4 June 2024
IRG Executive Search Response
1yThank you for your review and comments.
We will take some of your observations on board as to what we could do better in future, in particular to ensure that everyone who does leave feels like they have been treated respectfully and honestly. That being said, whilst we will not respond to the personal derogatory comments to avoid a we-said/they-said situation we do feel obliged to provide feedback on some specific comments given this is a public review;
1) We have never terminated employment of individuals who are consistently performing well across all KPIs for performance-based reasons; so we refute your comment suggesting that we have asked people to leave who have ‘billed the most at the time’, unless there were other factors relating to performance, such as missed targets, low activity levels, serious breaches of contract including no activity when working from home, or otherwise
2) There are numerous examples of individuals who have progressed from Graduate-level to Principal-level and indeed beyond
3) We conduct internal surveys regularly to track IRG employee satisfaction and consistently receive feedback that we are understanding of individuals personal situations and offer flexibility for this
4) Given the nature of our client-base, calibre and seniority of candidate and confidentiality of the work we do, it is not unreasonable to limit communication for individuals who are leaving the business as to do otherwise could have a significant negative impact both on the individual and the business
If you wish, we’d be happy to discuss the content of your review and our response offline as long as you are happy to do so.