Avoid like the plague - werkgeversreview Anonieme werknemer bij Baxter Personnel
1,0
29 sep 2020
Anonieme werknemer
Voormalige werknemer
Aanbevelen
Goedkeuring directeur
Zakelijk vooruitzicht
Pluspunten
None to give terrible place
Minpunten
Discriminative against certain race/ethnicities, furloughed staff with no intention of bringing them back, posts jobs that are not available, owner is a narcissistic bully
Reactie van Baxter Personnel
5y
Hello,
Thank you for taking the time to offer your feedback. We are sorry you feel this way. Here at Baxter Personnel we do not discriminate against anyone’s race or ethnicity whether we’re recruiting internally or externally. We have investigated this further and can see our current split between UK nationals and other nationalities is almost 50 /50 as a percentage. We do not and have never based any of our recruitment decisions on race or ethnicity and place/hire candidates solely on each individual’s merits i.e. their skills and experience. We always work within government guidelines and aim to create a friendly environment for our employees. Our highly intelligent system has been designed to remove bias and ensure each candidate is treated fairly and without prejudice. We take your accusations very seriously, if you would like to speak to us further regarding this matter please get in touch with our Operations Team on 0330 2000 106.
Best Wishes,
Baxter Personnel
Slightly higher base salary compared to competitors but comes at the expense of your sanity
Minpunten
I’ve never worked anywhere that destroyed my mental health as much as this company. You will get told by managers that we shouldn’t complain as they pay a slightly higher base salary than other companies in the area. When asking for help, the only advice is “just keep going”. Strange office culture where there is a divide between the upstairs and downstairs of the office. Expected to work long extra hours outside of your contracted hours for no additional pay. Frowned upon if you leave at 5 pm (as your contract states) and comments will be made if you do, despite the fact that you have a work phone that you are expected to answer 24/7 anyway. I was sold a dream of success but left almost in tears every day despite having previous experience in this field, They claim you will get the support you need but when asking for help, you will be made to feel like you’re being difficult. Work life Balance is none existent so forget about that. I can’t advise you strong enough to avoid this horrendous company! Do not let them sell you a dream, as they are desperate to replace the staff that are leaving. I promise you that it’s not worth it!
Reactie van Baxter Personnel
1y
Hi,
Thank you for taking the time to give us your feedback. This allows us to improve as a business moving forward.
Firstly, we would like to apologise that your time with us was clearly not what you believed or wanted it to be. It is never our intention to leave anyone feeling like this.
When recruiting at Account Manager level, Baxter Personnel have a strict policy of recruiting candidates that have no prior experience working in our field. You are aware of this as you came through that process without any recruitment experience.
During the recruitment process it is made clear to all applicants that the recruitment industry, particularly one operating in the FMCG sector is incredibly fast paced, competitive and at times stressful due to the extremely time sensitive nature of client labour requests. However, It is also very rewarding in many ways for people that wish to carve out a career in our industry.
We believe that we make this as clear as we possibly can during the hiring process. We do not shy away or try and hide in anyway the nature of the work you are being interviewed for.
We have a very proud track record of hiring and developing a great number of people within our organisation this way.
Unfortunately, on this occasion it didn’t work out for either of us. This is certainly not the outcome we wanted as it is our firm belief that in order to continue to grow as a business the more people we can develop professionally the stronger both parties will be.
We would like to wish you all the best in your future endeavours and that you make a great success of whichever career path you choose.
If you would like to discuss this in any further detail, please feel free to get in touch.
Thank you
Baxter Personnel
Thank you so much for your kind words and for recommending Baxter Personnel to others! We're thrilled to hear that you've had a positive experience with our agency.
Best regards,
Baxter Personnel