Absolute People Screen Reviews

Employer’s Response

This review has been written by an intern who either absconded or was terminated for cause. Majority of the candidates who intern with us leave on a very positive note and have a great work experience with us. Some interns join and expect that as a part of the Work Culture they can sit at their workstations with ear phones plugged in and work while listening to music, keep phones at their workstation to check WhatsApp and do what it pleases. Being a company that handles customer and candidate sensitive data we do not allow phones at workstation, don't permit earphones at work and some interns see this as freedom taken away from them and hence link this with work culture. Interns are required to read their offer letters to understand the stipend payment date. Majority of the interns do not read the stipend payout date and then start complaining only to be directed back and told to reach the offer letter. Interns are not allowed leaves except in cases of family emergency or exams. Often some interns choose to have an emergency every single week and hence leaves are denied. If someone on the team has one emergency per week it is a serious problem to have. Interns are not permitted or eligible for leaves and hence all leaves are to be covered. The same is mentioned clearly on the Offer Letter under Schedule 1. All companies that are in the services domain where productivity and delivery to the client on time is of paramount importance will require interns to cover up for loss of productive hours. If an intern is late one of days we do not insist for a cover up but if someone is a chronic or a habitual late comer then we have to ask them to cover up for loss of productive time. It is important to notice the irony here - That the intern who has written this review has a problem with late payment of stipend (as claimed by him/her) but at the same time thinks that it is perfectly fine to come to the office 15 minutes late regularly and the company shouldn't ask them to cover up. We got to play it even. When you as an intern are late to office then suddenly you expect that it is OKAY to do this but if the company is late (if at all) in release of stipend then suddenly it is NOT OKAY. We got to even it out somewhere.

Employer’s Response

Thank You for your short and concise response. If you plan your day and work in a structured manner you may actually feel that the work is not hectic at all (except for a few days here and there).

Employer’s Response

This review has been added by an individual who absconded from duties (we won't be putting their name in the public domain) and then has decided to add 2 identical reviews. See another identical review at the bottom. This is just a bogus and a sham review and hence we won't be commenting much on this review.

Employer’s Response

Our response to this review is as under: 1) Our Client Relations Team hasn't worked on Sundays for over 3 years now. This review is false and misguiding. Our Clients are off on Sundays and majorly work Monday - Saturday and hence our workday and work times are aligned with our Clients. There is no need for anyone from our Client Relations Team to work a Sunday. If there is ever a need to work over and beyond the call of duty for anyone then we encourage remote working and offer Work From Home where ever it is possible. 2) Our Directors are extremely down to earth and their behaviour towards all colleagues is impeccable. Anyone who has worked with our company will vouch for the fact that our Directors are very friendly, work oriented, helpful and will go over and beyond to assist all colleagues. At the same time, they need the job to be done and expect the job to be done. 3) Our Operations Head has been Working From Home since February 2022 and currently on maternity leave. She is due to return shortly. The individual who has written this review is simply disgruntled and this review is totally bogus and sham. Our Operations Head has had no direct interaction with the team for almost a year now. 4) Salary Delays - Please review and study your employment agreement to understand the payroll date. Sometimes people do not study the employment offer and don't see the payroll date and come to a conclusion that salaries are delayed. Yes, at times due to unavoidable circumstances salaries run late and this happens in many companies. The world is in a recession and 'Possibility Of Avoiding Recession Really Narrow, 2023 Will Be Worse Than 2022,' Says IMF's Gita Gopinath. So we need to live in real times and it appears that the individual who wrote this review is living in Gala Land. 5) Likes: Nothing: Our recommendation is that you should switch a job if not already. If you like nothing about our company then perhaps we have made a mistake hiring you and you've made a larger mistake by being with us. Although we are of the opinion that this review hasn't been written by any of our colleagues.

Employer’s Response

Dear Colleague - Thank you for your 5+ years of service and hard work. Today we stand where we stand because of good people like you. Working at "Absolute" can be challenging specially when you have a boss who keeps pushing your limits everyday. Its done only to get the best out of you. We enjoy working with you and the rest of the team exactly how you like working with us. Work-Life balance with us is certainly a challenge because we are a company on a mission. There is a lot to achieve and time is always a challenge. In the words of Elon Musk - "If other people are putting in 40-hour workweeks and you're putting in 100-hour workweeks, then even if you are doing the same thing, you know that you will achieve in four months what it takes them a year to achieve."

