhere to Spanish employment legislation and rights of our employees. - Our working day is from 9am to 6pm, excluding Fridays when our employees can leave at 5pm. - We have a career progression plan that is presented to all our employees on their first day and available at any time on the intranet. - Our Head of HR builds a personalised career plan with each employee following our global strategy and then follows their progression up to ensure their success at Approach People. - LinkedIn do not provide us with any access to the mail box of their users’ accounts. - 80% of the tools we provide to our recruiters require payment or subscription by Approach People and every employee as a LinkedIn Recruiter account. - We will always support people who have ambition and work hard to reach their goals. Smart people who strive for success and a career in management are very welcome in our agency. If you really have worked with our managers in Barcelona, you have seen how dedicated our managers are to the company by implementing business strategies and pushing cross business between our offices. They are also dedicated to their teams: social events organised every month, parties… - Here are a few of the benefits we offer our employees: English lessons for non-English speakers, prestigious holidays in an exotic destination for two for a week, uncapped and accelerated commission system, incentive schemes all year (a chance to win suits, computer, laptop, console, Louboutin shoes, a spa day, outdoor activities etc…), international mobility within our offices, extra holidays with time, nights out, sport events etc… You can find the full list on www.approachpeoplecareers.com We welcome any ideas that we could implement to improve our company. Wishing you the best of luck in the future. Approach People Team

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