This job wrecked my mental health. Easily the worst burnout I’ve ever experienced. Here’s everything they don’t tell you:
You’re expected to work late every single day. Hitting your quota is the only way you’re allowed to leave, even if you have plans. Don’t expect to have a life outside of this job.
Management pins recruiters against each other constantly. It creates a toxic, cutthroat environment that makes collaboration basically impossible.
If you have a doctor’s appointment or need time off, you’re expected to make up every minute you miss. Zero flexibility.
They track your call logs obsessively. If you’re not making calls every few minutes, you get publicly called out or ridiculed.
The quotas are unrealistic, and the pressure is nonstop. You’re told you can’t leave for the day until you hit them, no matter how long it takes.
The compensation structure is a scam. If you don’t hit every specific target, you get nothing — and they’ll act like it’s achievable, even though it’s set up to be nearly impossible.
Commissions are paid out one to two months late, and if you leave or get fired (which happens a lot), you lose everything you’ve earned that hasn’t paid out yet.
If you try to leave — even after performing well — you’ll be told you’re not a team player. They love guilt tripping.
They send out daily rankings in group chats to shame people who aren’t hitting their numbers. It’s a tactic to humiliate you in hopes it motivates you to do better.
Upper management makes female employees uncomfortable. There were several moments that crossed a line, and no one did anything about it. HR is a part of the problem.
If you have an off week, expect a performance improvement plan. I watched a ton of people get pushed out this way.
Feedback isn’t welcome. If you speak up or question anything, you’re immediately labeled hostile and penalized for it. They'll even ask you for feedback and create the illusion of a safe space just to use your words against you later on.
The tools you’re given are so limited that you end up calling the same applicants 3–4 times a day. It feels invasive and inappropriate.
They run interviews for jobs that don’t exist, very shady.
Constant cycle of layoffs then new hires right after — makes no sense and provides zero stability.
In the interview process, they'll sell you on the dream of easy upward mobility and opportunities. The next role comes with maybe a $5k bump — and twice the workload. A lot of people choose to stay put, and upper management labels them as lazy or unmotivated for not wanting to take on more for less.
You need permission to stop working. If you log off or step away without approval, you’re penalized. It felt like a sweatshop or a prison. After being here a year, I never met another recruiter who was happy.
The positive reviews on here, I suspect, are upper management who were asked to leave positive reviews. They will stop at nothing to hide what they do here.
Don’t waste your time here. If you have any respect for your mental health, your personal life, or your self-worth, steer clear. This place drains you, pits you against your coworkers, burns you out, and leaves you with nothing but broken promises and empty pockets. You’ll be worked to the bone with no remorse, and when you finally hit a breaking point, they’ll act like it’s your fault. This job is a dead-end trap that’ll take everything from you and give you nothing in return.
