WORST.JOB.EVER - Contract Recruiter Randstad Employee Review

1.0
Jan 20, 2016
Recommend
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Pros

They do offer EXPENSIVE health insurance after 90 days.

Cons

Dishonest, disorganized and completely lacking in professionalism. I was hired directly by a large insurance company and told I had to payroll through Randstad the day I started. The on-site company rep was a kid who didn't know anything about Randstad, the client company or how to sign up a new employee, so I wound up tracking down everything with a client employee while this dufus stood around looking stupid. Payroll was never correct or on time, the company didn't do anything to earn the money they stole from me (turns out they took a piece of the hourly billing rate I arranged with client to cover "fees") and when I notified them that the assignment was ending they did not know how to convert my health care coverage to COBRA (despite several calls and emails letting them know I waned to convert to COBRA, I wound up loosing my health insurance due to their lack of knowledge and follow-through). When the assignment was over they asked me to come to their Loop office to meet my "counselor" and explore any additional work that might be available due to the good review and recommendation I received from the client. While I was there a young lady (my 'counselor" who I had never spoken to or met previously) went over my background (she admitted that she had never read my resume or application, presented several available assignments and told me I would be submitted to all of them and to call back in a few days for the status. After our face to face meeting there was no follow up, no returned calls, and no update or status ever provided. A complete amateur operation. Don't waste your time with this one.

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Cons

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Recruiter was responsive at first, and the team I spoke with at the client company seemed professional and genuinely kind.

Cons

Here’s a more detailed “Cons” you can use and tweak: Cons: I went all the way through onboarding for a contract role, spent a full day last week chasing down and uploading sensitive documents (including my passport), and was told I’d be starting this week. Then, at the last minute, I got a single text saying I “didn’t pass” a third‑party ID check — with no explanation of what supposedly failed and no formal notice or report to review. As an American citizen using a valid passport, it’s really disturbing to have a job pulled over an opaque automated screening and to be told “other factors” were flagged without anyone willing or able to say what they were. Even after repeatedly asking, I was given no more than a generic privacy policy and bounced between contacts, which feels extremely careless with my time, my livelihood, and the very private identity data they collected. Best‑practice guidance for background checks says candidates should get clear written notice and a chance to understand or dispute issues before a job is taken away; that absolutely did not happen here.

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