Motion Recruitment reviews

Expectations are very high and a good deal of the managers are terrible. The office environment is pretty toxic and they play favorites. Pubic shaming from management is frequent. Commission is structured to pay the managers for your hard work. Don't expect to be paid much at first and when commission comes in, everyone takes a large piece. Learn in a year and leave. You will be paid better almost everywhere else and companies love to hire Recruiters from Motion after they have some experience. Lots of former coworkers are now at really cool start ups or even Amazon and Google. Don't stay long. They also encourage drinking which is not for everyone. If you don't attend company gatherings you are overlooked for just about everything.

The numbers are low and unless your team is a high performing juggernaut like mine was, you realistically shouldn't expect to make above 90k/year cash comp as a Lead Talent Advisor, again that is a very generous number that assumes your team is killing it and you're the sourcer on most of the placements. This was a pain point of mine as achieving that number requires a lot of dedication. However, Motion is constantly revamping their pay structure and during my time there have been compensation restructures that were generally seen as positive and gave more money to staff so this could change as time goes on. Additionally, there are further career opportunities above Lead for those willing to put in the effort. I ended up getting burnt out. I didn't see the compensation I wanted after what I considered a solid few quarters leading up to my departure. I constantly had this bitterness about my compensation when I compared my revenue generated and actual compensation received. I won't gloss too much on this, but the work is high-stress, fast-paced, and unforgiving. You are competing against internal recruiters to fill roles, so you need to be at your 100% at all times. There is a very good chance if you let off the gas even for a day, that the internal recruiter supporting the role will snatch the candidate you were planning on reaching out. When going through my decision making matrix, I realized that I was ruining my mental health chasing commission checks and I wanted out which brings up the second point. This is something I took issue with as I became more senior and started to think about my 5-year career goals. The non-compete/non-solicitation agreement they make you sign is very strict and will 'end your career' if you choose to leave. I was told that this is very standard for the industry, and I will update this review as I'm casually seeking legal opinions from law professionals in my personal network on it. In essence, to my understanding, the candidates you interact with and those relationships you create with them fall under the agreement and therefore, at your next role, you will not be able to solicit their labor for your new company. If you work in a niche market, this can be problematic and will force you into a situation where you will be required to change markets for your next recruiting opportunity so that you don't accidentally reach out to a candidate in Motion's active network. It isn't too tough to get a role after Motion recruiting for a different market, but it's a slap in the face to anyone who puts in a few years of their life and contributes hundreds of thousands of dollars in revenue for their team. On a personal note, my off-boarding experience wasn't ideal and left a bitter taste about the company. I'm not going to blast anyone or put specifics, but I thought I contributed enough to the company to have a better send off since my leaving wasn't announced to the region, and people messaged me confused where I was weeks after the fact.