Swoon Reviews

Pros

I've been happy with my new position within the Major Accounts division, in what is a fast-moving role. The quality of the environment/culture was a key driver in my decision process to accept this position. There is a very good level of overall support within your first few weeks which helped me to best navigate a new position. Also, the senior/tenured management on this team is top-notch. Happy to see what the future holds for Majors!

Cons

The training part of my onboarding was tough as all was done in a remote fashion due to COVID. I understand though.

Pros

Swoon is positioned with an incredible opportunity for growth. What the team has accomplished in the past 11 years is inspiring- with big growth planned and no slowing down in sight. The company offers uncapped commission potential with a real opportunity to make some big money. This is the benefit of a salary + commission role: and the top recruiters and sales reps see this, you get out of it what you put in it. This comes with hard work, creativity and going that extra mile- but the rewards can be great. The teamwork, flexibility, innovation and leadership are top notch. Anyone has the opportunity to make their voice heard, make an impact and make a difference. The teams work flexibility which is fantastic during this time and for working parents. Benefits and PTO package are generous. I've seen Leadership be promoted from within by having success in their roles. They are available to their teams, extremely helpful and knowledgeable. Staffing is a tough industry, and I have worked at other firms, but I am confident Swoon is the best staffing firm out there.

Cons

Hard work- just as in any sales role- but you get out of it what you put into it.

Pros

Shanda was great for onboarding

Cons

- Management was awful and doesn't value new employees - Cult environment - Metrics made no business sense and encouraged falsifying documentation in CRM to please management's reports - No work / life balance as projected in the interview process, even tenured employees complained about constantly being on the chopping block - Swoon's turn over rate & company reviews are false, only 2 of the 12 people I started with are still with the company - If you don't drink the Swoon koolaid you're gone - A new person with no prior industry experience was bashed publicly for something they should've been given kudos for, and turn it into a trainable moment, but instead made the new employee cry.

Pros

Incredible collaboration, driven individuals , resilience abounds. We pull together to do the incredible as a growing team! Have worked with so many different teams and so excited to be part of this organization!

Cons

To beat the competition we need to outsmart them, outwork them and impress our candidates and clients equally. Keeping that bar high takes a ton of energy, effort and team work. The days can be long, the roller coaster is real but the rewards can be amazing.

Pros

- Training program is thorough - Medical benefits are good - Slighty above average base compensation - Employees and some management are happy to help when you have a question.

Cons

-Highly competitive environment - Micro-manager mentality - No work life balance!! Always pushing employees to work late evenings and weekends. Highlighting the employees that work weekends creating an environment where employees that can’t work weekends feel guilty. While many companies were giving employees self-care days in 2020, Swoon was advising employees to work longer hours to beat competition saying it was “imperative.” - No time to cook healthy meals or stay active. One manager tried to persuade her team a few times to work late saying she would buy them dinner. -Quantity versus quality mentality

Pros

The recruiters and s are very friendly and strive to find the right job for you

Cons

I don't have anything bad to say about Swoon, my experience has been GREAT!!!!

Pros

Diversity, diversity & diversity. Loved the diversity. Good benefits, engaged leadership, decent pay. Support is always available as long as you're willing to ask. I was only there for a short time before coming to the conclusion that it just wasn't the industry nor the role I wanted to be in. I worked directly with the president, Andy, who was extremely supportive and a pretty cool guy. Motivating guy & will make you laugh daily. Communication was open, frequent and straight to the point. Learned about the industry and got familiar with a vertical I previously was unfamiliar with. $0 co-pay on benefits which is generous from any company. Internal promotions almost exclusively, they don't bring in outsiders to manage tenured employees, which I can appreciate. Staffing will make a big rebound eventually so there's a good business outlook for the company.

Cons

Bullhorn - training needs to be better and the system itself needs to be improved or scrapped and replaced. I was extremely frustrated because I would research and a add prospects to the CRM only to find out they're already in there. The CRM was tedious to work with, efficiency needs to be improved. Information would be archived so there was no way to search contacts/companies until all the leg work was done. Once the information would be entered the system would alert me to duplicates, but by then all the legwork was complete so it resulted in wasted efforts. There wasn't anyone in the company that was familiar enough with the CRM to be able to help. Information couldn't be uploaded en masse and had to be manually entered, this was honestly the most frustrating part of the job. I'm used to CRM's working to my advantage, in this case I really found Bullhorn to be more of a disadvantage. I was very vocal about this but unfortunately it was viewed more as an excuse which only added to my frustration.