business development manager

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EmployBridge

I worked with Employbridge back when we were still Employment Plus in Indiana. I dedicated several years of my life to the company and while through the years, I had ups and downs I always said that I loved my job, I loved the people I worked with, and I loved the company. I sang Employbridge's praises every opportunity I got. I started as a coordinator within their call center and advanced through the ranks and loved every moment of it but it's well known that once you leave SAS, you're not likely to last long. We'd seen it happen with so many people leaving to become SPMs or on-site managers or recruiters in a local branch... They'd go and then we'd never hear from them again. Even knowing this, I left "SAS" because I was burnt out and stagnant and I needed a change of scenery so I moved into a different department adjacent to SAS but was quickly scouted for another role within the company that I was hesitant and leery to take but I went against my better judgement yet again and accepted. That was the worst (or best) mistake of my life to date.

I hated working within the department I transferred to. I was still working adjacently with SAS but I was suddenly in a position where every single day was a battle. It was aggressive, relations between us and SAS were tense and filled with backstabbing and backwards, passive-aggressive pettiness that was more befitting of middle school than a corporate branch. Then came the racism, sexism, and overall discrimination within my own department from my own manager. I kept my mouth shut for a while because I was legitimately scared of losing my job. I had seen first hand how little Human Resources cared for the complaints of employees who weren't hourly paid coordinators. Leaders of any kind? Good luck having your voice heard. Eventually, I did lodge a complaint after a new leader took over and blatantly disregarded me as a valued member of the team. I was ignored, belittled, humiliated, and excluded and I said enough was enough and spoke to HR. Guess what happened?

Two days later, I was informed I was being forced out of my role, demoted, and reverted back to hourly rather an salary to make room for someone more experienced. Had I been coached? No. Had I been told that I needed to learn more? No. After being told this, I went to speak confidentially with someone who was supposed to be trusted and when I revealed how I was feeling, tears in my voice and all, I was laughed at. Yes, LAUGHED AT. Any chance of remaining and trying to work through it went out the window. I felt so humiliated. I spoke to HR once more as I felt it was retaliation and was brought into a meeting with this new manager who had from day one disregarded me and more or less told that my concerns weren't valid and that I could leave or become a coordinator again. When I said that I had been with the company too long and had done too much for them to be treated this way, I got no answer. When I told them that they had not in anyway gone through proper progressive discipline, had I not been meeting expectations, they more or less said "well that sucks, sorry". If you feel as a coordinator that your voice isn't heard? It's worse as a leader. Believe me.

Going back to the "worst/best decision" comment from before, I say this because even still months after I quit, I still regret it. I still miss Employbridge but then I hear about what's been happening at the company since I left and even reading the reviews from the centers on here, you can see it... The company is going downhill and fast. They went from "we're here to provide you all the tools you need to succeed" to "just make their lives harder so they either quit or we can fire them". They are losing morale, workforce, and money faster than they can earn it and it's all because they tried to act like a big fish way before they had any right to. They stopped "thinking small" and caring about their employees entirely. I'm glad I'm no longer a part of the sort of culture that they had started creating.

My short time with EmployBridge was recently cut due to the several job terminations in the second "wave" of such. When the first wave happened to my department, we were promised that they were doing this hard and fast to prevent any further terminations. However, a month later, we faced this second wave with no warning. It's a bit hard to believe that this wasn't planned in any way, and we were given basically zero explanation for such cuts even when people in my department directly asked the big "why." This was a bit funny to me, because we had also been told in a previous meeting that the first wave was merit-based so to keep getting work done. What a slap in the face. 

Hindsight is 20/20, but I can't say that I didn't begin to see the cracks in EmployBridge deepening and growing as the months progressed. I mean, there was an entirely new compliance requirement rolled out the day before it was to go into effect. My entire department scrambled to learn it, and even our management was out of the loop in future updates to this compliance requirement. The requirement itself made our day-to-day work more difficult and seemed like a poor use of the resources we had available. This was a mere week before the second wave of layoffs that essentially wiped out my department and left only a few roles to cover what had "needed" a full team. I honestly couldn't believe that the first layoffs even happened, because we had just hired on around nine new people at the end of 2023 and beginning of 2024. In one case, one of the people had been hired on then had that job taken away in a matter of two weeks. That is ridiculous and unfair, especially for a brand that preaches "winning as one" and putting "relationships first," but it appears to me that they just "see further" to profits and becoming "better, always" no matter the cost. 

