Mediocrity - Senior Recruiter Brooksource Employee Review

1.0
Nov 4, 2022
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

Lots of opportunities to go out and booze.

Cons

Inorganic or forced friendships that others call “culture”. Be ready to have people you’ve only known for a month tell you that they love you and you’ve joined a family. Very low starting wages and a poor commission structure. A CEO that is known to be “creepy” amongst girls. No professional training from anyone with any real tenure in sales or recruiting. Guys were dropping the n word at company events. The week each branch of the company went through layoffs in 2020 the executive team took out a party bus to celebrate someone’s promotion - thanks fam.

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Brooksource Response
3y
Thank you for taking the time to share your experience, we are extremely disappointed to hear that it was a negative one as the incidents you have described do NOT reflect our core values or the type of environment we want for our employees. Culture is everything here at Brooksource, which is why we strive to create a welcoming environment where all our employees feel empowered to be the best. This includes the creation of our employee-led connection groups, joined together based on common backgrounds, identities, or interests to provide a safe space for conversation and development. It is for these reasons that we do NOT stand for the types of behavior and language that you have described. Would you please email us at success@eightelevengroup.com so that we can learn more about this situation?

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Cons

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Brooksource Response
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Thank you for taking the time to share your feedback! At Brooksource, we strive to better the lives of our consultants, so we appreciate any feedback we can use to address the needs of our organization. If you have any additional feedback or suggested improvements, please email us at success@eightelevengroup.com as we are always trying to better the experiences we offer.
3.0
Jun 9, 2026
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Pros

This company relies on growth from within, so if they see potential in you, they will help you get to that next level. There is always a huge support system around you at all times.

Cons

The amount of support can quickly turn into micromanaging, and promoting from within is great until you start protecting those who earned their title sheerly through tenure or a 'good ol' boy' system. Also, the pay is abysmal. They pay you the absolute minimum in salary and the rest is based off of commission, so even the best reps can lose everything on a clients whim, going from making almost $200K a year to $30K in the blink of an eye. They say they have protections in place for that but that's only for the people who earn the company millions of dollars for 4 consecutive years. Also, there really is no such time as a work/life balance here. They throw parties to make you think you do, but if you are out on PTO you will still be judged by your KPI's while you were out, and they expect you to pick up the phone, regardless of if you are on vacation or at your grandfathers funeral. "Still gotta keep you numbers up!"

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