Complaint Review: Insight Global LLC - Denver Colorado

I am inactively looking for a new position because I am not satisfied where I am at. I am a data analyst at a company that is losing it's workforce's interest and is lacking inspiration. With that said, I am not going to leave for no reason; it would need to be a good fit. 

A few words to those looking for a job... do not involve yourself with Insight Global. If a recruiter contacts you and says you look like a great candidate for this position they have and ask you immediately for 2 managerial references and a 5 minute application then they are looking to talk to your managers about their staffing needs. They do not care about what your references have to say about you. 

In my case, I was told about a great opportunity at Frontier Airlines but they were concerned about my direct experience with the type of projects I would be doing. Anyway, I was immediately sent an email asking for my "udpdated resume and 2 managerial references ASAP I think you’re a great candidate for this position and I want to get you sent over". This was the first funny feeling I got. Why do they need managerial references ASAP to send over my resume to a client? Ok fine. It's what they need; however I respond saying my current supervisor doesn't know I'm looking and my previous supervisor left on not-so-good terms with the company (which is all true). Instead of supervisors I tell him here are a few professional coworker references (I gave 2 current and one from a previous job). 

I get a call and talk to the "Account Manager" about the specific position at which point it was more of a "who are you" and "what tools have you used?" phone call. Ok fine, it's part of the screening process. He asks me to come into the office for an in person interview and that all my future contact about the position will be with the previous guy I spoke with (let's call him "Jordan"). Interview scheduled for 10am Wed. 

I get to the office for my interview... and there's no lobby with a receptionist or anything. It's a nice office but there are only a bunch of meeting rooms. Weird. I sit down and a couple well dressed, young "dudes" ask me if I have been helped. I say "no" and that I'm there for an interview with Jordan. They place me in one of the meeting rooms and go retrieve Jordan and his sidekick in training. 

Interview is ok as they ask me the "tell me about yourself" question. So I do and they like it and tell me "Ok, I think that's all I need." Oh ok. "Do you know what other tools they use besides SQL?" is one of my questions. Seems like a fair question and there must be other tools. "I'm not sure, I just know they want someone who can do queries and analysis." Again, weird that you don't have details but whatever. They tell me the Account Manager has a meeting with the Hiring Manager in 30 minutes and will discuss ME. Yay!! I leave the office after 20 minutes of an "interview". 

They call me back in a couple hours and tell me congratulations they'd like to interview you on Friday at 11 or 11:30. Which one works? Um 11... I guess I'll figure out how to make that work. 

Get home, read the email that says it's a PHONE INTERVIEW. He didn't actually tell me that on the phone. Ok fine.

Next day I go into work and my references both tell me they had a LOT of questions. Weird to me considering I was only in the office for 20 minutes. I guess they called my references right after I left. One of my references tells me "yeah, they just called me and said they were in the area and would like to chat". Wait. What? Yeah, IG had someone drive an hour from their office to talk to one of my references? Yep. So my reference goes to talk to this lady (let's call her "Kelsie") out of respect for me and she just wants to know more about what my reference does and who her supervisor is. Heh? I'm not sure how that ended but I think it was anticlimactic. My other reference ended up giving my supervisor's name because they were pestering her and she had no reason to believe they would go behind my back. 

I do a little research on the company, find this exact website and start reading reviews. No more than 15 minutes into reading some pretty about some unethical behavior do I receive an email from Jordan. The interview has been cancelled. "I guess there were more candidates and they went went someone else" he tells me. I proceed to tell him how wrong it is for someone to come into my place of work without even mentioning it to me and then ask to speak with my references again. "Oh, I'm so sorry. I had no idea anyone was doing that".

I've been told my supervisor has a meeting with IG next week to discuss his staffing needs.

I'm not worried since our company is so tight on hiring right now but what a bunch of liars. 

I did a little research on "Jordan" and "Kelsie". They have no background in IT or staffing and neither have been with the IG over a year. What a joke. I guess they got scammed too.