For a recruitment company, not the best with recruiting new people - Anonymous employee Timberseed Employee Review

1.0
Mar 29, 2019
Anonymous employee
Recommend
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Pros

Some friendly people worked there

Cons

Frequent negative feedback Not enough constructive criticism

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3.0
Jun 18, 2025
Anonymous employee
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Pros

- Fantastic team; the people make the job worthwhile. - Hands-on experience from day one (though this can be overwhelming). - Opportunity to take on responsibility early and explore different business areas. - Casual, informal work environment with efficient communication and some amount of freedom. - Minimal bureaucracy and red tape. If you have ideas, you can act on them. - A place to learn the basics of the recruitment industry.

Cons

- Huge turnover. - No investment in employee growth. No trainings, promotions seem based on favoritism rather than performance. - Vague or nonexistent feedback process. Confusing and subjective bonus system. - Double standard for the employees. Some people can have no results and still get away with almost anything while others can perform well and still be doubted and micromanaged. - Unprofessional behavior, including from leadership, such as immature jokes and inappropriate conduct go unchecked. Cases of misconduct have been ignored, with no accountability or rectification. - No development path. - Lack of accountability—no one takes ownership of employee-related issues. - Overwhelming workload, with employees frequently expected to take on additional responsibilities without proper support.

1.0
May 21, 2025
Anonymous employee
Recommend
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Pros

- Nice Office - Nice People - Flexible Work Environment for WFH when required - Have a research team who help with a lot of admin tasks

Cons

- Terrible Systems, outdated & don't integrate with CRM, and other tools. - Lied to in interviews about current processes, current systems, onboarding structure (was told onboarding would be good with certain things, but none of it never happened) targets, responsibilities of my roles - Complete lack of understanding about sales numbers (asked about CV Sent to IV Ratios, IV to Placement Ratios, Jobs to Fill Ratios, and other common recruitment numbers to help drive activity, and senior management had no idea or understanding why I was asking. - One of the worst commission structures I have come across in sales or recruitment. - Management change minds about how to do things every other day. - Stuck in a very old way of doing things - Management say is a work in office for most part but then don't come into office 3/4 days a week. - Have numerous fake LinkedIn Profiles that are not real people posting to drive engagement. - Business is not as many people as it says online

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