Bradley-Morris Reviews

Current Employee – been working at Bradley-Morris full-time for more than 8 years

Pros – Entrepreneurial environment for those that are self motivated to make a great career. Work atmosphere is fun and competitive. They have the highest commission rate in the business. I would rather have a higher percentage of the money I bring in than a mediocre base salary and a gold star.

Cons – It take a few months to get ramped up. Once you break through, it is great.

Advice to Senior Management – They do a great job of not micromanaging on a daily basis. I can go to them with anything and know they will take care of me.

Yes, I would recommend this company to a friend – I'm optimistic about the outlook for this company

Current Employee – been working at Bradley-Morris full-time for less than a year

Pros – Every man wakes up in the morning wanting an arena to compete in and eventually become a champion. That's why many guys end up in flag football, fantasy, or bowling leagues. When I started at Bradley-Morris, I immediately felt that this was the perfect competitive arena for me. I played D1 Football and I'm very used to the philosophy that you can work hard and write yourself into the starting line-up. On the other hand, you can also choose to slack off, have a lot of "feel good phone time" and then get upset when you're not making a lot of money. Many of the senior account reps have bent over backwards (at no benefit to them) to help me succeed, and I love that I can take a guy to lunch who makes $200k+ and pick his brain...I don't know too many companies where that's an option.

If you don't like a highly competitive environment, you won't like working here. If you want a job where you know exactly what you're going to make each month, you won't like working here.

It's also worth mentioning that after 6 months of working with some of the sharpest military veterans on the planet and several Fortune 500 companies that I've broken as new clients- both the companies and candidates know Bradley-Morris is the best in the military staffing industry. It's a good feeling working for the best.

Bradley-Morris is the personification of "work hard, play hard". It's a great family to join.

Cons – Benefits package could use some improvements.

Advice to Senior Management – Please improve the benefits package for employees.

Yes, I would recommend this company to a friend – I'm optimistic about the outlook for this company

Current Employee – been working at Bradley-Morris full-time for more than 3 years

Pros – This is a team environment. People will bend over backwards to help you succeed. Lots of money out there. Talent + effort = success. Every time.

Cons – The culture isn't for everyone. If you didn't enjoy the culture of varsity level sports in high school, then you probably won't enjoy this one.

Advice to Senior Management – N/A

Yes, I would recommend this company to a friend – I'm optimistic about the outlook for this company

Current Employee – been working at Bradley-Morris full-time for more than a year

Pros – Helping military veterans find jobs
no dress code - can arrive to work in t-shirt and basketball shorts
potentially could earn a high level of commissions dollars - may take up to 6 months to see money rolling in however
little to no mico-management

Cons – VERY HIGH TURNOVER RATE. I've been with the company for almost two years and have seen GREAT, QUALITY people leave who were just fed up.

Bradley-Morris isn't the place for someone who is vibrant and looking for an exciting career in staffing and recruiting. This is a dead end environment - no growth opportunity. This works for some of course, but for those career minded individuals, I would suggest looking elsewhere OR plan to stick around only up to a year.

Non-competitive base salary and benefits: It's a 100% commission / draw structure, meaning - you do have some monthly pay, however, if you don't make up that money on your next commissions check, they will take money out of your check. There are opportunity to make money with commissions structure, depending on how high of a fee you charge a client, however, sales people ONLY get paid if the hiring company pays Bradley-Morris. Very hard to plan for bills. For what you receive, it's not worth the hard work - there are other placement firms that pay a more competitive base salary with good benefits. Also, if one of your placements quits or gets fired within 90 days, you have to pay back the company the commissions dollars you earned from that placement. BE VERY WARNED! During my interview they kept pushing that most make $100k their first year! Some have...don't get me wrong, however...being realistic...MOST HAVE NOT!

Poor work-life balance: Branch Managers try to keep you there all night, making it your obligation to stay until 8 or 9 pm if you haven't closed a deal THAT DAY - very high pressure sales environment.

