Very Deceiving - Technical Recruiter Randstad US Employee Review

2.0
25 Sept 2017
Recommend
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Pros

-Not many meetings -Allowed to manage your own process -Pay close to market for a base salary

Cons

-My office had 100% turnover within my time there -HUGE lack of training - even the new training program isn't enough -Internal politics were an issue -Salary expectation was set way higher than what I was offered and had to counter back up to what they told me they paid. -Expectation was set that there would be a ton of business to work on - in reality many recruiters would go a few days - a week without something to work on when our jobs were "covered" -A lot of the business is VMS focused and treated like it's good business when they are unable to have contact with managers or even get feedback -Account Managers have never recruited and don't know how to manage candidates or set expectations with clients (from the lack of training) -Leadership wouldn't address any concerns (sometimes because they weren't getting the information also) -The office leadership would throw employees under the bus to save face with the business -Spread splits - half of the spread goes to the Recruiter and half goes to the AM - this is not market standard anymore. -Back office made mistakes weekly - I had consultants who had submitted their time correctly and still had payroll and benefits issues solely because of a Randstad mistake

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Randstad US Response
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While we regret the negative experience you had, we are very grateful for your honest and thorough review. We will surely pass this on to our managers so they are aware. Thank you for taking the time to help us improve!

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