Robert Walters reviews about "senior management"

Salary is average but good benefits especially Medicard which I got to use even if I’m new. Not able to enjoy some of the holidays because we need to follow the other countries holidays.

the corporate culture is like a cult, KPI heavily focused, they dont care how much effort you spent they only care about result, some managers were promoted simply based on how much they have billed when they were senior cons...can have very bad management styles.

Sometimes lack of transparency from senior management

Poor local senior management that drives employees away. Global culture is great but unfortunately not seen locally

I witness bullying from senior management, toxic behaviours were allowed and lauded. They pick and choose when to give you your bonus - it's discretionary on whether your manager likes you or not. The decision is completely up to them whether they give it to you, and if you're not performing one month - they'll make sure they try and give you every excuse not to pay it to you even though you performed the month before. Upper management gloat about how much money they have, to recruitment consultants on $70k a year. Absolutely toxic and out of touch.

First, managers are not well-trained to be good leaders. Most of them are good individual performers and then promoted to become managers while they are not qualified yet for a leadership role. It's only ok to lead juniors, not to lead senior members. Still, there are a few managers who are very good so it depends on which team that you are interviewing. Second, the current Associate Director recieved most of bad feedback from members who used to be and still under her. Her agressiveness may help her in individual sales role, but not empowering team members to take her as a role model. Her leadership is micromanagement, not sharp enough to quickly catch up with a new industry (she takes over 3 teams in her role) and communication shows somewhat hierarchy, really round and round and not to the point (but when it's to the point, it turns out a wrong point!) Third, even the current Country Manager is not ready for a strategic executive role. He's excellent at commercial skills to be a trainer thanks to his long-term recruitment expertise. However, when it comes to leadership, he lacks of overall people skills of a top leader such as strategic, listening, inspiring, convincing and a role model. Therefore, a lot of senior experienced people left the company due to the weak management team. Lastly, bonus scheme is very unclear. It depends on the managers who will calculate and explain but some managers lack of transparency and reasonable explainations.

Your career at RW will heavily depend on who manages you. Many senior management members are either not involved in billing or contribute very little to recruitment activities. Instead, their primary focus is on constantly monitoring consultants' KPIs and activities. Some take micromanagement to an extreme—gaslighting consultants and making them feel incompetent when they fail to meet billing targets or KPIs. Sexual and power harassment are tolerated as long as individuals excel at office politics. Over the past 5 years, I have seen more than 20 consultants leave under particular senior manager while constant replacements are made, The root cause remains unaddressed. There is no clear incentive bonus structure. At times, your manager may take advantage of this, giving you a significantly lower bonus while keeping some portion for themselves.

There is no food provided for any shifts

Tends to be a focus on the senior management team rather than those at the coal face.