What are we doing????
I need to get this off my chest because what I’ve seen happen over inside recruiting and leadership has been disappointing.
There was a time when this company felt like a place people were proud to work. People cared about the mission, production, quality, and making sure the right people were being hired for the right reasons. But over time, leadership has shifted in a direction that feels more political than productive.
From what I’ve witnessed, certain people are being placed in key positions not because they are the best fit, but because of personal relationships and loyalty to leadership. At the same time, experienced employees who helped build the company before the newer leadership culture took over seem to be getting pushed out or overlooked.
One of the hardest things to watch was seeing highly respected recruiters pushed out, people who truly cared about the company, understood the business, built trust with hiring teams, and had the company’s best interest at heart. Many and some were respected by many, and their absence is already being felt. Recruiting has not been the same since.
As a manager, that is concerning because recruiting directly affects production. If we cannot bring in quality people the right way, everything else suffers — operations, timelines, team morale, and the ability to execute. Hiring should not just be about pushing numbers. It should be about finding people who can actually help the company build, grow, and succeed.
Over the last few years, recruiting was at its strongest when the focus was on quality, relationships, and understanding what the business truly needed. Now it feels like decisions are being made by people who do not fully understand the impact those decisions have on the floor, the teams, or the mission.
This company used to feel like my happy place. Now it is becoming harder to come to work with the same energy because of the way leadership is handling people, trust, and culture. Good employees are being pushed away, managers are losing confidence, and the people who actually care about the mission are left trying to clean up the damage.
Leadership needs to take a serious look at what is happening. If the goal is truly to build something great, then the company cannot keep allowing politics, favoritism, and number-driven hiring to destroy the culture that made people want to be there in the first place.
Remember that quantity over quality is not the right thing to do. So it get it right or leave.
Signed,
STILL LOVE OUR MISSION BUT NOT GREAT RECRUITING MANAGERS