Management is uninvolved - no support pass training - expects everyone to operate like they did in the military. I left the military for a reason - not to have someone breathing down my throat in the civilian world

Management can be unprofessional: drinking and getting drunk AT WORK is acceptable! This is an unfiltered, anything goes environment - they don't care about the feelings or beliefs of others. This may work for some, but for someone with any level of personal morals and standards, Bradley-Morris won't be the organization that shares those same values.

No support or team-like environment. You'd be surprised how much military MEN gossip about eachother!

NOT A DIVERSE COMPANY TO WORK FOR - they claim that they are #1 with diversity placements, which may be true, however, internally, there is NO DIVERSITY!

I am actively seeking new employment!

Advice to Senior Management – Know how to keep quality people - too many have come and gone. Sales people work too hard for this to be a 100% commission environment; stop allowing your management team to be unprofessional. If you expect people to stay until 10:00 at night, then provide incentives.

No, I would not recommend this company to a friend

Current Employee – been working at Bradley-Morris full-time

Pros – Very challenging career. Not for everyone. Need to be able to take rejection and learn from it.
You have the opportunity to create your own business and portfolio.
Great work environment.
Leadership has an open door policy to listen and help team when ever needed.
Great family/work balance that is encouraged by the company .

Cons – It is difficult in the beginning to learn this business and develop a client base.
It is not for everyone and people learn quickly if they have what is takes or not. Most do not.

Advice to Senior Management – Keep up the great work! The ability to adapt to the market and customer needs is amazing!

Yes, I would recommend this company to a friend – I'm optimistic about the outlook for this company

Current Employee – been working at Bradley-Morris

Pros – Great team
Lots of mentoring
You eat what you kill, no limit on commissions
Flexible schedule once you are established
Perseverance and hard work pay off.

Cons – It takes a few months to get ramped up, so you really have to work hard to get a great start.

Advice to Senior Management – Keep up the great atmosphere!

Yes, I would recommend this company to a friend

Current Employee – been working at Bradley-Morris

Pros – There are some good folks there, all former military, who give their all, however as it turns out, most everyone is unhappy.

Cons – Unless you drink the company "kool-ade", and accept blindly, you will not make it for long in this company..
Honest opinions are frowned upon.
Austin management consists of a former sergeant who still thinks he is in the army and a class clown/cheerleader who lives in never never land.
Turnover is horrendous as new employees are lied to in order to get them to come aboard - once they see the light it's TA-TA Bradley-Morris.
When you have to pay candidates to sign up and use Bradley-Morris services, something is definitely wrong.
Not enough smart people work there.
Benefit package is terrible.
Top management is absent.
This company is proof that management by intimidation does not work!

Advice to Senior Management – Promote people who can manage into management positions, not people who are only good recruiters or cheerleaders - it does not work and makes you look BAD!

No, I would not recommend this company to a friend

Current Employee – been working at Bradley-Morris

Pros – "A Few Good Men" in what appears to be a casual laid back atmosphere.
An opportunity to earn a decent living with out getting rich.

Cons – Very poor benefits package with no matching 401K program.
Top management is silent, absent and uninvolved.
Local management lacking in talent and ability.
Promises made are seldom kept.
No room for growth.

Advice to Senior Management – Management team at all levels needs to get involved, manage, motivate and lead, it can't be done sitting behind a desk or from home. Money has to be spent on advertising and promotion.

No, I would not recommend this company to a friend

Current Employee – been working at Bradley-Morris

Pros – Easy atmosphere among military peers.

Cons – Management knows not what they do, what to do, or how to do it. Weemployees are no longer a part of the US Military and don't have to do what you command and have the ability to leave through the revolving door which most of us do when we finally find out where we are.

Advice to Senior Management – WAKE up and treat you people well - it will come back to you!

No, I would not recommend this company to a friend

Current Employee – been working at Bradley-Morris

Pros – good people to work for

Cons – not enough money to pay for basic bills

Advice to Senior Management – connect the dots