Sarah Luliana

Review of J. Croyle and Associates, Inc.

TL;DR - They bait you with a good job that probabl...

TL;DR - They bait you with a good job that probably doesn t even exist, ask you inappropriate questions, make you feel bad about yourself so you will take one of the low paying jobs they offer and will never discuss the job you actually applied for.

Unbelievably bad. I applied to a Legal Secretary position on Craigslist listed under J. Croyle & Associates that was supposed to pay $45,000. I thought that was a generous amount of money considering the most I ve ever made as an Administrative Assistant is around $35,000, but I met all of the qualifications listed. I should have realized that it was a recruiting agency, but I did not until I looked them up after applying. I still thought to myself that if I got the job and they took their percentage of my salary for finding me the job that I would still be making more than I ever have before. When I arrived to the agency I had to fill out a piece of paper that is just a bunch of questions that should already be answered on your resume. I met with a different girl than I spoke to on the phone. She seemed nice enough at first, but very quickly I realized that she was trying to make me feel bad about myself so that I would take a lower paying job. By the end of the interview she had implied that my boyfriend was probably really eager for me to get a job and had asked me how I was keeping myself up with all the long gaps in my resume since I mentioned I had never been on unemployment. Flabbergasted I blurted out that my family was helping me and felt my whole face turn red. In addition to this, when I mentioned mistreatment and toxic cultures in previous workplaces she outright said I should expect that behavior from law and finance guys if I want to be an Administrative Assistant. In the middle of filling out the paper work with tears in my eyes I got up and left. We never discussed the job that I actually applied to because it probably doesn t actually exist. Also, it s important to note that she thought it was laughable that I wanted $15 an hour after being called back for a position they listed at $21.63 an hour ($45,000 a year). I would strongly discourage going to this place.