Avis sur Creative Circle

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no cons I love working there

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I am a very senior designer in a field that is in demand. When I told them my rate, a rate I was currently making with a current client that I got through another recruiter than Creative Circle, Creative Circle was only willing to offer me 50% of that rate! When I asked how they could expect a person with such experience to accept that, the Creative Circle recruiter said to me "well you will be out of work soon [my contract was ending soon] so wouldn't you rather make something than nothing?" - I was disgusted and insulted. When I pointed out that I am running a business and that my rate is my rate and to accept anything lower would be detrimental to my business, the recruiter said "well I disagree and think you should take the offer". I laughed at them and wished them well.

Might be good for people hard up for work or just starting out but I would stay away from Creative Circle like a professional plague.

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They push for freelance/contract work as that can get companies coming back.
They say they know a lot of companies that they can set you up with, but they don't.
They sell to employers freelance and contract and the benefits of it. It's killing the market for full time workers.

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They might tack on a larger markup than other agencies, but hey, they call me often with new opportunies that I wouldn't find on my own.

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Agencies see you as an expensive fix for a problem they are not staffed up for. This is because, as a client said to me, "CC adds a pretty good fee on top of your hourly rate". Be prepared to face pressure on this.

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Pure rip off. Hire senior developers at junior salary. Not honest about the % they take. No technical knowledge. Unethical.

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-Not a lot of smaller, short term, freelance opportunities

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-Don't expect much leeway for creative or independent thinking.
-Management is over-worked and forced to lead with a one-size-fits-all approach.
-Goal setting is haphazard. Don’t expect goals and quotas based on thoughtful formulas.
-The state of employee’s performance is largely based on management's personal feeling towards a producer. This leads to a culture of brown-nosing.
-Public purchase negatively impacted company culture. Public pressure slipped straight through management and fell in the laps of the already furiously hard-working salespeople.
-Pandering to management’s emotional state was a major focus of individuals’ daily energy.
-Regurgitation of management's ideas garnered more praise than other avenues of thought.
-Management initiated inappropriate dialogue on race, religion and gender.
-Flooded with internal reporting responsibilities. For example, I found out that our salespeople were required to report their sales activity in various forms to management 12 times per-week, every week. Poor friends :(
-I also found out that those salespeople were not allowed to eat lunch until they hit a certain volume of phone calls… (is that legal?)
-Management openly complains about fellow employees, previous employees, and higher-up management.
-Management hyper-aware of employees' arrival and departure times.
-Management lacked accountability for unfavorable office performance.
-Management distributed guilt trips to those who wanted to use their hard-earned sick and vacation time.

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Staffing takes it toll, it can be emotionally and mentally exhausting. The highs are super high, and the lows really suck.

It's a female dominated office with lots of drama and side chat.

First year is the hardest, lots of cold calling.

Going from a private company to a public with lots of shifts in management and communication - typical growing pains.

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- Crazy busy - but worth it!