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Working at First Advantage in Pasadena, CA: 4 Employee Job Reviews by Real Employee working in Pasadena, CA Area

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On average, employees in Pasadena, CA at First Advantage give their company a 2.0 rating out of 5.0 based on 4, whereas overall Average Rating of First Advantage is 4.0 out of 5.0 based on 17 First Advantage Review Ratings. The happiest First Advantage employees in Pasadena, CA are Anonymous Employees submitting an average rating of 3.9 and Senior Developers with a rating of 3.1.

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4.0
Average Rating
(based on 9 First Advantage Review Ratings)

Ratings by Category

Company Culture
3.7
Growth Opportunities
3.7
People You Work With
4.6
Person You Work For
4.3
Rewards You Receive
3.7
Support You Get
3.5
Way You Work
4.2
Work Setting
4.2
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Working at First Advantage in Pasadena, CA: 4 Employee Reviews

First Advantage Employee

"Solid company to work for. Management was up front about the hours necessary and how chaotic it may get. The downfall when they were First Advantage was the sales team. This led to large layoffs and restructuring."

Person You Work For 5 / 5 People You Work With 5 / 5 Work Setting 4 / 5
Support You Get 5 / 5 Rewards You Receive 5 / 5 Growth Opportunities 5 / 5
Company Culture 4 / 5 Way You Work 5 / 5
Senior Developer
Person You Work For 3.4 / 5 People You Work With 4 / 5 Work Setting 3 / 5
Support You Get 2.7 / 5 Rewards You Receive 2 / 5 Growth Opportunities 2.6 / 5
Company Culture 2.9 / 5 Way You Work 4 / 5

Company-Industry Rating Comparison

4.0
First Advantage (17)

4.8 Highest Rated in this Industry is Right Direction Crisis Intervention (5)
2.0 Lowest Rated in this Industry is Wave2Wave Communications (10)
3.6 Average of All Companies in this Industry (10,807)
Forensic Data Analyst

"Overall a great place to work"

What do you like about working at First Advantage?

"Onsite management and co-workers, great location. Work environment was relaxed but with a strong sense of purpose. Over all a great place to work."

Do you have any tips for others interviewing with this company?

"None as they are not hiring for any departments right now."

What don't you like about working at First Advantage?

"The constant sense of foreboding due to corporate management being disconnected. This created an environment where even on site management were nervous since even they were not being included in decisions regarding the company until after the decisions had been made."

What suggestions do you have for management?

"Tell corporate to pull their fingers out and give at least local management a heads up as to what is potentially happening in the local locations."

Forensic Data Analyst

"Conditional as they are currently laying off"

What do you like about working at First Advantage?

"Atmosphere, co-workers, location, lack of micro management. Management does listen and makes every attempt to ensure employees are in on what is happening with the company. Overall a great place to work."

Do you have any tips for others interviewing with this company?

"None as they are reducing staff and haven't been actively hiring for many months now."

What don't you like about working at First Advantage?

"There wasn't anything I didn't like about working there."

What suggestions do you have for management?

"Try to be more forthcoming with real information regarding the health of the company to reduce the shock of surprise layoffs."

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