MilwaukeeJobs.com Reviews

Current Employee – been working at MilwaukeeJobs.com

Pros – Salary is awesome and we have a great benefits package
Respect and support is strong throughout the company
Everyone gets along very well and works well together
There is constant feedback and management is always working on helping people improve and they are genuinely concerned and interested in developing the career of everyone

Cons – At times things can move pretty quickly
You must always be on top of your game and alot is expected of you

Advice to Senior Management – We are making a positive impact in all the communities we focus on, so keep doing what you’ve been doing. I love working for this company.

Yes, I would recommend this company to a friend

Former Employee – worked at MilwaukeeJobs.com

Pros – Commission structure is a positive as they do offer one of the best around.

I did enjoy my colleagues working on the same level. The other Account Executives made it tolerable to go to work everyday.

Cons – The work environment is very stressful. Upper management could treat employees with more respect. They put more of a focus on activity rather than the sales. If you do not exceed a certain # of calls you will be reprimanded and put on probation.

Micro managed. They monitor everything you do. This forces employees to focus more on quanitity and not quality which overall isn't going to help any organization in the end.

Isolation of those that are not meeting activity requirements and don't reward or acknowledge based on your sales performance. Embarrass you in meetings, roll their eyes, whisper behind your back, and disrepectful in use of words.

Scare tactics are used to try and retain employees. Your first couple of years, you will work 55+ hours per week, make 100+ cold calls per day, and work 7:00 am - 6:00 pm M-F.

Work and home balance does not allign. Be prepared to take work home with you. It's definitely a hunter role and you are fighting with 10 other account executives to try and get sales in an already saturated market. 100% cold calling and 100% prospecting on your own time.

It's very rare somebody sticks around past month three. Turnover is not unusal.

Advice to Senior Management – Advice to management: You need to focus more on your employees. It's a sales position and your main goal is to be the best job board across the nation. Focus more on team work rather than throwing your account executives in a fish bowl full of pirranahs and having them fight over accounts to see who wants it the most.

Also, more needs to be done by sales managers to make employees feel good about their job security and like they are appreciated. Instead of being hounds and monitoring dials, create the trust.

Most account executives go crazy if they are not hitting "expectations" and this forces them to not focus on the quality of their work. Don't burn out your employees.

No, I would not recommend this company to a friend

Former Employee – worked at MilwaukeeJobs.com

Pros – Decent pay and benefits, bright colored office, nice perks like parties and stuff, but only to cover up the reality that they turn and burn sales people.

Cons – 1. Owner runs sales department like it is a grade school, sales people are qualified on number of calls/presentations rather than quality to sales totals.

2. every good sales person I know that used to work there 3 years ago no longer does including my bosses. They have all either been let go or quit.

3. You have too feel like you are being watched every second, felt like I was being stared down for having to go to the bathroom.

4. Owner will let someone go on a whim, even if they are producing.

This is a very bad place to work, keep looking

Advice to Senior Management – Hire someone who knows about selling to run your sales department. Be more fair to your employees.

No, I would not recommend this company to a friend

Former Employee – worked at MilwaukeeJobs.com

Pros – I learned a tremendous amount there and that knowledge has served me well throughout my career. The hard work that I put in there greatly benefitted me as I found that time and time again, they were more likely to promote from within and give more responsibility to those who wanted it.

One of the best things about the company though is: the harder you work, the greater your reward and I find them to be one of the most generous companies out there. I would still be working there if we didn’t have to move.

Additional things that you don't tend to find in other companies were the generous bonuses and praise when you did a great job. Anniversary gifts. Early Fridays in the summers. ping-pong games and tournaments. Pizza Thursdays (yes, every Thursday the company would buy everyone lunch!). Paid parking. Numerous after work outings - there were boat cruises, baseball games, etc.

Cons – I really have nothing bad to say about the company. Could there be some improvements, yes. But every company has something to work on. Since I have to give an answer, I would have to say that there were a couple of people the company hired that just were not good fits. And because the company is small, it was hard not to have to listen to those people complain. Fortunately, the company eventually helped them move on.

