KellyMitchell Group Employee Reviews about "work life balance"

Cons

The turnover is so high for a reason. The management is very unprofessional. They put all stress on you as the lowest position in the company. They lie and tell you what you want to hear just to make THEM money. 0 work life balance. Come in early, work through lunch, stay after work late, work when you get home, and work on the weekends. Was convinced this place was not what I heard about and they showed true colors quickly.

Cons

Underpaid and underappreciated. In the span of 1 year I have seen 2 dozen of my colleagues come and go. It's a revolving door in and out of this place. It's horrible for morale. Most current employees want to get out but don't have the time outside of work to conduct a proper job search. There is no work life balance. Management is cruel, catty, and untrained. They have no idea how to manage Sales accounts let alone human beings. It's honestly a huge joke. No one stays more than a year or 2 and if you do, it's cause you're stuck.

Cons

- You will not find a more toxic environment anywhere else then at KM - Technical Recruiter has more responsibilities then some CDM's - The focus of quantity over quality, almost impossible to strategically recruit - They don't maintain talent internally, nor will have your best interest in mind - No work life balance at all (have fun working 60 - 70 hour work weeks....) - Micromanaging from leadership and favoritism at it's finest - They don't hire people who are quirky or 'not culture fits', (big red flag) - At Will Employee: you can be let go or fired anytime, no real stability.

Cons

- horrible/inappropriate management - poor benefits and pay - terrible work life balance - bully tactics from management - a complete scam - forces employees to write good reviews

Cons

Micromanagement X10000 Very bad work/life balance Reward for doing well, more work put on your plate

Cons

Long days on occasion, although the return of a long day is typically success/closing deals... so not a true con!

Cons

The only con is construction in downtown Clayton which affects the parking for employees.

Cons

Micromanagement is truly unbearable, no lunch breaks. Can’t go off line for 30 minutes while eating lunch without someone yelling at you. No work life balance = 10-12 hour work days.

Cons

- EXTREME micromanagement. - The male owner is always on a major power trip. When he walks by recruiters, you better have a phone in your hand or prepare to explain why you don't. It could be that you just finished a call or are doing something completely relevant, but if he sees recruiters not on the phone he will go off, no matter what the circumstance. - While I was at KM a 'punishment jar' was instituted for not hitting daily goals of 50 calls/day. Every morning we would stand up at our desk and state if we made our goal the day before and if not, we had to draw from the jar. Punishments included double call goals (when the first goal was already an impossible rate for some days), eating weird unknown things that were put in the punishment jar, and working 7-7 days for at least 3 days that week (as if you weren't already). It was the most demeaning/childish thing I have ever experienced in my professional career. - Zero work/life balance. 7-7 days were a norm for KM. - As other post have implied, you better be prepared to drink if you want to be accepted at KM. Happy hours are required, and if you weren't drinking you were ostracized by management members, which trickled down to other employees treating you different. - Very high turn over. We placed bets on what the new door code would be after someone was let go. This game was played sometimes up to 2-3 times a week. - The KM model of hiring is to get people young and fresh out of college who don't know any better but than to work 60+ hours a week if that's what a job demands of you. They steal their souls, chew them up, have them make a few hires, and then spit them out so they can soak up their commission on the house account. At a certain point it is more profitable for them to let a recruiter go and take their commission than to keep them on staff. This is why they also rarely give a real reason when letting people go, which they would do just on a whim sometimes. - I was at KM for almost 2 years, most everyone I worked with has since moved on, and not a one of us have anything good to say about the company, OTHER than we loved the people we grew to know down in the trenches.

Cons

There is always room for improvement, especially in small companies, but KellyMitchell is on the right track. I don't really have any cons, but one thing worth noting is the high expectations of recruiting team leads to a fair amount of turnover in that department. As long as you know this before getting into this kind of position, you will be fine.