Toxic Environment - Recensione dipendente - Legal Recruiter presso Update Legal

I worked at Update for roughly 2 years as a recruiter. When I started the company was absolutely incredible. The culture was healthy, acted like a family, and supported one another through everything. However, towards the end of my first year, the CEO returned to the office and everything went downhill from there. The culture led by management became toxic, unprofessional, and ridiculous. They started doing huge amounts of layoffs even going so far as to call another recruiter who had begun her maternity leave to fire her while she was in the hospital. Things just went from bad to worse as they strategically pushed out many of the employees who tried to hold onto the original culture. Going as far as firing employees who had been there for 15-20 years on the spot. The other major problem as a staffing agency is their DNU list which stands for Do Not Use. They maintain this list in their database and are willing to DNU any candidate for any reason that management thinks of. While I worked there I saw candidates put on the list because they called recruiters too often for jobs and they saw that as annoying. Also, they don't update their list, so if a candidate is added to the list 10 years ago, they stay there. Leaving was the healthiest decision I could make but I was stunned to find out that they lied to my co-workers telling them I had abandoned the company even though I was willing to give 2 weeks notice. I'm not sure why anyone would want to work there.