Advice to Senior Management – Smart, straight-up leaders, great team and great people from top to bottom. Keep hiring people who are ambitious and smart and continue to encourage those people who don't fit to go somewhere else. Overall, I liked that every year the company got better and better and I appreciated having the chance to work there.

Yes, I would recommend this company to a friend

Current Employee – been working at MilwaukeeJobs.com

Pros – There are few industries where one can find an enormous amount of personal satisfaction in knowing that your product and the work that you do helps people, families, companies and the
economy. Work is an important part of a person's life, and I am proud to be with a company that helps make that happen, and does it well.

The company does not do a great job by accident; there is a lot of competition in this rapidly changing industry that will make your company doors close if you're no good. But this little company not only has proven to be a match for its much bigger competitors like Monster and
Careerbuilder, it dominates and owns more than 80 percent market share in the Greater Milwaukee area, and gaining ground in its DC and Minneapolis markets.

Why? I can honestly say it is because of a combination of the following:

Good People. There are a lot of highly talented, very bright people at this company performing at a very high level. They work hard, they work smart, produce impressive results and don't treat this as a nine-to-five job. They are highly engaged, enjoy working here, very competitive but quite fun to work with! The company is full of high achievers and I find it refreshing to work with people who I can count on to match my efforts and keep moving my team forward.

Strong Leadership. Just as good products do not happen without good talent, the success of the company did not happen without smart management and steadfast leadership. This little company that can - steered through the tech bubble and the recent recession not by sheer luck, but rather by deliberate design, shrewd planning and the managerial courage to make tough decisions when the
situation calls for it.

High Standards. The company unabashedly shuns mediocrity. It demands excellence and nothing else. Excellence is a hard act to follow but it is the only way the company stays ahead of its competitors. If you are tired of working at places where passable is good enough; then this is the right place for you.

Merit-based Culture. People take out what they put in. So you do need to work hard to succeed here; but in return, the company is most generous in rewarding its employees through above market compensation and benefits, promoting from within, and various formal and informal ways it recognizes employee achievements. Rewards are based on individual and team performance. The more you put in, the more you take out. This suits me very well - I don’t mind working hard as long as I see it paying off in the end – and MilwaukeeJobs makes it all worthwhile, both financially and in non-tangible ways.

Cons – The company moves so fast that sometimes communication lags behind. It can do a better job at keeping everyone in the loop, at the same time.

Advice to Senior Management – Keep doing the things that have made you successful: keep your ears to the ground, listen to your frontline people, keep your customers' and employees' interest at heart and keep your eyes to the future!

Yes, I would recommend this company to a friend

Current Employee – been working at MilwaukeeJobs.com

Pros – Focused on training and career development
Plenty of advancement and growth opportunities
Great products and services to offer to customers
Appropriate level of adaptation as the industry changes

Cons – Expectations and standards are set high, but reachable with hard work
Internal communication sometimes not complete
Downtown location is in a bar district which is sometimes good, sometimes not

Advice to Senior Management – Keep up the good work. It is a pleasure to work here and I and others appreciate that you are constantly looking for ways to improve the company.

Yes, I would recommend this company to a friend

Former Employee – worked at MilwaukeeJobs.com

Pros – The young and energetic employees of MilwaukeeJobs.com make it a great place to work.
Everyone has the same winning attitude.
The company sets high expectations and rewards generously on performance.
Excellent pay and benefits.
Working at MilwaukeeJobs.com was the best working experience of my career.
Very supportive co-workers and management.
You always know where you stand and how you are doing.
Great training program and ongoing mentoring.
Looked forward to going to work each and every day.

Cons – Things move fast and the company is always looking to improve upon things. This is typically done well, but sometimes things move too fast. The industry is very dynamic so I understand why this was the case.

Advice to Senior Management – Keep up the great work - you've built an excellent company! I was blessed to have worked with and for so many good management people.

Yes, I would recommend this company to a friend