Huge turnover rate - Recruitment Consultant Harnham Employee Review

1.0
22 Apr 2024
Recommend
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Pros

Will stay friends with my coworkers for a long time. The trauma-bonding is real.

Cons

Recruitment is a cut-throat industry. They hire naive, fresh grads, and take advantage of them. Low pay, long hours, impossible promotion criteria. Very mentally draining to see all of my peers outside of this field be promoted while you can be stuck in this job over a year in and 0% closer to promotion. They do not value you as an independent person. You are truly a cog in the machine. At this firm specifically, management looks out for their own self interests, takes credit for others work, and plays favorites. I would specifically steer clear if you are a woman -- the management at this firm highly favors the men at this job! Be prepared for constantly being told 'no' by clients. It can be mentally draining and is a huge part of why the turnover rate is so high in recruitment. During my time here (less than a year) I saw 13 people leave.

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Harnham Response
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Thank you for feedback and for taking the time to write a review. We review all feedback and comments as a leadership team. As you have alluded to already, recruitment can be a tough industry and we are sorry you didn’t enjoy your time with Harnham or in recruitment. As others have highlighted in previous reviews, recruitment isn’t always a 9-5 given the nature of the role and job. We made some changes to our promotion criteria last year to reflect the tougher than normal market conditions and this was benchmarked externally with like for like competitors. We work really hard to ensure we have an inclusive environment, so I would welcome the opportunity to understand more about your experiences. As such please do get in contact with me (details below) or the HR team directly. laurendiventura@harnham.com We wish you all the best for the future.

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