One Search Reviews

4.3

74% would recommend to a friend

(29 total reviews)
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Dan MCCarthy

78% approve of CEO

90% positive business outlook

One Search has an employee rating of 4.3 out of 5 stars, based on 29 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have an excellent working experience there. The One Search employee rating is in line with the average (within 1 standard deviation) for employers within the Human resources and staffing industry (3.8 stars).

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29 reviews
2.0
26 Sept 2017

unusual place to work

Recommend
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Business outlook

Pros

given an opportunity straight out of university

Cons

no real career progress here, mood is ever changing

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8y
2020 update: The person who wrote this review is now in his FIFTH job since parting company with us (not of his own volition) in Sep 2017. His career ever changing, from what we can see.
2.0
26 Nov 2015
Recommend
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Pros

Firstly there are certainly positives, there is an opportunity to make a lot of money as people in the company have done. However there is a huge price to pay for success at this company.

Cons

As "beware" said there is most certainly a bully career at One Search. What I find rather amusing is the influx of "positive reviews" by current employees in aid to push negative reviews to another page. Surely the point of Glassdoor is for employees to give visibility and portray their own personal experiences, which will naturally vary. I find it peculiar that "someone" at One Search has chosen to address every response, whether this is for humour or to intimidate those who give less than pleasing reviews I cannot say but it seems rather unprofessional and unnecessary.

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10y
Since you wrote "beware" yourself, young fellow, it comes as no surprise that you agree with it. The only surprise is that you are giving us double the stars you felt we deserved earlier in the year...but they do say absence makes the heart grow fonder! It is flattering that you are still monitoring our progress, but I'm not sure what your review actually tells anyone, other than: 1) That you agree with your own earlier review 2) You don't really understand Glassdoor 3) Your command of the English language hasn't improved I will pray for you, that you manage to move on soon, and I thank you on behalf of all the One Search team and indeed the wider public for keeping our train stations safe and tidy in your new career, it is a career far better suited to your natural abilities and we all wish you well with it.
5.0
8 May 2023
Recommend
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Pros

Dan McCarthy taught me an unbelievable amount in the 3 years I spent with him before moving on to the shrek world, and I remain in contact with him to this day. I have gone on to run a BU with a major global firm but I still seek Dan’s advice and still sense that he cares for me. I saw some of the attacks against him on this website and wanted to come on to defend him - he is a sitting duck to some cowardly keyboard warriors who in my view are jealous of his success. Building a global brand (and reputation for excellence) from literally nothing is damn near impossible and Dan has done it. Our own Infrastructure focused colleagues admit that One Search has better brand awareness in the sector than any shrek firm does, and that is a remarkable feat. To build a business from nothing you have to be tough, and Dan is tough. This doesn’t always play well with people who struggle to maintain the pace, in what is a pretty unforgiving industry. Dan is in a results business and he gets results but admittedly some relationships have gone by the wayside over the years. But he is fundamentally a good person who has developed countless young people into highly skilled specialist recruiters at the top of their game. Several of his competitors would still be placing back office temps if Dan had not trained them and introduced them to the infrastructure sector, and I know that he rightly wears this as a badge of honor. His haters hide behind their keyboards and make barbed attacks on websites like this because they are jealous of his success and upset that it didn’t work out for them, but don’t let them put you off - One Search is a fantastic firm and I will always be grateful for the time I spent there. Ps - this point that keeps being weaponized around Dan being a “conspiracy theorist”. This is total nonsense. His close friend and colleague (fit, healthy 42 year old) dies of a heart attack in 2021. A few days prior, he had received his 2nd Covid jab. For pointing this out and asking for it to be looked into, Dan was labeled a conspiracy theorist by some. He was also briefly banned from LinkedIn in 2020 for suggesting that the virus may have come from the Wuhan lab but I don’t think too many people still regard that as a conspiracy theory any longer. This is just a lazy slur being used against Dan, but rather than let it get him down he laughs it off - typical Dan - I hear that his slack avatar is Donald Trump in a tin foil hat …

Cons

Whilst the pay is very good (at least 20% above market), the standards are high and fools will not be suffered gladly. This is not a place for lazy people to go and rest, it is a place for people who want to build something. That said, for those who are committed and bring energy and passion to the job, they will be well looked after. The team is truly diverse, they have something like 30 days vacation pa, after 5 years service people get sent on luxury holidays and they are constantly it seems (from what I see on LinkedIn) being flown around the world for whole-team functions.

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