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Makes staff write fake glassdoor reviews - Consultant Ashdown People Employee Review

2.0
Oct 18, 2021
Recommend
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Pros

1) Marginally above average commission structure. 2) Dress down every day 3) Decent client base 4) The consultants all work very hard and are all quite nice people. 5) Gives you a great exposure/experience with micro-management.

Cons

Has potential but is ruined by the awful management. Almost everyone who leaves (including high billers), leave because of the management. Consultants end up going to better companies where they actually know how to retain their staff. Apparently they've had over 5 different accountants over the past 12 months. Management are generally salty They say the commission structure is the best on the market, but at best it's above average (disclaimer: they regularly threaten to not pay commission). ** Oh and a quick heads-up for graduates who are checking Ashdown's Glassdoor reviews before making a decision on whether to join: please disregard the positive reviews - most of them are fake. If you're genuinely keen to get into recruitment, take a look at a few other companies instead (it's not overly difficult to get a job in recruitment and other companies will probably start you on $10K higher than at Ashdown). They'll probably say that they'll throw you into the deep end, but what they really mean is that they have no time to train you but they'll still expect you to perform to absolute perfection within your first 2 weeks (near-perfection is never good enough). Management likes to use the "the recruitment industry is infamous for having a high turnover of staff" excuse.

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Ashdown People Response
4y
Firstly, thank you for the positive feedback you mentioned in you “pros” In regard to leaving reviews its up to our staff members to write a review upon their experience with our company and most have had an extremely positive outcome which reflects on the values of our company. We do take all feedback on and sometimes we can better and that has included areas including onboarding. Ashdown can not comment on other salaries or commissions. We would just suggest to compare the different offerings.

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Thank you for providing your feedback. Our company are very much people orientated. We strive to provide and improve our working environment whenever possible
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Cons

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