First Advantage reviews

3.2

42% would recommend to a friend

(1,107 total reviews)

Scott Staples

69% approve of CEO

45% positive business outlook

First Advantage has an employee rating of 3.2 out of 5 stars, based on 1,107 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have a good working experience there. The First Advantage 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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1K reviews
3.0
Sep 9, 2017

VP

Anonymous employee
Recommend
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Pros

Teamwork and kind people working hard

Cons

Pay has to be aligned with performance

4.0
Sep 5, 2017

Making Positive Changes

Anonymous employee
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

New CEO has really inspired a lot of people at FADV to give it their all again. HR and management seem to be listening as we're seeing some positive movement from our first-ever engagement survey (particularly around performance reviews). At least in our department, work-life balance is encouraged and we have a lot of flexibility around working from home, etc.

Cons

Benefits are too expensive. Performance management is NON-EXISTENT. We have WAY too many EVP/SVP/VP titles around here. Honestly, it's a bit crazy for a company of our size. Company is owned by Private Equity, who (like every other PE company) are only in it for the money and don't care about the people here.

1.0
Aug 24, 2017

HORRIBLE PLACE TO WORK "YOU HAVE BEEN WARNED"

Anonymous employee
Recommend
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Pros

I get to work from home; Benefits are pretty good; Not too many Pros for this company

Cons

This is a numbers company; Both Management & Upper Management are horrible; They have no empathy for their employees; The pay is horrible; Ranges of raises are 1-2% for those that arent favorites; Management is HUGE on favoritism!! No room for growth unless you are a favorite; Supervisors are unaware of their jobs & spend most of their time delegating & dictating; If you ever decide to go to HR on a Supervisor or anyone in Management you can bet you'll be harassed so much you'll quit; STRESSFUL; Horrible systems; Jobs sent to Offshore Teams (in India); The Offshore Teams are messing up royally but they arent held accountable WHY??? Because they get incentives; I can go one & on!!! Did I mention the pay is horrible w/no increases!!! Oh and there's a high turnover rate;

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