I don't recommend this company in any way to work at, at least for the time being. Even with the excellent experiences I had through the actual people within my department, the company itself is clearly pushing a non-loyal narrative that I simply don't agree with. It has become more and more corporate, caring less and less about the loyal people in its workforce. They've certainly lost more than a few workers from these cuts, and I hope it stings. 

Employbridge used to be a decent place to work, the last 6 months or so they instituted so many changes that diminished the few good things it had going for them. Instead of taking the feedback from employees and building on it, it seemed they created new policies and rules to only further upset us. Leadership is a joke, people are promoted just for being next in line or due to favoritism, instead of their ability to perform their jobs. Leadership is never held accountable for their actions or wrongdoings. You get 21 “attendance points” for three months, missing one day takes you down 10 points. Bringing in a doctor’s note does nothing, but you are still required to bring it in. They tell you “the points are there for emergencies”. They will fire you once you’ve used up your points like it’s nothing. Meanwhile people who have no clue what they’re doing and struggle with basic tasks are never let go. Employees are not treated equally, there is a large amount of favoritism, as I previously stated. They run the company like a monarchy, and the people working in the beginning level are just peasants. Management will never be held accountable for any actions, even sexual harassment. They will take your phone away for using it once, like we are in high school. If you need to take a call you have to leave the floor to do so, making you almost always miss the call. Whatever schedule you choose from the beginning you will be stuck with. They recently bumped up the pay rate to $11/hr instead of $10.50, but those being paid $10.50 did not get the pay raise. Only the new employees coming in. They will fire you in the blink of an eye if you’re not working 24/7.  I was going through a rough time, was unable to take off due to my attendance points, so I came in and had to leave the floor to cry. I was then pulled aside and had my job threatened for being off the floor. They will coach you constantly in what you do wrong, but will never let you know what you’re doing right. Honestly I could keep going, there’s so much more. Just know that this is a terrible company. If they went back to their old ways, it wouldn’t be so bad. But for now I wouldn’t even suggest this as employment to my worst enemy.

As a Search & Support Coordinator, you are highly underpaid to be in a call center environment fielding calls from job seekers across the country for various temp agencies associated with Employbridge. Most times people you speak with are annoyed they are unable to directly reach their temp agency's local branch, and management does everything they can to keep you from actually helping anyone. I consistently was criticized by management for being too helpful and thorough, something callers would remark on as a relief & breath of fresh air, compared to others they would reach at the call center. Most of the jobs I was placing people in were at hourly rates higher than what I was being paid, too.

Four minutes was the minimum amount of time until someone in corporate working at a remote location would message me and ask why I was taking so long on the phone. Employbridge can be summed up as having a complete lack of good communication and support from management, zero company culture minus everyone hating their job, and no job security; you start as a "temp" and stay there pretty much until they feel like "promoting" you. This promotion comes with a 25 cent raise and health insurance, nothing else changes. They say this will happen in three months, but it won't, even if you are meeting the benchmarks. I was told you could potentially also work remote, but no one I knew while there was moved to remote even though I know several requested. 

I quit after a few months when it became clear this job was going nowhere. About a year later, I ran into an old coworker who told me pretty much everyone I had worked with previously had either quit or been laid off. If they're even still hiring, stay away.

They required that I get a Doctor statement for a medical issue I have.  Made the appointment to see Doctor so I could get statement.  Requested PTO for that day following attendance guidelines. Request was denied two days before appointment. Soon as I was made aware of denied PTO, I contacted management (that day) to explain that I needed this day to get statement they had requested.  This was the THIRD time my PTO had been denied. At this point, 5 months at this job,  I never got to take PTO. The day before appointment, management finally responded via email that I could go to appointment but I would have to take an attendance point. All contact with management is done via Skype or Email. I finally spoke to my manager the first time face to face after I had been there for 6 months. There is literally zero support for associates, you have an angry applicant on the phone screaming and cussing at you and you've exhausted ALL things taught in training so you attempt to escalate the call to your superior only to be told to deal with it. This happens daily. Lastly, there is no open door policy.  You can't come to your team lead, manager. Etc. and say hey,  can we talk for just a moment? I have a concern. You can't contact HR if you feel discriminated against if you have a medical problem that needs to be discussed and worked out.

