program specialist

sourcing specialist

senior program specialist

recruiter

recruiting coordinator

Allegis Global Solutions

Allegis has recently launched a new platform for doing business called the Allegis Way.  This platform essentially allows for no growth or new opportunity for Recruiters, Recruitment Coordinators or even for Senior Recruiters/Manager such as myself.  Any and all lead roles are now housed on site with the client, which means if you want to advance you have to relocate.  However, even if you relocate you are not guaranteed a position if the clients needs slow down or if they do not continue their relationship with us.  You ar ethen basically stuck.  AGS also does not cover relocation expenses.  Our management team is non-existent to provide guidance and the only people that do seem to move forward are those that "know someone" or if you are a male. There is definitely a "boys club" mentality within the organization.  HR is also less than helpful, if you call them for guidance they do not respond.  They instead send an email and communicate to you if you are looking for advancement then you may want to look externally if you are not willing to relocate.

For junior recruiters - you are brought in on contract and not promised a time frame for employment.  We have a situation with a new MSP Client - Microsoft - where we over promised and are now under delivering.  AGS hyped up this client and all the opportunity and growth they will bring to the Troy Hub.  It's been less than 4 months and AGS is already looking to cut back the team and let go brand new recruiters that were brought on because we don't have the work for them.  AGS even demoted a 18+ year Recruiting veteran that has been with the organization for 10+ years from a lead role to a sourcer.  How does that happen?  If you are looking for a company that will support you and offer you opportunity, take my advice and look elsewhere.

So this isn't their fault, but I got into the first tier above quality control and couldn't pass to the next one. Allegis usually (as far as I've seen) hires experienced transcriptionists for legal. I had some education, but no actual experience in legal. If this is you, this job probably will be a months-long, brief stint. You will learn a LOT, but as the standards are set so high, as they should be, "a lot" may not be good enough. 

Also, if this is you, you will have a guide that gives instructions for the legal transcription. This would be beneficial if all of the learning resources weren't scattered to the four winds.  Having to look at three different web pages, a guide, a library, and a community forum for one small thing is so time consuming that it's a wonder you can stay focused. 

It's like if someone were teaching you how to drive on the day of your licensing test, handed you the Owner's Manual for the vehicle, took out a sentence from each paragraph, and made you find the rest of the answers through various other means. Researching and verifying for the actual transcription was something I expected. I did not expect to spend so many hours on formatting-dilemmas. 

I did find it frustrating at times when I would get conflicting answers, poor attitudes in giving feedback, or no answers to my questions, so that's WHY hours were spent formatting.

If you have a Type-A personality, transcription is definitely for you, and you may be a good fit for Allegis. The money is good. As much as everything seemed scattered, the quality teams were some top-notch people. If you have a great memory and are detail-oriented, this job/company may be perfect for you.



First off, I have never written a review about a previous employer of mine. However, I feel personally that those exploring employment with this company deserve to know how AGS operates. I started my career with AGS back in Mid-2017. At first, AGS was great! The PTO policy and weekly pay was nice as well as the training they offer their new employees. I really enjoyed my time working here until the 6-month mark. I began to notice things started to take a turn for the worst. There was an employee on my previous team who took it 
 upon herself to act as the manager of our group, when she has been given no such power. After this individual had many altercations with myself and others on the team, the issue was brought to our manager.  Nothing happened to resolve this issue. Management continued to allow this individual to step all over other employees to get to where she wanted to be, which was a promotion to manager. During my 2 years at AGS, I observed countless individuals be promoted for the wrong reasons. Many of these people were promoted in under 12 months while other employees, such as myself, were never considered or informed about a new opportunity. After being employed for 18-24 months without being interviewed or considered for a promotion, I began to look for new opportunities. Overall AGS has a poor 401k match (A $750 whopping bucks per year, wow!), base salary that is not competitive with the current recruiting market, high premiums on insurance, no room for growth (unless you want to brown nose and drink the AGS “Kool-Aid”). The work life balance is okay depending on the account you are on.

I never applied to AGS the company I was working for created a contract with them and I was rebadged as a new hire. I was working on the Trugreen account until it went under during this time I was supposed to be transferred with a promotion to the Baxter account. Little did I know they were acting like this amazing opportunity and I was happy to oblige. When transferring, all my peers at Trugreen got laid off. They were all promised job security. Clearly they moved people to different accounts the workers they wanted to keep. False promises I never was promoted which is actually illegal to give a promotion and essentially take it back. When questioned they replied I needed to learn the new account first. WHAT? When joining the new account they knew I lived two hours away and I was a strictly remote worker. Then they decided if I wanted a job I had to commute to Chicago 3 times a week. I was getting up at 4:30am to make it to work by 8am. Not getting home till almost 8pm because Milwaukee plus Chicago traffic are the worst. When expressed I was leaving due to promises not kept they told me to hand in my stuff and not even fulfill my two weeks since I was “screwing them” so hard they didn’t want me to
Come in. PLEASE whatever you do, just don’t work here.