Employer’s Response

Dear Candidate - You haven't indicated how many years of work experience you have had or how many companies you have worked for. If you were into Reports QC with us, it is clear that you were either a fresher or perhaps with very minimal prior work experience. We pick freshers for the Reports QC role, so this itself explains that you lack experience and when you have worked only in one company in your life then perhaps you have little or nothing to compare us to. Regarding payment schedules, please refer to your offer letter. Am sure you didn't read the payment schedule on your offer letter. If you had an issue with the payment schedule you shouldn't have joined us in the first place. When you join a company either as an intern or a full times employee leaves are not allowed unless there is a family or medical emergency. For interns we extend leave on the date of the exam and extend leaves for family or medical emergency. However, there are interns who take excessive offs and that can be a problem in any company. If you are full time, you have a probationary period of 6 months and no leaves are allowed during probationary period unless there is a family or medical emergency. The thumb rule is : If you are not "Full Time" you are not entitled to leaves. Now only if you had enough work experience and had worked in enough companies you would have understood that. So, your review is completely baseless because it has been written by an amateur who clearly had bad attitude at work. Yes, if you are late then you have to cover up the time because if you are in a Production role then every minute counts. Realistically, we don't expect you to cover 5 minutes. But, if you are occasionally late and late for over 15 minutes every single day as was the case with you then for sure you have to cover up for the lost time. On the rest of the matters we wont comment as it is a clear case of someone venting out their frustration on an online platform.

Employer’s Response

This review has been written by a disgruntled intern who absconded from work without doing any formal hand over - take over of work responsibilities. This individual has just poured their frustration on Ambition Box without offering any insights to anyone. We choose not to respond in detail on such bogus / sham reviews written by disgruntled people who may have worked with us just short time.

Employer’s Response

Work culture plays an important role in extracting the best out of employees. The organization must offer a positive ambience to the employees for them to concentrate on their work rather than interfering in each other’s work. What is work culture ? Work culture is a concept which deals in the study of: Beliefs, thought processes, attitudes of the employees. Ideologies and principles of the organization. It is the work culture which decides the way employees interact with each other and how an organization functions. In layman’s language work culture refers to the mentality of the employees which further decides the ambience of the organization. An organization is said to have a strong work culture when the employees follow the organization’s rules and regulations and adhere to the existing guidelines. However there are certain organizations where employees are reluctant to follow the instructions and are made to work only by strict procedures. Such organizations have a weak culture. At Absolute People Screen we have a very strong work Culture whether you work short time or long term.

Employer’s Response

Dear Colleague - Very sorry to hear about your experience with us. They say - What Goes Around - Comes Around In Our Life. Same holds very true for your work life as well. Usually employees who do an astounding job at their company will have astounding careers vs. those who are unable to get their work right. Regarding your issues. 1) Our Holiday policy is clearly explained during the interview process. 2) The Employment offer letter has clear sections on how holidays work during Probation and after Probation. 3) The Induction training for all New Hires explains how Holidays work in our company. 4) New Hires are given access to the company holiday calendar when they go live. You reviewed & signed all pages of our Employment Terms & Conditions before starting with us. If you joined Absolute People Screen with an intent that you could take Holidays at free will then you probably joined a wrong company. There is a clear and a very well defined process for applying for a Holiday / Leave with us. We have been working on the Salary component and have raised our salary bar by almost 20% for New Hirings. The New Hires that were hired in 2019 were hired at 20% higher CTC as compared to the New Hires who were hired before 2019. This is an area of improvement for us and we are working on this one. Work Culture - Majority of the people who work with us and have stayed long term have truly enjoyed working with us. At this juncture it is tough to comment on what you found missing on the Work Culture component at Absolute. Probation - You are probably a colleague whose probation got extended because of work performance issues and leaves denied because of issues at work. That explains why you are disgruntled. You had 6 months to get your work right to a minimum acceptable standard with our company. If you fail to achieve that your probation will get extended. We don't make employees with poor and unacceptable work performance permanent in our company. Yes, it is indeed correct. The 2 directors who run Absolute People Screen have a spousal relationship. You failed to do your home work on this aspect. A lot of large and many successful companies are run by couples and a lot of these are billion dollar companies. To name a few: Landmark Group, Panda Express, Cuties, Marvell, Little Caesar's Pizza, Love's Travel Stops & Country Stores, Forever 21, Syntel, Wal-Mart and many many more.