Brierley and Partners

Kurt in Plano, Texas said: Avoid this company like the plaque. They hired me as a unix admin but
gave me only legato backup on Windows to do. The only other unix admin wouldn't give me anything to do. I tried to update the Legato Networker software like I was told and it didn't restore it's configuration databases. Long story short, I got the Legato upgraded and running again, caught up on all the restores, got praise from another manager but my manager fired me because of it after being there less than 2 months. Wouldn't even tell me why but I could guess. Absolute BS!!

Do you have contact names within this organization. we are a recruiter and would love to recruit good talent.

Kurt, I am with a I.T. Search firm in Dallas and would like to find out if this organization has any good talent in their technical area? We are always on the lookout for that good talent, including yourself.

It couldn't have been due to all the "classic" porn URLs and cookies found on your laptop could it?

With all the sleaze that goes on here, I doubt porn would be a reason to let somebody go, Frankie. It was probably had more to do with how childish and back-stabbing people tend to be. Brierley has a rotating door and it's mostly because people who can't do the job are let go and the rest of us who are good at our job would jump at the first opportunity to get out of this environment. Here's hoping to a better job economy and job market this year!

Actually, because I don't want anyone to get the wrong impression and come off as overly jaded, I'd like to state that in some ways, working at Brierley does have benefits. You learn to be a little more guarded in speaking your opinions or offering advise to others, employees who know how to negotiate or are in management positions are compensated well, and if you get any talk-time with external clients, the accompanying title-inflation (ie. "bank teller" = "client associate", which is why it's so top-heavy here) you get will help with future job searches.

Wade in Dallas, Texas said: Kurt, I am with a I.T. Search firm in Dallas and would like to find out if this organization has any good talent in their technical area? We are always on the lookout for that good talent, including yourself.

Wade, as far as IT goes, from what I've seen, there's only maybe a couple of people who actually know what they're doing. Requests to IT usually take an act of God or, at the very least, top-level management to be completed in a timely manner and even then, there are usually errors that have to be ironed out in "panic mode". I know your job is to find "good matches" of job reqs and skill sets, but you may lose some clients if you place some of our IT people elsewhere. Again, I don't want to sound harsh, but I call it as I see it.

To others considering working here, I'd suggest thoroughly researching what past and present Brierley employees think of working there. You can see some people's background and experience on sites like linkedin.com. Decide if working with these backgrounds will allow you to grow your skills or if you'll become the "go-to" person, having to do most of the work. If you're looking to leave a job to come aboard, give it strong consideration. Decide if you're willing or unhappy enough to leave a known quantity for one that may be more hostile or temporary; as in, if you don't like it or get fired like Kurt, could you live off of unemployment or without salary for a while given the current economy. I can say that this is not the worst job I've had, but is a far cry from the best and, knowing what I know now, I never would have taken the position regardless of the salary increase.

Brierley is actually a great place to work. These comments must be from sour grapes. After all, people don't tend to post anything positive on sites that are intended for b*t*h sessions. I've been here for 3 years and the turnover is the lowest I've ever seen at a company. To Heath's comment - most companies paying you to do a job would let you go if you weren't doing that job. Anyone reading this site and anticipating working for them should judge for yourself rather than listening to anonymous posts.