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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
3.0
Oct 2, 2020
Recommend
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Pros

Good location People are nice Lots of french

Cons

Low Salaries Lack of Communication Very separate senior and sales

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Montreal Associates Response
5y
Thanks for taking the time to leave a review. I'd be keen to get more detail from you re the separate Senior & Sales. We've tried to get better at communication this year, you'll have seen some of the efforts we've made. That said there's always room to improve and we know we've a way to go to get it right. If you've any idea, I'd love grab a virtual coffee and hear what you think. Matt
2.0
Sep 24, 2020

Terribly disappointed

Recommend
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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
4.0
Sep 21, 2020

Good

Recommend
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Pros

friendly company, open, good commission plan

Cons

The basic salary is too low for London

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Montreal Associates Response
5y
Hi there and thanks for your feedback. As you'll know, like many companies, we reduced working hours across the business to a four day week when Covid struck, meaning a reduction in take home pay for our staff. We also froze bonuses and commissions for the length of the summer period. From September 1st we returned to full salaries across the board and have introduced a new commission scheme for recruiters, so hopefully the financial burden of living in London on reduced income has been removed for our people. If you didn't get the chance to complete an exit interview and would like to give further feedback, I'd welcome your call. Thanks, Matt
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