No Warning Signs Before I Was Terminated - Recruitment Coordinator Robert Walters Employee Review

2.0
Oct 19, 2017
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

Loved working here - great people, great benefits, great working hours, great bonuses, great socials/social life, room for progression.

Cons

I received very little, if any, training and the team that I was on was kind of left to fend for itself - nearly always overstretched and overworked. I was then terminated after working there for less than three months as they felt the job wasn't for me. I felt I did the best I could with the hand that I was dealt and I have been left, without warning, unemployed with bills to pay. I feel I was offered very little support throughout my probation, and I feel that I wasn't given adequate opportunity to redeem myself or given the chance to improve on the areas I needed to improve on. I feel a bit hurt, to be honest. As an employee who was always on time, was a valued member of the team, who worked late when it was required, I feel very hurt.

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Robert Walters Response
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Hi, and thanks for posting a review – although I’m really sorry to hear you had such a bad experience and that you feel hurt by it. It’s always a difficult decision to let someone go but, ultimately, it will have been a business decision based on the facts at hand. Perhaps, however, we didn’t go about it in the best way possible. Without knowing the specifics, I can only deal in generalities. We have a group-wide performance review policy that involves many stages before we would look to dismiss someone. These stages include extra support, training, defined objectives and clear warnings. However, stages can be omitted when performance concerns are of a serious enough nature, or if the employee is within a probationary period. As I say, perhaps we didn’t go about this in the most sensitive way possible, and maybe we can improve that process in future. If you’d be willing to contact me for a confidential conversation, perhaps you could help me clarify what didn’t work for you and how we could make it better. If you’d be willing, please do email me (indy.lachhar@robertwalters.com) and I can give you a call back. Many thanks, Indy Lachhar (Group Head of Talent Development).

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