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      New Grads: Great Starting Point for Career Suicide - Recruiter SThree Employee Review

      1.0
      Mar 14, 2017
      Recruiter
      Recommend
      CEO approval
      Business Outlook

      Pros

      Training: Incredible and strong follow through via Rookie Training Comradery: Forced mentorship in buddy program Location: Downtown Chicago in the loop Benefits: Vacation time

      Cons

      Bold Face Lies AKA Salary and Commission: Take what they told you you'd be making in commission and divide it by for a more realistic number i.e. $35k base + $45k-$55k in commission+ $42k-$45k annum Work/Life Balance: LOL 100 point plan: Career suicide if you're just starting out, you get scraps of commission for your first 7 or 10 deals, and the commission scheme is appalling if you're a recruiter. "Merit" Based Promotions: To get promoted to senior consultant, you must bill $600k, which is roughly 50 $25,000 fee deals. You may also get promoted in the event that they need someone to take over due to high turnover, or if you sleep with the right people. Management: One good apple out of a bag of rotten ones doesn't make it a good buy. If you have any sense in researching a company's glassdoor page before or whilst interviewing with them, you have enough sense to not work for Sthree Chicago.

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      SThree Response
      9y
      Thank you for your feedback. We're happy that you found the training programs to be useful as it is an area we have invested a lot into. We're sorry your experience in other areas weren't as great. We are looking into these claims as we take this seriously and don't want this to be an experience which is repeated for other employees. We are currently doing a significant amount of work to understand the employee experience across all of our offices to ensure we can be an employer of choice.

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      5.0
      Jan 29, 2026
      Consultant
      Recommend
      CEO approval
      Business Outlook

      Pros

      People, Office, Training, mentorship, flexibilty

      Cons

      tough market and kpi driven strategy that doesn't yield quality returns

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      3.0
      Jan 15, 2026
      Recruitment consultant
      Recommend
      CEO approval
      Business Outlook

      Pros

      Great office building location, company culture, and generous PTO.

      Cons

      There is a large emphasis of meeting metrics and KPIs. Seems as though management is more focused on hitting daily numbers rather than celebrating actual wins. There is not a lot of training involved in the process of actually acquiring clients. First few months will be training and filled with lots of meetings about getting candidates for jobs that don’t exist. A lot of the job is luck and money is largely dependent on what area you’re working in and your managers connections as well. Definitely not a job where you should expect to make commission within your first year or two.

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