I first had a screening call with the internal recruiter. Then, I was invited to go in for an interview with the manager. After that, I was asked to return to shadow.
When I was brought in for the interview, everything was fine but I was told by the manager that her newer employees are averaging 6 figures. She did tell me up front that they work 50+ hours a week, every week. I left that being clear that there would be no work life balance (and that this is not a priority for this company) but at least feeling like I would be compensated accordingly. During shadowing, I got a very different story from the wonderful guys that worked there. Two of them showed me their commission charts and they were FAR from 6 figures. One was making less than $300/week in commission, one (senior recruiter) was making around $500. At very best, the 2nd year recruiter was making $70k. In fact, he told me that he has to justify to his family why he still works at Aerotek with how many hours he works but he continued to say to me “but there’s potential to make so much more”- it was actually sad. The other entry-level guy I shadowed seemed genuinely miserable. None of them had anything GOOD to say about working there other than potential. My impression was these guys are great but this is like a cult. I was seriously desperate for a job but after leaving the shadowing day, there was no way I was going to accept this job for $16.50 an hour for 3 months until training was done and go on to average $18/hour for my first year (with the hours I would have to work).
My advice, don’t lie to candidates about how much they will be making. Not only is that just dishonorable, but it’s a serious red flag.
At the end, they asked if I had hesitations about working there and I was honest and told them it seemed work life balance was not a thing and none of the sales managers sitting with me knew what to say.
I wasn’t offered the job, but there is no way I would have accepted after that experience.