If you are coming straight out of college, well I guess then this is the place for you to start a career.  As a seasoned recruiter, my suggestions were dismissed, I was not given the support by my staff or my manager.  In fact, my manager kept taking my support staff to work on other projects that had nothing to do with what we were working on.  

The company expects long hours and very little training is given.  I'm not one that needs hand holding, but a little bit of guidance would have been helpful.  

Employees move up quickly in the company, therefore, the management team is inexperienced in my mind.  There is a lot of talking, singing, dancing, throwing of footballs, you get the point.  So if you want to go somewhere and make an impression and really take pride in your work, it will be difficult.

I have enjoyed every job that I worked at and had longevitiy at each one of my positions.  I left a job I loved because I got sucked in with the pay and benefits.  Worst thing I could have ever done.  I am now back with a company I love, a team that I trust and work well with and see myself here a very long time.

My experience at Allegis left a bad taste in my mouth, due to no training before OR after being placed on a client site. Two months into working, and we still had not received a finished Operations Manual -  the very thing that should (and we were advised) would provide step by step "how to". While I clearly understand change and its inevitability, there remains the fundamental basics of properly equipping employees to adequately and sufficiently execute in their perspective roles.

That was the case for several roles other than my own. But the one that 'gets it done"  (sits lowest on the totem pole, if you will) was clearly overlooked, that of the Recruitment Coordinator. And this even AFTER being told that actual training, versus a 30 minute to 1 hour webex, was needed. 

If you want good results, you must invest real time in BASIC first steps, as well as your employees. Flashy words, lengthy powerpoint presentations, and stories of errors have never made up for good old fashion, get down to it and learn - TRAINING!!

AGS definitely targets recent grads and people making a career transition, so they pay you less than other staffing agencies because you don't have experience in the industry. Eventually you gain that experience, and either choose to continue to work there, getting you 4% raise every year, or you choose to leave and make 25% more somewhere else. I chose the latter and don't regret it.

I worked remotely for about 8 months, then AGS required everyone to work in the office 3 days a week. That's when I left. I did my job at a high level for 8 months. I did not need to go to the office to be successful or experience the culture(which they seriously overrate). I did genuinely enjoy my coworkers on my account.

Some of the benefits are good. Some are not so good. 20 days of accrued PTO from day 1 is great. They roll over to the next year as well. The health insurance was really expensive. 401k with a small match.

Al in all, I would recommend AGS to someone who wants to get into staffing, but you're not likely to be a lifer.

Job Work/Life Balance- Very standard, working 8 hours and expected to take an hour lunch break so an 8-5. As long as you complete the work you are assigned, there aren't any issues, although many times you are expected to complete tasks outside of your work title and function. Even with PTO, you are expected to reach deadlines which is why many employees still work even on vacation or during time off.
Compensation/Benefits- You receive healthcare, dental, etc.
Job Security/Advancement- Advancement is easy so long as you are seen positively by upper management/supervisors. Problematically, there is blatant favoritism so performance does not necessarily correlate with advancement or security.
Management- As stated earlier, there is blatant favoritism. Management does not completely understand the roles of those they are managing.
Job Culture- It's a corporate boy's club.

COVID-19 Response note- Employees are being urged to return to office and while it is currently voluntary, it feels as if we are being pressured.

AGS used to be a great company. They were known to take care of their employees. The pay wasn’t always the best. But, the work/life balance and some benefits were good. For some reason, they continue to invest in growing their executive team and are not taking care of their employees who actually bring revenue into the company. Their executive team is mostly males. Even if you’re a rockstar at your job, exceed expectations, and bring more revenue than your colleagues, you will still not be given an opportunity to grow beyond management level. 

The company is experiencing very high turn over at the moment. They are also losing key clients and are unable to find their “at risk” employees new clients to work with. 

Just beware before you accept an offer here. You can probably go work somewhere else doing the same kind of work for way more money. And you could also work for other companies that are better at providing opportunities for promotion, supporting and retaining their employees.



Great people to work with. This is a STARTER company, not a long-term / hang your boots up option. Those who have a long tenure - ventured out at one point or another and came back. In my experience, middle management is pretty good...but that depends on whether or not the account you are on is in a good place. There can be a lot of micro-managing, EXPECT overtime, which is not always compensated for. They can be semi-flexible depending on circumstance, and whether or not they like you. If you want to be promoted or acknowledged ...you MUST become recognized by the Good Ol' Boys Club. Compensation is well below national standard. Do NOT be afraid to negotiate.

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