FIRST Reviews

3.7

71% would recommend to a friend

(147 total reviews)

Maureen Ryan-Fable

91% approve of CEO

66% positive business outlook

FIRST has an employee rating of 3.7 out of 5 stars, based on 147 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have a good working experience there. The FIRST employee rating is in line with the average (within 1 standard deviation) for employers within the Media and communication industry (3.7 stars).

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147 reviews
1.0
11 Aug 2021

Run

Anonymous employee
Recommend
CEO approval
Business outlook

Pros

I no longer work here. There were good people who worked here, but they have all left or are on their way out the door.

Cons

If you value yourself and your mental health, do not work at this company. You will be underpaid, overworked, and gossiped about on a daily basis. Promotions and raises are heavily based on favoritism with no relation to actual job performance, competency, or intelligence. You will be expected to give your soul to the company, while receiving no support in return. Management has absolutely no idea how to run a successful business and have made it this far with sheer luck and riding the coattails of the hardworking employees that they turned their backs on during the pandemic. You will be a line on a spreadsheet, with calculations made to how they can cut your cost while milking as many possible working hours out of you as possible. Don't want to do it? That's okay, they will let you go/ push you out the door and find some other sucker to do it for half the cost. My health and happiness have improved dramatically since severing ties with this company. FIRST often refers to themselves as a "family," but they mean the dysfunctional one that abuses you on a daily basis. I have seen them publicly promote how they value their employee's personal lives and well-being, while privately firing them, cutting their pay, or forcing them to resign by making their work lives miserable. The real red flag is most of the HR staff turning over within the past year... only proving that truly unethical practices were and are still going on.

1.0
12 Aug 2021
Recommend
CEO approval
Business outlook

Pros

None at the company but the invites from hotels and other suppliers are a nice perk.

Cons

So many it would be impossible to list them all. Bullying, harassment, constantly being set up for failure and belittled/thrown under the bus, are amongst the first things that come to mind. If you don't suck up to management or are within their grace for whatever reason, they will make your life a living hell. Not to mention the ridiculous salaries they offer for the amount of work you'll be doing. Working hours are something that lives on your contract only - leaving on time is strictly frowned upon. Mental health is not even contemplated: in fact, the moment you show any signs of burnout (which is very likely) you'll be too you are weak and you should seek an alternative career. A word of advice: steer WELL clear of this company

1.0
21 Aug 2021

Fake

Anonymous employee
Recommend
CEO approval
Business outlook

Pros

Well the last few years are clearly fake which means they at least have read the negative reviews and should know what they have to work on.

Cons

The board reports to the CEO - is that even legal? They mentally abuse their staff and expect you give up your soul for minimal pay while the CEO and President give themselves huge increases.

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