Investigo Reviews

Pros

Investigo has a fantastic culture and you can tell the effort that everyone puts into it. Collaborative, team-oriented, supportive environment (especially for a recruitment agency) with top performers in the industry. Compensation is market leading and there are multiple career paths, if you are purely focused on billing or managing (or something else). Makes more of an attempt at D&I than any firm I have seen.

Cons

As the company continues to grow, there are inevitably going to be some growing pains that come with it. Sometimes things can feel either too unstructured or too bureaucratic, but leadership is dedicated to consistent improvement and has shown this. This is a contingent recruitment firm, so there should be a level of expectation going for a bit of a high stress, sales oriented environment (that said it has never felt like a boiler room).

Pros

Great supportive environment with kind people, and excellent leadership that are passionate about their staff. Great salaries and commission structure. Autonomous environment. Great perk.

Cons

Keeping true to our values as we grow

Pros

I personally have loved working at Investigo and would recommend joining our business to anyone that is looking for a fun, inclusive, high performing environment with a real appetite to be the best in the market. We opened our doors in the US in January 2018 and I couldn't be more proud of the success we've achieved to date. Pros- -With Investigo already being a highly successful international recruitment business, our US office feels like a cool VC backed start up. -The people! our biggest factor in hiring has been with the company culture in mind. We get flexible hours and I feel like the company works hard to make sure we're reminded that we "work to live not live to work". - The future! As I said we've achieved a lot in our first 10 months but there is so far to go to get to the top. We have an amazing opportunity for people to accelerate their careers while helping to build Investigo US. -The Fun! We are the main priority for Investigo's leadership, the people make the culture and the culture creates success. Plus we have cool team nights out and incentives.

Cons

Our UK business has been voted recruitment company of the year for the last two years and it's tough to miss out on that environment and all the fun events because we're in the US. Saying that I love being part of building our US business and we're working on being just as good (if not better)

Pros

- Feeling part of a really ambitious, high performing business - Strong compensation, decent commission schemes for all sales staff, and industry leading Long Term Incentive Plans (LTIP's) at Director level - Mature environment - Very high caliber recruiters, demonstrated by strong average billings across the business - Strong vision set from above for the future direction of the business - Great focus on CSR, Diversity and Inclusion, Charity events - Fun culture; flexible working; great incentives eg. skiing holidays - Business focuses on supporting the right drivers, behaviours and performance metrics for the team and for the individual, but not is not KPI-driven - Good blend between management and support, and autonomy - International opportunities eg. New York

Cons

- Teams and Practices within the business are run quite independently so one's experience can vary a lot from one business unit to another - Most Consultants have prior experience, and have worked at at least one other recruitment business before - as such, somebody with this profile may be best suited

Pros

-High growth -Great people which create a fantastic culture -Leadership that listen and action feedback -Strong emphasis on D&I

Cons

-Different teams can sometimes promote their people faster than others, (depending on team requirements) meaning that higher performers are not necessarily as recognised as they should be

Pros

People do genuinely care. when I joined I wasn't really convinced I'd made the right choice, but it was the best decision I made in a long time! As a female it can be quite hard to get along in a mainly male dominated world BUT that's not the case at all here. It's fun but serious about itself. If you work hard, and deliver (like any company expects) then you will be welcomed into the Investigo family for the long-term. If you struggle, then you are given as much support as you need. Sometimes though, tough decisions have to be made. Its not perfect, but this business is genuinely and I mean GENUINELY interested in constantly looking to improve and be better. It recognises that people really are what makes it a success so why wouldn't you look after them? The support teams are great and are also passionate about helping the consultants be the best they can be in their chosen area of specialism. I'm not going anywhere any time soon.

Cons

It's a tough market - the cons would exist in any agency right now