Brightwater Reviews

Pros

Ethical practices all round both internally and with clients and candidates, Clear and competitive commission structure, large portion of roles called in, excellent brand name on market when doing BD, Extremely competent workforce from back office to board level, understanding and helpful when struggling to make target as long as you are meeting your weekly KPIs. Almost zero expectation to take work home which is... rare in recruitment. Personally I liked the formal dress code and felt it helped foster the sense of class synonymous with the brand.

Cons

A lot is expected of you activity wise and in terms of upholding brand name, and you need to be very tough to succeed and stay calm under these expectations. That is as much of a con as you want it to be, for the people who can handle it it means they excel but for those who can't it is a struggle and at times this was hard to watch.

Advice to Management

Middle management need more support in learning how to become good people managers as well as just high billers, for their own sake just as much as for the sake of new employees. Stress often filters down and is worsened by a lack of ability to effectively manage juniors and this can (at times) create a tense atmosphere in what is otherwise an extremely well oiled machine that produces some of the best average... billings per consultant in Dublin.

Pros

Brand Awareness & The Management Team.

Cons

Attracting experienced recruiters to the company to support 2020 expansion plans.

Advice to Management

Keep up the good work.

Pros

A select few people were lovely to work with

Cons

Horrible management who pretend to care about staff but just micro-manage and give you a lot of pointless tasks to do just to give the appearance of good management. No room to be promoted but you're expected to bend over backwards. Very old fashioned policy on dress code, even for a professional services body. A lot of unprofessional behaviour from senior members of staff to anyone beneath them. Absolutely no... incentives like pension, healthcare etc. The highest turnover rate you can imagine. About 2 staff members a month on average leave. They pack way too many people into the office, you have no space to breathe. There are also meetings about meetings about meetings that are a waste of time!

Advice to Management

Doesn't matter because it'll never change

Pros

Great support from Senior Management, Admin and the entire BW collective Very friendly and professional environment Social events are fantastic Learning and Development Opportunities

Cons

I do not have any cons to mention

Advice to Management

I started in Brightwater a few months ago and I have enjoyed every minute of it. The on-boarding process was absolutely amazing and informative. I am a team player but I also like to work on my own initiative. Coming from an in-house recruitment background, I was giving interviews on my own within my first week. By my 6th week, I made my first 2 placements. I could not have been able to achieve this without the... support from my colleagues and my management. During my time here thus far, I have learned an awful lot. I have developed my commercial skills and I enjoy the fast paced aspect of the work. I am very happy to be part of the Brightwater team.

Pros

Really enjoyed my time here.

Cons

Nothing applicable that I can think of.

Pros

Worked with great people. Some genuinely excellent recruiters to learn from

Cons

I was forced to offer a role to a second choice candidate as a member of senior management didn't like the choice the company made so we lied and said their choice rejected but candidate number 2 accepted. Training is centered around "control" which is code for manipulation. You can't control people. Crazy Friday morning meetings where 50 plus people call numerous irrelevant KPI's

Advice to Management

Care more about people and less about money

Pros

Well established name in Irish recruitment

Cons

Unwilling to change. Victorian dress code. Impossible hiring standards. Very high turnover (even for recruitment). Management free to act how they want. Front and back office/us and them mentality.

Pros

Really look after their staff Fun place to work a lot of opportunity to grow Great training from Senior experts in the industry Hold a great reputation in the industry

Cons

Could have better benefits Casual Friday none N/A Nothing more to add