The Mergis Group

First and foremost, this is not a blast out in public for recruiters. There are actually great hiring recruiters out there. If you need recommendations, contact me.
This company just doesn’t cut it in my book.
So here’s my story: They set up a phone interview with a potential hiring company. Due to time constraints, the company wanted to make arrangements to fly me in and interview since I was not living in the Houston area at the time. During the arrangement process, the Mergis recruiter told me that they were unable to arrange for a rental car, but if I booked it myself, they will reimburse me for the travel expenses as well as parking. I just needed to save my receipt to turn in. My interview was on Tuesday and on Thursday evening I had an official offer letter and they needed an answer on Friday. All in the while from Tuesday to Thursday, the 2 main recruiters kept pressuring me to commit to the position when I didn’t even have a written offer letter yet. They were pressuring me as if the job were a used car sale and that’s not how it’s supposed to be. But sadly, I declined this offer due to the position and not due to the experience I had at Mergis Group. The icing on the cake, I sent in my travel expense, a measly $ 106, and they have expressed in ugly emails that I should never contact them ever again and that I am banned from their recruiting group. If you promised someone that you’d pay for the travel expenses, then you should tie all loose ends. No need to get all ugly. HOW UNPROFESSIONAL was that experience?
So beware. If you can avoid this recruiter group, I would. Find a recruiter you absolutely can work with and someone you feel completely comfortable with. At the end of the day, they’re working for you just as much as they’re working for the hiring company.