SearchAsia Reviews

3.2

57% would recommend to a friend

(76 total reviews)

58% positive business outlook

SearchAsia has an employee rating of 3.2 out of 5 stars, based on 76 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have a good working experience there. The SearchAsia employee rating is in line with the average (within 1 standard deviation) for employers within the Human resources and staffing industry (3.8 stars).

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76 reviews
1.0
20 Mar 2018

Don't Work For This Toxic Company

Anonymous employee
Recommend
CEO approval
Business outlook

Pros

-Learn to manage emotions. -Learn the basics of sales. -A few colleagues-mentors can be caring, at the beginning. -Gain lots of connections

Cons

- No Work-Life Balance. > Expect to work more than 10-hours each day. CEO expects you to stay beyond 8pm. If you leave around 6:30pm, some of the colleagues will comment on your early departure from work. > Values are wrong in this company. You are expected to forego everything and submit to the CEO. > This company is affiliated to Recruit Express, owned by the same CEO. Cross-reference with that company and make your own judgement. - Tell-Show-Do Principle > Incompatible to the Generation-Y and the millennial generation. > Company has a strict policy of "I tell you how to do it, i show it to you, you do it. Don't ask why.” This company practice is backward and very unprofessional. It's a modern form of slavery, having to do things that even your moral values disagrees with. > Micro-managing is thus an adverse consequence of this outdated practice. - Shady contract terms. > During interview, we were informed, "One month close one case for your sales is enough." But nope. > Different interviewees gets told different things. It's not really ‘certified proper training’ that is being provided. But not really. > If you terminate the employment and decided to leave, expect to pay one month of salary all in the name of "training costs." However, there is no certification to proof that you have been trained. Even if there was a company workshop, it's self-facilitated and sometimes the its 'CEO-Trained.' So if you want to proof your skillset to the future companies, and they ask for certification, you can only say 'CEO-Trained.' - High-Stress Environment leading to High Attrition Rate. > Sales job. So expect to be measured ONLY by your sales output and nothing else. They don’t care about the effort you put in. > Due to the distorted company culture, it has led to a very stressful working climate. Consequently, attrition rate is VERY HIGH. The management fails to admit the high attrition rate due to their inability to do basic statistics and calculations. - Company Rating. > To any fresh graduates out there, if you want to join a recruitment/headhunting firm, join the international companies which have proper training and work-plan in place for you. > The rating of this company should be negative.

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SearchAsia Response
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Thank you for taking the time to give us a detailed feedback. We hope that the lessons learnt here will enable you to do better in your future career. If you would like to share more about your experiences with us, please contact us by emailing feedback@searchasia.com.sg so that we can set up an appropriate time to talk. All the best!
1.0
12 Feb 2019
Recommend
CEO approval
Business outlook

Pros

Nothing at all...really nothing Might earn some money? But if you are good sales person you can earn a lot of money in anywhere

Cons

-No ethics (Sexist, Elitism, Insulting..) -Dress code is super strict (Do manicure, earrings, heels, Female must wear skirts, eyelashes...etc) - CEO will scan your dress and give comment u are pretty or handsome.. -Company pantry.....is....no joke one (Drink Kopi with insects. They dont spend single money) -Company culture is bad.. bad.. SUPER BAD -Paying penalty if you quit before probation or you retrieve your contract (when they offer the position they will pressure you to sign at the spot so that u cannot change mind) -High turnover rate (This might be the reason why they dont give confirmation to staffs although they complete 6months probation and hit the target. I am sure they dont want Gov inspect this company cause so many people quitting.) - NO MC...no medical insurance if u are still under probation (Anyway they dont want u to use MC) - Nobody leave on time (8:30am~5:30pm working hrs?? Nope... come at 8:30am and u dont know when u can go home. If you go home on time they will look at you as if you are crazy) - No work life balance at all - Force you to come every Sat (they will spot check u or call office or... your collegues will report to manager if you are not appear) -Pls see other bad comments about this comany before you join....

1.0
25 Jun 2019

Save yourself

Recommend
CEO approval
Business outlook

Pros

1. Really good at motivating new employees with false stories. Emphasises loyalty to the firm and converts employees into puppets. 2. EXTREMELY wide job scope beyond recruiting, including doing what the finance department should be in charge of, and even HR matters such as purchasing stationery, tidying the office, and even to restock the pantry supplies. Apparently these count as skills to the firm. 3. Emphasis on extra-curricular activities for internal company events instead of revenue generating activities. No wonder the company is underperforming.

Cons

1. Archaic philosophy where employees are expected to be sitting in office when the official hours start, or else you might be perceived as not working despite having put a lot of effort. 2. No technical skills upgrade or beneficial training. Employees are supposed to come up with their own training material. 3. Near hazardous office supplies: office is vacuumed once every few months, and only at a small floor area. The pantry’s water machine has not been cleaned or changed since the beginning of time. Snacks are sad and employees end up purchasing their own. Meeting room furniture are old, dirty, and spoilt but HR does not take action. 4. HR’s sole role is to stalk employees on social media and forward incriminating posts or stories to other managers and the CEO. Sad, toxic culture. 5. Family business that only cares about family members. 6. Very unprofessional environment. Lack of awareness on diversity and inclusion, and employees openly discriminates or stereotypes people. Deeply rooted culture of bullying. 7. Terrible incentive system. Despite performing well individually, incentives will be halved if the team you belong in is not performing. Apparently, the cost of each employee is 9 times the employee’s salaries. Someone might not be good at math or logic. As such, compared to other firms, people with lower sales actually earn more.

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