PageGroup Reviews

Pros

I loved working for Page! I learned so much, tripled my salary in 4 years, worked with some amazing people and got some amazing opportunities. Negative reviews you might read are outdated; 8-6 working is a thing of the past, and flexible working has meant that employees come and go much more freely, and the office is a more relaxed and far less corporate place than the one I joined. Some departments are now completely dress down but even the more corporate ones (finance) are no longer wearing ties to work.

Nowadays the company culture is very different all together. I never worked on the weekend or in the evenings, but it’s easy to get invested and as a manager I spent a lot of time telling my teams to switch off while on days off. This is a company that is very exclusive about its hires - if you have any concerns at all about a potential hire, they’re probably a no. Therefore everyone around you is pushing to move forwards and it’s extremely rare to overhear anyone moaning about the business.

Despite being a global business, the SLT are extremely visible in local offices and take time to understand staff, even joining teams on celebratory nights out etc.

Progression can be extremely fast, training is excellent, and support is always there should you ask for it, although once you know what you’re doing you are given a great deal of trust and freedom to do your job. Bonuses take a while to start as you build your market, but once they do they can be significant. In the meantime, and throughout, there are loads of smaller rewards along the way, ranging from public awarded bottles of champagne to trips abroad for top performers.

They put you through your paces to get to management, and as such all the managers are truly inspiring. There are also loss of opportunities to move abroad, if that’s your thing, after a few years good service, or to move into different areas.

The company, for a recruitment company, is extremely moralistic. Compliance checks ensure that revenue is properly signed off by clients and focus goes on maintaining clients long term relationships. That said, many clients see recruitment as an entirely free service, and will cancel roles after several weeks work etc. The company finds a great balance between customer service and commerciality, and the benefit of such a well known brand is they are I afraid to walk away from non commercial business.

Over the last couple of years the business has transformed completely, investing more in technology and development than ever before, and reviewing and changing their corporate structure to better serve clients.

If you’re looking for a great company that will progress you up your career and let you do some amazing things along the way, this is the one for you.

Advice to Management

I’ve seen some good people leave because they weren’t allowed to transfer departments (because they were billing well), and I’ve seen others offered promotions to buy them back after leaving. If they are worth those promotions, and if the company doesn’t want to lose them, give them opportunities and reward their work before they get to the point of quitting.

Otherwise, keep doing what you’re doing - love the business.

Pros

Michael Page offers great training and development, it can take your career in a number of different directions and to a number of different locations.
The Dublin office is small and unique in that you can focus on billing and making bonus! You also have the creative license to take on temp and perm and choose your industries within your discipline across the Island of Ireland.
We have great craic as a team and celebrate success with breakfast clubs, dinners/drinks and loads of internal incentives to ensure the sales environment is motivating and rewarding.

Pros

Good workplace atmosphere, decent respectful colleagues who know their markets and operated in a professional and ethical capacity and still have good fun doing so. Decent remuneration and very good benefits package. Company good at investing in its people by way of training, support and promoting its people in Ireland and internationally.

Pros

Michael Page Ireland has a strong experienced team. The existing team highlights the meritocratic culture and opportunities to grow within. Great training for anyone seeking a long term career in sales. Office has central location, which is great for building a network with clients and candidates

Advice to Management

Management should revisit the team's structure, territories and how leads are distributed. Slightly old school approach to recruiting and management should organize more networking events. Overall it was a positive experience and a very social office.

Pros

The PG Dublin office is growing and there are lots of opportunities for you to take control of your own destiny. There is also lots of experience in the room and everyone shares similar goals. Anyone capable of managing their own time while getting results is given great autonomy and flexibility. The training is recognised as some of the best in the industry and you get lots of exposure to the wider business outside of Ireland. The organic culture means that you can progress based on revenue targets regardless of your age/hours worked etc. Depending on an individuals preference there are opportunities to manage people or become a senior individual revenue contributor and focus on your personal ambitions (bonuses, responsibility etc). As a multinational business, there are many examples of successful recruiters joining other PG offices around the world. At least a third of the current team have international recruitment experience.

Advice to Management

My advice to management would be to ensure that the business continues to move with the times. Recruitment has an old school feel to it as an industry and PG management must ensure the company stays with the times! Overall, you must be capable of getting results but PG Dublin is a great place to work if you want autonomy, career progression and a social environment.

Pros

Hard to think of many. You will get good training which is a bonus, and will learn about recruitment in a sales environment.

Pros

I am struggling to think of anything positive... Working here would probably make you more reticent and resilient

Pros

If your good, there is fantastic career advancement opportunities
They are still growing and promote organic growth from within
Fantastic training and life experience, you are essentially running your own desk which you are wholly responsible for
No commission, quarterly bonuses

Advice to Management

Work out the bonus scheme in a more clear cut way.
Provide some flexibility to employees who deserve it

Pros

I've been here for almost three years and I can safely say that there is a lack of validity to the overly negative one star reviews on here. On the flip side could some of the five star 100% positive reviews be manufactured? Of course there is the potential for that, any business on here has that possibility. As an outsider looking in you have to be aware that really anyone can post a review to a businesses page here, including direct competitors who would benefit from those negative postings. Having worked in this environment for as long as I have I seriously could not see someone working for the business and posting insanely negative statements, it just seems too out of bounds from my perspective. The culture here and employees that we are surrounded with are all like minded and similar, it's by far the most energetic and positive environment I've experienced in my career. Also, that was pretty easy to figure out on my own given I had the chance to sit with my future team members out on the floor during the interview process.

Advice to Management

In my three years here there have been improvements to the work/life balance and stepping away from the old school clock watching that most experienced, mainly before my time. Stay true to that ideology of evolution and willingness to change a business on all levels. Also, continue making improvements to keep more in tune with junior level employees. Many of the new employees to the business won't speak up and be as direct as one might hope, those employees require a bit more work and help along the way. Although the training and career development is maybe the best I've seen, I am speaking from a bigger picture standpoint.

Pros

- nice people/culture
- flexible working
- well-known brand

Advice to Management

Pay your senior consultants and managing consultants better bonuses in order to retain talent - they’re the backbone of the business and the recent turnover suggests you don’t care