Search Recruitment - Glasgow Reviews 2

TrustScore 3 out of 5

2.9

Waterloo Street 50, Floor 5, G2 6HQ Glasgow, Scotland, GB


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Company details

  1. Recruitment Service
  2. Educational Institution

Written by the company

Search is one of the UK’s leading multi-discipline recruitment agencies, covering 13 different specialisms and operating from 13 offices nationwide. With over 35 years’ recruitment experience, we’ve built trusted relationships with over 6,000 clients and have expert knowledge in a range of markets. We have an extended candidate database of over 320,000 professionals, with an average of 4,900 job seekers registering with us each month and a successful hiring rate of 80%. Through our partnership approach, flexible delivery and ability to adapt to changing market conditions we match the right candidates with the right employers. It’s why people return to us time and time again – so you can trust us to get it right. We recruit for 13 distinct specialisms across the UK. Many of our consultants have worked in the industry they recruit for, so they have unique insight into market conditions, business needs and employment expectations. They understand what employers are looking for and what skills make candidates stand out. Our success is built on trust, expert guidance and realistic targets. That’s why thousands of clients and candidates every year have us as their recruitment agency of choice.


Contact info

  • Waterloo Street 50, Floor 5, G2 6HQ, Glasgow, Scotland, United Kingdom

  • 0141 227 7777

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Rated 1 out of 5 stars

WORST COMPANY EVER

I must state I have never experienced a more incompetent bunch of people. From day 1 one mistakes were happening. They offered me a job (woo) and then rescinded the offer on the Friday (was due to start on the Monday), then Monday at 1100 called me to ask if i could start in 20 minutes. I found this behaviour highly irregular, and then when they had the audacity to ask if I still wanted the job when I said i couldn't start until the Tuesday, i found their tone rude. However i though hey-ho I am sure it will be fine, how wrong I was.

When i begun my role, i got my first pay and sadly i was on an emergency tax, I understand this can happen, i contacted HMRC to get a new Tax code however after providing it to Search they still have not resolved this issue. This has now been an on-going issue for 5 month, and when i ask them about it they will now just ignore my emails regarding this situation.

Search also ended my employment without letting me or my employer know by error, this lead to all my holiday pay which i had accrued being paid out, resulting in a loss of funds as a pay rise was coming in 2 weeks later, sadly Search did not even attempt to resolve this issue and failed to even offer a simply apology.

When i did go on holiday Search decided to ignore my emails requesting holiday pay and only responded when i emailed with a subject title "joke". And instead of resolving the situation they just threatened to fire me and did not resolve me getting holiday pay for time off.

Overall once you are hired by them and you have any issue, they will not try and resolve it, and if i am being truthful they either need a new career or re-training as the way they treaded members of staff was shocking, and was enough that it has led to me find alternate employment.

April 10, 2026
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Hi there, We're sorry to hear about your experience with us. If you could email us at reviews@search.co.uk we can look into the issue for you.

Rated 1 out of 5 stars

Useless!!! Waste of time.

I had contact with Search last year after applying for a position I found on Indeed. I delt with Alana, who gave such positivity about my application and she asked me to see her in the Glasgow office. When I met, she took further details, and promised the application would be passed to the company (which I won't name, they prob never had the job available). I would then get a face to face interview. I chased for weeks after asking about an interview and eventually she never responded to me. The job in question was live on their website for months. I reapplied weeks after my visit, then no response.
I have now found myself unemployed and I have applied for a job through Search, close to my home, immediate start. I am over skilled for this position and I've heard nothing back though I received an email from a male staff member to let me know they have an exciting opportunity! Nothing about the actual application that I submitted.
Totally useless and a data obtaining scam! Don't waste your time going to their office and you'll be wasting your time. I am now trying to avoid all recruitment companies in my job search due the experience with Search. Better to apply direct with the employer. Wouldn't recommend

February 17, 2025
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Hi there, We're sorry to hear about your experience with us. If you could email us at reviews@search.co.uk we can look into the issue for you.

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