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Montreal Associates

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Montreal Associates reviews

3.5

63% would recommend to a friend

(98 total reviews)

David Thuillier

70% approve of CEO

52% positive business outlook

Montreal Associates has an employee rating of 3.5 out of 5 stars, based on 98 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have a good working experience there. The Montreal Associates employee rating is in line with the average (within 1 standard deviation) for employers within the Recursos humanos industry (3.8 stars).

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98 reviews
2.0
Sep 24, 2020

Terribly disappointed

Recommend
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Business Outlook

Pros

diverse environment and good training

Cons

Poor salaries, appalling management. Were absolutely so unprepared for any kind of crisis that they had to cut salaries and reduce commissions drastically. The structure has changed several times since Covid started as they seem incapable of working out a system. Claimed the competition was doing the same, but too bad for them, we know it's not true. Pride themselves to be a human business all about their people but will treat you like a pawn or a commodity. Will change the organization overnight and let people learn that they're moving teams during a meeting with all staff involved. Terminated loads of people in March 2020 only to bring them back under the furlough scheme, claiming they didn't have enough info from government when other employers were already using it. No strategy, poor internal recruitment because not willing to pay for good recruits. Will promote people to management only because they're good billers however poor their management skills are. Encourage a toxic culture where everybody hangs out together all the time to make people emotionally and socially dependent on the business.

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Montreal Associates Response
5y
Thanks for your review. The past six months have been hard for many, many businesses and I doubt there were many that were able to predict Covid-19's coming nor the depth of the impact it would have. I know we made decisions quickly at the start of the crisis, some of which meant having to change direction once we had more information, but the decisions taken were done so with the best interests of our people and the business in mind. You're still a member of the team: I'd welcome the opportunity to get more feedback from you, if you're comfortable doing so. Matt
1.0
Sep 27, 2016

Not professionnal

Anonymous employee
Recommend
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Pros

Some friendly people in the back office

Cons

Bad management and non support No team spirit, people would stab you in the back Not well organised Huge turnover Focus on big margins and profits Low salary compare with other recruitment agencies

1.0
Feb 28, 2023
Recommend
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Pros

- i've met a lot of great people at first, sadly they all quickly left because of the poor management. - work/life balance is good

Cons

- no possibility of growth ( they will hire people to manage instead of promoting people and training them) - don't reward loyalty or hard work - no trainings - bad management : dangerous persons are left for months or years at management roles (before finally being fired) which is enough time to do a lot of damage ( and CEO / HR close the eyes on the bullying and discrimination) - constant change of strategy - no transparency : lies and and schemes rule/fake values - double standards : some people are praised for no reasons when other are ignored although valuable ( certainly senior management/ CEO favoritism )

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Montreal Associates Response
3y
We are sorry to read that you have had a negative experience at MA. We are constantly working on improving our training offering and Career Development Plan to make sure people get the chance to grow in their career. When it comes to more serious claims, the grievance and disciplinary policy are in place to address these issues. You can reach out to HR about any specific situation.
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