Aspire Reviews

Pros

Nice size company. Well established. Everyone in the business can have a say and have an impact. Very pragmatic. Decisions are made quickly and based on sound reasoning. We have a great reputation in the market place and are very well respected by clients and candidates who who us and know our heritage. The Directors really know what they are doing, are very hands on, know everyone in the business by name and are very respected by everyone in the company.

Cons

Vision, mission and values could do with a refresh. Training in general is a bit of a work in progress following some changes to the business structure. Very organically diverse in all areas of protected groups barring age. Average age of a consultant in the business has probably contributed to some recent high turn over.

Pros

good team welcoming atmosphere flexible work transparent progression

Cons

lack of direction a high churn rate

Pros

Great management, lots of perks, plenty of cash to be made in a supposrtive environment.

Cons

Couple of individuals I didnt like but thats it.

Pros

Bright, spacious colourful office. Smart, casual dress code. Ability to work from 8am - 5pm unlike many other Recruitment companies. Some nice people that you can easily get along with inside and outside of work.

Cons

Very very very (can't stress this enough) heavily focused on targets and KPIs to the point where people compromise the quality of the candidates that they speak to/book in for interviews just to boost their points towards their monthly target. Managers spend the majority of their working day keeping a close eye on the numbers on their screen/tracking the performance of their individual team members. Regular morning meetings every week, which only last around 5 minutes, were purely to provide a run down of each team's performance against their target for the week. Lack of clear communication from the management team - was told exactly 1 week before probation meeting that all new starters were required to make at least 1 placement and hit 100 points within their 3 month probation period - was not happy about this at all since 1) this should have been strictly communicated to all new starters at the beginning of their employment and 2) throughout my probation period, I placed 4 candidates (didn't reach 100 points), however, was told that I would not pass probation (even though it is ultimately, the placements that make money for the business). Personally, I feel that there should be more flexibility around this. Lack of honesty and transparency from some team members meant that at times, ownership of some candidates were lost. Extremely complicated bonus structures, promotion/pay rise policies, policies on ownership of candidates within and across teams.

Pros

I think the office is amazing and everyone is engaged.

Cons

I do not have any