Recruiters and Blatent Lies

I got a new job this year at a MSP doing help desk support and I enjoy it. I got hired through a recruiter and it is a 90-day to hire, which there really isn't much question about getting hired on full-time at that point. It's been 60 days so I decided to ask my current employer about pay raises as I didn't really ask that part in the interview (just what the hourly rate was).

The recruiter had told me $18 an hour initially and then said he'd even try to get $19 or $20 for me. I thought that sounded great for an entry-level help desk job with room to move up. Then right before I got hired on he said, "Well I talked to them and now they are saying it's $15 an hour, but you'll get a raise after 90 days and incremental raises until you get to that initial amount we talked about." Well, come to find out that's not how this company does things. They said that when I talk to the director and I come on full-time, that the wage may definitely be different than what I'm making now, but there aren't incremental raises at all, they are all based on merit or the economy.

Seeing as how I'm still technically employed by this recruiting company, should I just sweep it under the rug and just use it as a lesson from here out about recruiters? I'm not upset at my job, as they weren't the ones that lied, but I kind of want to call out the recruiter. What would you do?

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networker050184

The lesson here is anything promised verbally may or may not happen. If it's not in writing in the offer then chances are it probably isn't going to happen. At this point if you are happy with the job just forget about the recruiter and concentrate on getting what you can when you are brought on full time.

jvrlopez

Yep, always get something in writing. $5 an hour lost seems like a big deal and would see if somewhere else could match that initial estimate in pay.

White Wizard

Forget about it and keep the job. If this is your first IT job there is much to learn and and room to advance in the MSP. Think of the MSP as a slingshot for your career, if you knock out certs, school, and advance to say a service or field engineer you will have a # of opportunities when you decide to leave down the road.

TomkoTech

If it isn't in writing forget it was ever mentioned. I'm in a great company that I love working for. However when I got promoted to my current position we were going through a transition losing a large client. They offered me $5k less than I wanted a year, they told me to give them 3 months and they'd bump me up to what I wanted. I never got it in writing, and here we are 18 months later and I still haven't gotten that raise, much less the yearly performance review I was supposed to get.

no!all!

If there's one thing I've learned about being a contractor it is that you get ripped off, big time. At least you have the option to go full time after 90 days...my contract just keeps getting extended

--chris--

networker050184 wrote: »

The lesson here is anything promised verbally may or may not happen. If it's not in writing in the offer then chances are it probably isn't going to happen. At this point if you are happy with the job just forget about the recruiter and concentrate on getting what you can when you are brought on full time.

I just learned this lesson ^^^ Similar situation (my rep may have just been ignorant to a recent company wide change or he lied). If I had it in an email I could go and confront them about it, but it was all verbally over the phone.

Glad I learned it right off the bat!

markulous

White Wizard wrote: »

Forget about it and keep the job. If this is your first IT job there is much to learn and and room to advance in the MSP. Think of the MSP as a slingshot for your career, if you knock out certs, school, and advance to say a service or field engineer you will have a # of opportunities when you decide to leave down the road.

I 100% agree. It's a good environment and they allow me to study for certs and my Bachelor's at WGU with any downtime. I wouldn't want to lose this job for anything.

donw35

I managed a large help desk for years; it’s a great place to get some good skills but not a career unless you want to move into management. If you get hired directly ask about educational reimbursements to help further your skills. I have had many good HD agents go on to do other jobs in it, the experience in HD is a good thing and you move on with your career in IT.

markulous

networker050184 wrote: »

The lesson here is anything promised verbally may or may not happen. If it's not in writing in the offer then chances are it probably isn't going to happen. At this point if you are happy with the job just forget about the recruiter and concentrate on getting what you can when you are brought on full time.

I'm almost tempted to call after I get hired on. My boss even said this particular recruiter has had some issues in the past. But yeah, I'll probably just forget about it. It's done and over.

--chris--

Move on, but don't forget it