Was better years ago; met some great people but terrible management and culture decline - Talent Attraction Specialist LHH Employee Review

1.0
Jun 15, 2026
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Pros

The team was one of the strongest aspects of the organization, with many supportive and hardworking colleagues. PTO and time-off benefits were competitive, including occasional early-release days and additional time-off opportunities throughout the year.

Cons

The company culture has significantly declined in recent years, leading to lower employee morale and engagement. Micromanagement became increasingly common, while transparency and trust diminished. Although remote work was heavily promoted, there has been a shift toward a hybrid/in-office model. Office conditions often created challenges, including recurring maintenance issues and an open floor plan that made it difficult to focus and conduct private conversations or meetings. Compensation has not remained competitive with market expectations, making it increasingly difficult for employees to achieve strong earnings. Comparable staffing firms in the industry often offer higher compensation while providing similar benefits and time-off programs. As a result, retaining experienced recruiters and top performers has become increasingly challenging. Work-life balance also suffered due to the pressure of meeting KPIs and performance metrics, often requiring work outside of normal business hours to remain competitive and meet expectations. Employee engagement initiatives and team-building activities that once contributed to a positive environment have largely disappeared. There has also been noticeable turnover among tenured employees and top performers, raising concerns about retention and overall organizational direction.

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5.0
Jul 7, 2026
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Pros

autonomy, collaboration, transparency, employee value

Cons

lots of changes, market issues, confusion

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1.0
Jul 20, 2026
Recommend
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Pros

LHH has a recognizable brand and some genuinely talented employees. I built strong client relationships and worked with people who understood the staffing business. Those strengths were increasingly overshadowed by poor leadership decisions

Cons

The company is deeply unstable. Constant restructuring, leadership turnover, shifting expectations, and repeated strategy changes make it difficult to build anything sustainable. People are placed into leadership roles without the experience, judgment, or market knowledge required to lead seasoned staffing professionals. Instead of learning from experienced producers, some leaders rely on micromanagement, activity metrics, and internal reporting to demonstrate control. Autonomy has been stripped away, valuable business-development tools have been removed, and decisions are frequently made by people who appear disconnected from local markets and client relationships. The company confuses activity with results. Employees are pressured to meet arbitrary metrics while the actual work of developing business, retaining clients, and maintaining long-term relationships is undervalued. Experienced employees continue to leave, taking institutional knowledge and client trust with them. Those who remain are expected to absorb more work with fewer resources and less support. The culture became reactive, inconsistent, political, and distrustful. Strong performers were scrutinized rather than supported, while leadership was rarely held accountable for turnover, damaged morale, or declining market presence.

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