Completely mis-sold role, no support, no regard for mental or physical health. Avoid at all costs - Anonymous employee Robert Walters Employee Review

1.0
Sep 28, 2018
Anonymous employee
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Pros

Colleagues who you don't directly work with are often nice and understanding of your plight.

Cons

- 'Call-out' culture is pervasive. