The Whitaker Companies Reviews

Pros

So many of them, the company President is awesome and a great mentor in the industry. Gives great advice and helps to hold you accountable! Training is good as well. You will be given everything you need for success up front!

Advice to Management

Be open to all methods and continue to look at all elements that your employees face when creating new business. Other than that great job!

Pros

If you have a drive and want to work your tail off to get ahead, and have an interest in recruiting or are a skilled recruiter, this job is for you. Most likely need to be a seasoned or lightly experienced recruiter to go anywhere. Bruce, the owner and President, is a great guy and a straight shooter. The interviews were somewhat difficult, but I enjoyed the conversation. They allow you to find a niche and work both sides of the business, recruiting and business development.

Advice to Management

More flexible work hours and work environment.

Pros

Free lunch training every week, but you have to listen to a boring webinar. Co-workers would fall asleep. Vending machine in kitchen.

Advice to Management

Once again. I don't know where to start.

Pros

Whitaker is a great company to work for. If you are dedicated and put in the time you will absolutely love it here. The money is great as the commission structure is one of the highest and most lucrative in the industry. It is a situation where if you work hard you WILL by paid VERY well.

Advice to Management

Keep doing what you are doing. This is a great company to work for. Continue the openness to new ideas and forward looking ways to conduct business.

Pros

Coming from outside the staffing industry, I wasn't sure what to expect….I didn't realize I would grow so much professionally and come to truly appreciate my Whitaker family as much as I do. During my 5 + years here at Whitaker I've grown into different roles, taken on multiple responsibilities and continue to be challenged every day with new “hats”. As a mother, I am thankful for the flexibility provided so that I can maintain my own work-life balance.

“Soft” benefits are everywhere! Employee recognition program for individual milestones includes anything from a business card holder and Visa gift cards to flight vouchers and vacations! We have sales contests, annual company trip, quarterly awards for sales producers and administrative staff, weekly team training lunches, company-paid professional development, and a social committee to plan company functions.

Our employees come from a variety of backgrounds, making for a unique blend of experience and knowledge offered through our management team, which by the way is majority female.

There’s a reason why Whitaker has earned workplace awards from the Houston Business Journal and the Houston Chronicle.

Advice to Management

Thank you for being transparent! The open communication and ongoing review process allows ALL employees to overcome hurdles and achieve success within their own position.

Pros

I came to Whitaker with almost 10 years of recruiting experience and as a proven producer, I probably could have gotten a job recruiting anywhere. But for a host of reasons, I chose to come to Whitaker, and now 26 years later (!!) I'm still glad I did. Whitaker has become "home" to me in many ways. The owner of our company has proven time and again that he cares about the people who work for him 24/7 and not just from 8-5. He believes in bottom up management - that his job is to find ways to support the producers who work for him and enable them to become successful. There is no "glass ceiling" here. People are allowed to advance based strictly on merit and contribution to the company. Everyone is encouraged to pursue industry training opportunities and attend industry conferences. And ongoing training and continuous "sharpening the saw" is a cornerstone of the company's core values.

Having worked for Whitaker for 12 years as a single mom, I fully appreciated the consideration and flexibility given to me through the years allowing me to juggle being both employee/recruiter and mom. And of course the outstanding benefit program has been an important part of my compensation package.

In an industry that is rife with turnover and where successful recruiters leave big companies to go out on their own, it's extremely unusual to find as many tenured recruiters as you see at Whitaker. In fact I've been asked many times why I never went out on my own. Perhaps the simplest answer is that it's because I couldn't ask to have anything more than what I have now, and I don't have to deal with any of the headaches!

Advice to Management

Don't fix what ain't broke! Continue to have an open door and and open heart.

Pros

First thing the culture is great, people generally have a positive attitude and work hard. Lots of incentives and a great CEO. You feel apart of the team when you walk in the doors.

Pros

Recruiters can get away with being unethical and the sales floor has no rules. So if you are into that, there is a pro.

Advice to Management

Be honest to employees, stop being spiteful, admit the problems the company has and try to solve them instead of hiding them, work with employees to fix the problems on the floor instead of telling them to handle it themselves, stop giving promotions to unqualified people just because you golf with them, fire people who should be fired instead of keeping them because you want to save face.

Pros

Great, professional, and supportive atmosphere. One on one training. Great coworkers and starting pay for the industry. I know people complain about long hours, but that is a big part of the industry. You spend a lot of hours in the beginning of your career building your pipeline. There's no way around it. If you have a problem with that, recruitment probably isn't for you. I'm right out of college and I love it.