They provide A LOT of courses and training you need to complete, which is nearly impossible because of your daily tasks. Management was very nice and approachable, however, they do expect A LOT to be done within a short amount of time. if you are an on site manager, you usually have more than 1 site to look after. That's not a terrible thing if they are giving you the time you need at each site to accomplish your tasks, but they dont. You are also expected to answer your phone and reply to client emails within 15 minutes, even when you are off. Clients reach out to you all the time and you cant exactly neglect them. Overtime is frowned upon but you are not "supposed to work off the clock" like in the evenings or on weekends, so do you neglect the emails and calls? No, because you get in trouble. Compensation isnt great. Again, they expect a lot for what they are willing to pay, but the benefits are fantastic. Generous PTO! I actually liked working there, but it would be so much better if there was a little less focus on associate numbers and more focus on providing the client quality help, and providing us sufficient time to complete the task they expect of us. as well as the friendly service the associates themselves have come to rely on. 

For an employment company, you’d think they would have exceptional leadership, conduct stay interviews, and not tell women that they have RBF, should smile more, are too emotional, or are aggressive when sharing opinions. Upper management doesn’t listen to opinions nor accepts new ideas on how to do things. Boomers clearly run things here. They are so backwards and behind todays times, it’s surprising that they’re still in business. Up until 2023, they didn’t even observe MLK day, and on top of that, they took away the winter stretch day when saying that we’d observe MLK day. PTO is accrued and you don’t get any sick days. The sales people talk just to hear themselves talk. Tons of layoffs and people leaving during the beginning of the pandemic. They’ll tell you that you get bonuses, but then if another department doesn’t meet theirs, then all departments don’t get bonuses. They don’t actually communicate even though they say they value honesty and transparency. Most people I’ve spoken to are underpaid even after being there for more than 4 years - hardly any promotions. And don’t even think about internal promotions unless you’re buddy buddy with upper management. It’s a joke. All the good people tend to leave. 

My manager was exceptional. Benefits are great. Work-life balance is doable but can be difficult at times.  It is high stress, high volume, and there’s lot of cross-cultural communication which is tough without interpreters. 
Internal promotion is possible, but there were (are) many promoted who had (have) no experience for their role and seemingly, given a title just to be given a title. When you’re told to do a help desk ticket more often than not because your go-to person doesn’t have an answer, it’s time to reevaluate these promotions. 
There are high expectations which is understandable. However, during my employment the expectations passed down from upper management, and corporate were unrealistic. These expectations came from people who aren’t the “boots on the ground,” and don’t understand or realize big and small branches work differently. And even though the local branches and experienced senior employees give feedback and express how something won’t work as expected etc… well, we learned to save our breath. 
Ever since the now president took over there have been countless changes, and before we knew it there were (are) “too many chiefs and not enough Indians.”
Recruiting isn’t for everyone, but your success definitely depends on the company you’re working for (if they listen to their boots on the ground…) and the industry for which you’re recruiting. 

The day typically begins with a meeting that, while not necessarily negative, often repeats the content from the previous day. From my experience, I’ve learned that not all organizations are committed to improvement; some prefer to ignore their issues and reprimand anyone who raises concerns. Management, for the most part, seemed ineffective, with individuals primarily focused on being agreeable rather than offering meaningful contributions. Their suggestions often lacked substance and appeared to be efforts to give the illusion of supporting the company’s success. While the workplace culture appeared acceptable at first glance, there was an undercurrent of dissatisfaction, with discussions behind closed doors about unrealistic expectations and strategies to manage those expectations. The most challenging aspect of the role was recognizing the company's untapped potential, yet being unable to address or suggest improvements. The most rewarding part of the job was collaborating with colleagues who shared the same perspective on the company's flaws, allowing us to find humor in the situation and maintain a sense of camaraderie despite the challenges.

What is the best part of working at the company?
It was the leadership but they have all been laid off and the company has been restructured so the recruiter does the operations and management positions. They only care about making money won't hire sales people to help the division grow and no direction or transparency is given

What is the most stressful part about working at the company?
That they have laid off everyone who actually did their work and had a passion for the industry. Cut bonuses, pay raises havnt been given in 2 years, and when they let go of someone they assign their work to others with no additional pay. Napa, fairfield,sacramento and santa rosa were all individually operated offices they have laid off everyone but 1 and she is doing all the work for the team and driving hours to commute 

What is the work environment and culture like at the company?
Toxic, your just the cheapest staff they can get that will do everyone's work for the team, the sales team does not generate any buisness and the buisness is dying at a rapid rate. Used to be a team of driven dedicated people but now they are just worried about their pockets before this ship sinks..shame on the new leadership for that

What is a typical day like for you at the company?
Stressful, toxic, being micro managed, spoken too like your dumb

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