First Advantage reviews

3.3

42% would recommend to a friend

(1,106 total reviews)

Scott Staples

67% approve of CEO

45% positive business outlook

First Advantage has an employee rating of 3.3 out of 5 stars, based on 1,106 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
2.0
Dec 23, 2014
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

Great people to work with - Directors are all friendly, well, the new ones, loved the flexibility they have with work life balance and I honestly can't think of anything else.

Cons

Remuneration is poor - lower than the national standards, the Directors who have been there the longest need to be sacked cause of their inability to do their job properly. A lot of TLs and Team Managers are put in their place because a lot of people leave, and the quickest solution is to replace them with who ever is available. No on going development for anyone. Processes are appalling - but this is apparently being looked at and the the overall morale is depressing. You don't feel like you can achieve any goals - because you can't - no time, no money, not enough resources.

5.0
Dec 18, 2014

Just great

Anonymous employee
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

It's a relatively young dynamic company going through SIGNIFICANT change with huge pressure on people to perform.

Cons

It's very challenging for those that don't like change.

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2.0
Dec 12, 2014
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

Benefits are costly but include Medical, Dental, Vision, 401K, PTO, paid holidays Free meals are always provided (PS this does not substitute for a raise)

Cons

Company's main goal is about making a profit to benefit the company and upper management, they don’t care about the employees, this merge is a disaster and the company continues to lose great workers for various reasons. Work-from-home is not allowed in our specific department and management has no valid reason why even though most other departments are doing it consistently. There is no room for advancement and employees may or may not get a raise at end of year after reviews are graded. Turnover is constant for both newly hired and long term employees, and there are no incentives. Employees are required to complete unreachable goals, morale is down and dropping, and since the merger with the office located in India business has slowed to a crawl leaving most employees wondering if their job is at risk since other departments were phased out and employees were laid off and/or fired with very little notice.

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