How is diversity at Oscar Recruit?

Most of the pro's have been taken away. WFH? Nope. PTO? Good luck getting it approved, and if it is, you're made to feel like a bad guy for not working yourself to the bone. The only thing I can think of is that you might be lucky to find some good colleagues to trauma bond with. If you're a "lad's lad" who has gotten far in life because of your race and/or gender, you'll probably be fine here until they start running out of other people to fire.

I've been a recruiter for many years and I understand that the "work hard, play hard" attitude comes with the industry. I even expect a sprinkle of toxicity because of the inevitable competition and high pressure environment. What I refuse to tolerate is the overwhelmingly chauvinistic environment that bleeds out of every single office of this company. If you're applying for a job in X office and are trying to justify that it'll be okay because most of the bad reviews are in Y office, I beg you to pluck yourself out of the land of delusion and realize that it's all bad. 90% of the managers care more about billing than providing the proper support to their team. They think that weekly roleplays qualify as "world class training," and throw you into the deep end and get mad when you don't provide results within 3 days of your hire date. Do not believe them when they say they will provide you the tools to succeed. All they do is try to put the fear of God in you, because this is a company that runs off of fear - not respect. Speaking of respect, please do not expect any if you are a woman. You'll survive if you're a "pick me" girl, but do not think for a second that you are ever cared for. People who file sexual harassment claims are fired several weeks later under vague circumstances and the offenders go on to be recognized as Consultant of the Month. Every level of management in this company is full of people who expect everything of their subordinates but only care about themselves. You will be thrown under the bus for their sake. You will be blamed for the shortcomings of factors completely outside of your control (like, I don't know, THE ECONOMY). Recruiting is hard enough as it is. Make sure you join a company that will at least support you in this industry. There's a reason why all the recent 5-star reviews sound like generic AI-generated nonsense. Think long and hard before you apply here.

Management is extremely supportive, helpful and approachable. The team is professional, friendly and always willing to help. Oscar has a welcoming an inclusive culture and I am always happy to come to work.

The role can be very fast paced, especially during busy periods, however this also keeps work engaging.

None. I guess that they let you leave at the end of the day.

Literally everything. Bullying. Sexual harassment. The harassers getting promoted. It’s like a frat house. Just avoid if you value mental health. You also make no money because they only help their favorites - which usually are the hot girls

Not really many I can think. Used to have a great reputation and you hear a lot of stories about managers and consultants who are no longer there and how successful they were. They are no longer there for a reason.

Micromanagement, aggressive male dominated leadership with little support.

My time at Oscar was definitely an eye-opening one. Beginning with the positives, the training at Oscar was very good, although I’m not sure that is the case anymore with the whole of the L&D department being made redundant. In addition to this, the Commission scheme was good which meant you can make some decent moneys. Another positive were the majority of the people working there, who were always happy to give advice or go for a drink if needed!

Unfortunately the negatives far outweigh the positives. The unbelievable pressure to do well or face being fired was always looming over everyone, even if you are doing everything you possibly can. If you aren’t getting results and you ask for help, expect them to tell you to just ‘do more’ (despite being the highest that week on outputs) as they can’t think of any actual feedback to give you. This on repeat day after day felt like I was banging my head against a brick wall and majorly impacted on my mental health (which is a taboo subject at Oscar). You will then be criticised for not staying late in the office even when doing extra work at home and over the weekend. The directors of the business are robots and have no clue how to relate to people from working class backgrounds (especially women), and will avoid conversation if they possibly can. If you make any kind of suggestion for things that could add value to the business, expect to be ignored or dismissed immediately. Managers are never at their desks, and can regularly be seen gossiping with each other at the other side of the office which means you’re basically on your own from day one (now that L&D are gone). The benefits are now non-existent, with no working from home allowed, holidays cancelled (even if people have worked their socks off hitting the target), and achiever’s meals cancelled. These benefits are essential for a recruitment company, as the job is a tough grind as it is. However, if Oscar aren’t offering these things, every other recruitment company out there will be, which is one of the reasons why they have lost so many staff recently. You can tell that the recent positive reviews are from employees that have been influenced into writing them to negate all of the honest feedback Oscar have been getting on Glassdoor. Maybe if management spent less time being keyboard warriors and more time on improving the business by listening to feedback, they wouldn’t be in this situation in the first place.

Good people, nice office, L&D team were great when they were there, location is good, 1pm finish on a Friday

If you aren’t a Consultant (i.e. people team, operations team, marketing team) you are ignored and referred to as a ‘cost’. The same to be said if you fail to hit target as a Consultant There has recently been mass redundancies (all female staff) leaving no training, culture, support, HR or talent acquisition. None of these areas are important to leadership and nothing was communicated to the remaining staff, who are left confused Despite redundancies and cost cutting, leadership have bragged about how much money they have & despite concerns being raised, Leadership wont take any feedback or suggestions from anyone Zero incentives and false promises. The summer trip target was too high on purpose and then was cancelled so those who did hit the target could no longer go. Winter trip cancelled. This goes for achievers meals, office incentives etc. Leadership lie about rewards to try to boost performance and then don't deliver Favouritism, only spoken to or looked at when you bill, if you don’t, you’re pushed out, not helped or given a chance The culture is TOXIC and it starts with Leadership. The arrogant ‘everyone is happy’ and ‘they need us more than we need them attitude’ is unbelievable For a recruitment company, it has no perks, no people team, no L&D, no trips, no meals, just toxic leader