Pros
The coworkers make the work space, found some great friends through OneSparQ
Cons
First lets talk about the pay and how much work is required for 40k base ($19/hr). As a Technical Recruiter you have to do your job AND the Account Managers job, and required to come in at 7:30am and stay until 6/7. If you are to come in any later than 7:30 and leave any earlier than 5pm, you will be scolded and told you aren't a hard worker. They do work events and meetings out of office hours and on weekends. You do not have any work life balance. This is a great company for someone who has no friends. I loved my coworkers but I have friends outside of work and a family that I wasn't able to spend anytime with. When bringing this up to the CEO, he says you can hang out with your friends and family when you retire early. The whole Idea of a 40k base was so you don't get too comfortable but this is the lowest paying technical recruiter job on the market. There is only one path to promotion and it’s as an Account Manager with only a 5k base raise. Again, the lowest paying promoted Account Manager role on the market. Look it up, it is like selling your soul. The roles that you are filling are low paying roles, so your commission is low and takes a long time for you to see any money. Not all recruiting jobs are like this. You can get the same job and culture somewhere else with a higher base. You shouldn't be working a corporate job and be scarping for pennies to buy groceries or pay rent. Second, I want to touch base on having to do things with coworkers on the weekends. When we had a conference we had to do it over the weekend not being paid. On Sunday we got back home at 7/8pm and required to be in office at 7:30am the next morning with high energy after spending 14 days with coworkers. Not to mention, when we were at the conference, lunch was supplied and we were only allowed to have half a sandwich each. Another day, we had to wait 2 hours for our lunch (with only bread and fruit for breakfast) and only allowed to get 7 cfa chicken nuggets with no side (yes, they were counting how much you can take). Then for dinner was pasta and no protein, so we were all starving. It’s giving cheap. Third, they are very discriminating. Multiple times I have found a lights out candidate for a job but they are not even looked at or being talked to due to the color of their skin. Fourth, the account managers look down on you, and there is a clear power dynamic. Instead of partnership, it is a seniority thing. A lot of the Account Managers have been in their role for 3/2 years and they still need the CEO to hold their hand. Not to mention you role-play with the Account Managers after or before office hours and again they don’t know what they’re doing. You are told to talk and act a way and then you role-play with the CEO and everything you are taught he says is wrong. Why are we roleplaying with people who don’t know what they’re doing? Another thing, there is a very inappropriate relationship going on with one of the AM and the CEO. Everyone in the office tip toes around it bc they are both married. A lot of the 5 star reviews you see are from people that don’t work or have ever worked at OneSparQ. For example, a lot of AM’s partners have made reviews posing as workers. There is no care for the workers or candidates. We have candidates going through real life things like loss in the family and management say they don’t care because they want to make money. The CEO has said that he sees everyone with a dollar sign over their head. You are not valued, you are not cared for, there is maybe one person in management who cares for you. There is so much more I can say but I will leave It at this. 12 people had left the company within 2 months. Multiple people before me have also left and we all had the exact same reason. We have Year end reviews to express what we want changed and the CEO said “nothing will ever change”. It is sad, because this company really could’ve been something. The internal Recruiter is the best, and found amazing people. However, with no change, and no one to listen to you, you will start to lose the spark you came in with. The work itself is fine, but again there are so many other technical recruiter jobs that will offer you the same but with work life balance, appropriate relationships, inclusion, and being correctly compensated.