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First Advantage (NASDAQ: FA) is a leading provider of global software and data in the HR technology industry. Enabled by its proprietary technology and AI, First Advantage’s platforms, data, and APIs power comprehensive employment background screening, digital identity solutions, and verification services. With a strong emphasis on innovation, automation, and customer success, First Advantage empowers 80,000 organizations to hire smarter and onboard faster. Headquartered in Atlanta, Georgia, First Advantage serves customers in over 200 countries and territories, modernizing hiring and onboarding on a global scale. For more information, please visit our website at https://fadv.com/. read more
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First Advantage IT Department Employee Reviews

What do you like best about the leadership team?

Leadership Reviews

Approachable and supportive. Focus on outcomes and learning.

Review from IT Dept · Posted a month ago

What leadership team is this referring to? There are so many leadership teams across the company

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The team has improved since First Advantage first merged with LN and VI. They are more people focused.

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the way communication happens in the company

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They inspire and effctively communicate with Employees.

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What does the leadership team need to get better at?

Leadership Reviews

Communication, Enterprise-thinking, Maturing the organization

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- Controlled growth and efficiencies - there is too much constant change in this organization. - Ownership / accountability - FA has many people who are partially responsible - but in many instances critical processes have no one accountable. This results in huge failures and unhappy customers.

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What is the best part about your compensation package?

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yearly bonus, yearly salary raises, medical package, internet allowance

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Working from home and the PTO.

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compensation is the only thing I got

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special allowance and employees provident fund.

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i would like to work on peak season, that would be my best

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Why do you feel undervalued and what would make you feel better about your compensation?

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a salary package that actually reflected the duties that i am being asked to perform

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salary within current market ranges

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As my role it didn't compensate me well. It should be based on the market range.

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We should see a continuous growth and increment of the compensation.

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401(k) match is below the industry average for technology workers. Salary is below the industry average for technology workers.

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What are some of the best things about your team?

Team Reviews

Team members take responsibility for their work and follow through, which builds trust and keeps things moving smoothly.

Review from IT Dept · Posted a month ago

they all work very hard

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they help each other out rather than competing and holding information to themselves.

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easiness to get help if needed

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Working hard and coperative with other teammembers.

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What do your coworkers need to improve and how could you work together better?

Team Reviews

Some coworkers are very brilliant and a great joy to work with. We need to ensure that everyone is continuing to upskill and transcend merely adequate to become the top talent the company requires to be successful.

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I feel like I'm on a football team that cannot execute basic plays because we don't have fundamentals down. From an InfoSec perspective, how can I sell our security posture to our customers/auditors/regulators when we can't even keep basic security controls (like Vulnerability scans) operational?

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What is most positive about the culture and environment at your company?

Environment Reviews

Supportive and inclusive atmosphere: Differences in perspective are valued, and there’s a shared u

Review from IT Dept · Posted a month ago

there is no politics discussion, no racism among the team, no other nonbusiness related and unnecessary disruptions

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everyone knows their roles and respects the subject experts.

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I don't know yet a lot about culture & env

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Team Lunch/dinner Time when we are in office.

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What needs to change to make the company culture better?

Environment Reviews

The culture needs to change from one of "This is not my problem, this is someone else's problem," to "This is _OUR_ problem, and we all play a part in solving it together."

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What did you like most about the interview process?

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What makes you most happy at work?

Outlook Reviews

Solving real problems: Working on challenges that matter—especially when my effort directly impr

Review from IT Dept · Posted a month ago

That I can work effectively and achieve targets without any disruptions

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Seeing what happened overnight checking emails and JIRA

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the tasks I have to do daily

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Learning new things and implement .

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What's going wrong and how can it be improved?

Outlook Reviews

Organization has many silos, long term strategy is not clearly communicated

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My immediate department needs additional headcount to deal with the existing workload, let alone take on additional project work. This headcount needs to also be distributed across geographies.

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We have contractual obligations to our customers - and we are clearly not striving to meet those obligations. In many cases our management team does not seem to care (e.g. 'FA will move to the cloud irrespective of our clients right to engage and audit controls on that move.')

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