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Volt Information Sciences reviews

3.7

71% would recommend to a friend

(900 total reviews)

Linda Perneau

77% approve of CEO

57% positive business outlook

Volt Information Sciences has an employee rating of 3.7 out of 5 stars, based on 900 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have a good working experience there. The Volt Information Sciences employee rating is in line with the average (within 1 standard deviation) for employers within the Human Resources & Staffing industry (3.8 stars).

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900 reviews
1.0
Jan 4, 2019

Very unethical

Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

personal accountability for placements and overall success

Cons

Management is very unethical. During the holidays, managers are given 1.5 weeks off, while even recruiters with several years at Volt are given only Christmas day, and left to fight among themselves about who will work Christmas eve. Requests for additional days off are typically denied. During this time, managers occasionally call in to demand updates and remind recruiters the they should be working hard, while management enjoys their ten day paid holiday. It's a very sad way to treat people who work hard for the company, to say the least.

1.0
Nov 15, 2013

The Titanic Sinking

Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

As an internal employee the company was a good place to get your feet wet in the corporate atmosphere and make good networking connections. Volt was a giant company that placed professionals with low-mid level skill in the financial sector with a moderate degree of success.

Cons

The company is being sold and undergoing a great purging of talented people. Volt was mired in 90's business procedures, policies and technology (including a Cold Fusion database literally made in 95). Volt was trying to be everything to everyone instead of focusing on core competencies like its leaner boutique competition. As far as staffing agencies go Volt lost its edge by failing to update its corporate business model into the current hyper connected technology market. It probably didn't help that the company was primarily owned by the founding family and was run by the founder long into his senility. It also didn't help that Kochman was a finance professional trying to run a relationship business. Volt was a giant, unfortunately due to mismanagement and the inability to adapt Volt ran into dire financial circumstances during the recession and a restatement; Volt never recovered.

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