My experience with this recruiter has been nothing short of horrendous. A lot of body shopping firms have been mushrooming since the past 3 years for ITES Recruitment namely Answers, Gratitude, Connections, Equations, Coppergate, Platinum One to name a few. Some observations about Pioneer Callnet though

½ Very condescending,patronizing attitude towards new members, when I'd told one of their senior partners Derek that I'd spoken with him in 2013,the scoundrel told me " Oh, that was in 2013, now we're in 2015"

½ An very shallow unbecoming attitude plus an air of untouchability, unimpeachability which is absolutely preposterous as all of us learn from each other in the modern world service or manufacturing industries

½ Another of their recruiters, Shruti seems to take every action to heart & deepening sorrow! Just because we engage free services doesn't mean we have to be tied into their emotional baggage. Its doesn't imply or reassure you they are ready to serve anyone unconditionally.

½ They have a lot of very stupid inconsiderate, irritating belle of women all bunched over a single phone (mobile) meaning you'll never get the same person twice & a volley of instructions which is very confusing

½ They will never help you for repeat placements if the change is within 3M when its common knowledge that no recruiter is tied down by this more so when you body shop like this in an unrecognized & undervalued industry like this

½ One of their consultants, Shrikant, sort of laid the cards on the table, in the sense, these are my clients, you either pick the Ace of Spades, King of Clubs, Queen of Hearts or the Jack of all Trades. The idea was to have me tell them which companies I want them to approach, not what is best for me. Howwzzat?

With this background, I'll say that this is one of the most callous, arrogant, irresponsible, recalcitrant & unnerving recruiters who aren't really what they claim to be in any case. These are the typical brick and mortar firms mostly a husband/wife duo, if they're not already, they will become a couple once the business goes ahead. Which is perfectly alright, what you do in your private time is yours to experience but to expect industry to pardon or accommodate your flippancy is immature!

I'm totally aghast & intolerant of these body shopping, body surfing, lateral & superficial hiring firms which pack in a lot of collegians like sardines to undertake their dirty work or ensure their linen is clean! A nice sugar coated spiel is given in absolute connivance with the client HR to hoodwink, swindle & beguile you, this company Pioneer being no exception. They are hand in glove with their cohorts in Human Resources for companies like Wipro, Accenture, FIS & Sutherland Global Services.

Some of their practices are absolutely heinous, below the belt & absolutely shameful to even consider professional. Assuming a candidate is recruited, consultancy fees are often re-routed back to the company which is absolute racketeering, embezzlement & an attempt to defraud the BPO of its true values. This is well known for a fact or else there would be absolutely no reason for hobnobbing of recruiters with the Human Resources Managers

Another reason why these body shoppers seem to thrive is that nothing is what it seems meaning efforts to coerce, cajole, coax & ensure actions due to misconceived notions (which for some reason never remains clear!) is the order of the day.

My advice is to all those seeking BPO jobs to be extremely cautious when dealing with this entity, don't burn your fingers