Hardest most unrewarding job I ever had - Recruiter Aerotek Employee Review

Upon my second week, my manager pulled me into her office and made me cry after badgering me about how I didn't seem "engaged" in my training (the hours, the commute, and the expectations were all so overwhelming). When I apologized for getting emotional she stated "Oh don't worry, crying at Aerotek is normal", and was it ever. The activity expectations for this role were ludicrous. Instead of being able to focus on recruiting with purpose, you were constantly stressed over wondering if you made enough dials, ran enough reference checks, created enough sell packages, etc etc. The amount of weekly work that was required for this single role should've been handled by 3 different people. I was easily spending 60+ hours per week in office and still was barely scraping by with their activity expectations of 30 phone screens per week, 7 in person interviews, 5 submittals, 10 reference checks, 70 dials, and 10 new applications. On top of this you had to do interview preps, interview debriefs, AND try to set on site meetings for Account Managers. Also, many weeks, we'd have a team of 5 recruiters working on 2 open positions so it was near impossible to make any traction on your "spread". It was also impossible to keep other recruiters out of your "pipeline" as I ran across many situations where other Aerotek recruiters would I stayed in this role for a full year and it never got easier. The amount of micro-management I received was nauseating. I received texts from my manager on tasks to do starting at 6am all the way up until 8pm. It was a grind. Recruiters are left to do all the grunt work for Account Managers, it is a very challenging job. If you're interested in working for a company with a revolving door, this is your place. The employee retention is awful. Not only do people leave for better roles left and right, but management places employees on performance plans regularly if their spread drops or they're not on their "growth line". Which, both of these things can be entirely out of your control if you're working with the wrong clients, or many contractors finish their contracts around the same time. I would say that I learned a lot from my experience with Aerotek, but I'm honestly not sure if the PTSD from the toxic work environment was worth it. Aerotek claims to be a "family" but it's really just a company filled with gossip and lack of accountability. No matter how many negative review they receive, their old fashion culture and values will never change. They claim "at the end of the day we're a business". Which is such a backwards phrase considering how much money they waste on internal employees leaving left and right. The day I walked out that door, was the first day I felt like I could breathe again since the day I started.