Would not recommend at all! - Anonymous employee Empiric Employee Review

1.0
15 Aug 2018
Anonymous employee
Recommend
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Pros

- Good training, under some managers - Good CSR initiative - Fairly good commission structure

Cons

- Extremely long working hours - Low base salaries - Silly rules – e.g. can’t pop out unless it’s 10am or 4pm, or can’t eat on the desk in the morning, among others – employees constantly treated like school children - Leaving on time is looked down upon – despite the stupid working hours - Management is really hit and miss - Crazy KPIs

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Empiric Response
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Thank you for providing feedback on your time at Empiric and for highlighting some of the issues we are proud of. We pride ourselves on the investment that we make into all of our Consultants to improve their skills and ensure that they trained up on the latest techniques. This is supported with close mentoring from our high billers to share their knowledge and experience. Our initiatives on improving gender equality and minority representation within the technology and recruitment industry is something that stands us apart from our competitors and this is reflected in the inclusive and supportive company culture that we have created. Our basic pay is above average for the recruitment industry and for transparency we’ve listed below the range of salaries we offer. What we are proud to shout about is our excellent commission structure compared to other recruitment agencies and gives Consultants the opportunity to make a lot of money. A number of our recruiters regularly take home six figure yearly salaries so while we all work towards targeted KPIs the rewards are fantastic. Trainee Recruitment Consultant: <£22k Consultant: £22k-£28k Senior Consultants: £29k-£34k Principal Consultant: £35k-£45k Manager: £65k+ Director: £100k+ Our hours are 08.30 – 18.00 and on Fridays we finish early at 17.30 and we definitely don’t have a culture where leaving on time is looked down upon. We have also introduced flexible lunch breaks where you can take up to 1.5 hours to allow you to fit in a workout if you want. As with many companies we have core hours where we expect Consultants to be at their desks but we do provide breaks throughout the day. We’re sorry that you have left Empiric less than satisfied with your time spent with us so please get in touch with us confidentially at info@empiric.com if you would like to discuss any of the issues you have raised further.

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