Worst Place in the World to Work - Associate Consultant PageGroup Employee Review

1.0
Nov 8, 2017
Recommend
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Pros

I can't think of any Pros. The office is on the PATH? I'll give them location of the office.

Cons

This was the worst employment experience I have had. Sold me on a "flexible" environment and as soon as I started, told me I had to work from 8-6 and criticized me for leaving at 6. Also, micromanaged to no end- every hour in my calendar, counting phone minutes, going through my emails and candidates. Received an application at 7:30 after I went home, had an email from my manager the next day of a screen shot of my inbox saying "this could have been a hot candidate". Got to the point where I was asking candidates how their kids were/how their day was going for my minutes because I got all the information I needed which was so counterproductive. Consistently lying to candidates and clients. Immediately regretted leaving my previous position.

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PageGroup Response
8y
There are challenges and pressures working in any sales environment and I appreciate this doesn't suit everyone. We try to identify people who will thrive in recruitment by undertaking a thorough talent acquisition process and being honest about the challenges that can arise when you work in a competitive industry. Please be assured that we enforce a strict code of conduct at PageGroup, ensuring that all our consultants are thoroughly trained and comply with these obligations - including lying and dishonesty. If this kind of behavior is taking place, all staff are encouraged to raise it with their line manager or HR team to resolve the issue. Thank you, Stephen White, Senior Managing Director, +1 416-306-3915, swhite@michaelpage.ca

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