Allegis Group Reviews

Where do I begin... I was promised progression in my interview for the Talent Acquisition role. I was told 'you don't have to wait for your manager to die to be promoted,' strange thing to say but I thought finally here's a company that understands the importance of progression. Upon joining the company I found out that they don't even have a progression path for Talent Acquisition - 1st let down. They wanted me to find fresh grads that play sports, anything else 'isn't the right fit', if you're not into sports you won't fit into their laddy environment, the sales floor is full of people who are mini clones of eachother. Management was a nightmare to work with, they never gave feedback so I couldn't pick up what was wrong with the candidates I was putting forward to the business and sometimes they just refused to interview candidates because they were too busy. Complete lack of respect and rudeness all round. The interview process was painful. Some candidates would be called in for interviews 3, 4 sometimes even 5 times and then told they were unsuccessful. It was impossible for me to give feedback because the majority of the time I wasn't getting anything from the hiring managers and when I did it was responses like this, 'not the right fit for my team, ' or 'something didn't feel right,' or (and this is a good one), 'great candidate, such a good find, just not the right fit'. Others included 'the candidate is into gaming, won't fit in', and 'too academic for me' which was a nice way of saying the candidate was a bit of a geek and not laddy enough. It was awful seeing these candidates get their hopes up only to be let-down. My direct manager worked part time and did nothing to help me reach my hiring target and resolve issues I was having. She was more concerned about her own hires and hitting her own targets. Rather than helping us she would go on a 2hr coffee catch up with the other TA manager that she speaks to all the time, sometimes even just after a formal meeting - what can you possibly have to catch up about after already speaking? With her limited support due to her part time hours and prioritising meetings (an excuse to not work for a couple of extra hours) with someone she speaks to all time, I was left alone and struggled with my role. In the end (4 months in) my colleague and I were asked to leave or get sacked as we weren't hitting our targets. We were given no support, no structured training, no one asked us where do you think it's going wrong so we could point out our part time manager doesn't care about us and the sales managers won't give us the time of day. Typical sink or swim environment and quite possibly the worst company I have ever worked for!