Brooksource reviews

3.9

58% would recommend to a friend

(624 total reviews)
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John Causa - President

96% approve of CEO

57% positive business outlook

Brooksource has an employee rating of 3.9 out of 5 stars, based on 624 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have a good working experience there. The Brooksource employee rating is in line with the average (within 1 standard deviation) for employers within the Information Technology industry (3.9 stars).

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624 reviews
1.0
Aug 3, 2020

Industry Is Brutal

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Pros

Work life balance. Chance to make money if you get LUCKY.

Cons

Hard work does not pay off. Saw people work 10x harder than the people making the most $ in the office and they were making barely anything more than base salary(which is brutal). It's not about hard work, its about luck. You can call everyone on earth, but if they aren't looking for a new job you can't convince them. Just a terrible industry IMO due to the fact that it's all pressuring people to quit jobs for contract to hire which often does not leave them with a permanent role. Head hunter reputation is totally warranted.

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Brooksource Response
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Hello! Thank you so much for sharing your experience with us. We’re so sorry to hear that your time with our company was not positive. While this industry is difficult, we strive to provide a positive environment for our employees to learn and grow within. We wish you all the best in your future endeavors and invite you to please email success@eightelevengroup.com if you’d like to discuss your experience further. We are always looking for feedback, positive and negative, so that we can learn how to improve as a company. Thank you!
1.0
Feb 22, 2019
Recommend
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Pros

College-like office environment, and happy hours.

Cons

The pay is incredibly low in comparison to other companies. A 'professional recruiter' makes under $80k for one of the highest roles in the office. They do a good job of distracting you from focusing on how poor you are by having a lot of fun outings throughout the year (on your own dime). Overall it would be a good job out of school while you interview elsewhere.

3.0
Nov 28, 2017

Don’t buy all the hype.

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Pros

-great place to start out after undergrad college -learn true business skills and other transferable skills -surface level friendly and upbeat environment -great place to work internally for an extrovert -corporate leadership in Indy is awesome -meet tons of likeminded, similar aged people -will challenge you daily -you will set tons of goals, goals, goals! -great place to be if you love real competitive sales

Cons

-little stability due to nature of the staffing industry. There are people that’s been here for several years (good for them), but majority of people don’t stay here for too long. -they’ll hype that turnover is not high especially for the staffing industry but stay here for more than a year you’ll see that more than half of the people change. -not a good place to have a long term career if you want to grow up. Growth opportunities have improved since the company started 15+ years ago but they’re still limited. Avg age of company is 26 years old, so get ready to feel super mature if you’re above that age. Great place to be if you like mentoring/babysitting youngins! -you might run out of people to look up to the longer you are here. -culture is awesome your first few months because you’re new but you’ll quickly feel that it’s covering for some deeper issues like you’ll be watched like a hawk, gossip, etc. they also like to hype up the family/friends culture but the moment it’s business related, it’s all out the door. -hours are “8-5” but more like 7:45-5:45. Don’t be a second past 8, you’ll be given death stares and snide comments. Don’t leave at 5, you’ll be talked about the second you leave the front door. -have a doctors appointment, oil change, errands to run? Forget it if you’re a recruiter because that’s not your job and you’re expected to make the company money at all times. Not too bad if you’re in sales, it’s nice to have the option to swing by those places on your way to or back from a meeting. -pay is a joke. If you have nothing saved up, be ready to pick up some bartending shifts until you start making commission. Commission will inevitably fall off too so you better make those up or you’ll be poor. -depending on location, you may have an immature manager. People here are young so you’ll likely get a young manager. Not all are bad, actually some at certain locations are great, but you’ll probably notice that immaturity is a trend here. -office managers tend more to the sales team and pay less attention to recruiters. This is a good and bad thing depending on the situation but management can be absent when you need them. -unprofessional business conduct depending on what teams you work with. Also get ready for unprofessional internal behaviors such as inappropriate comments and jokes being made.

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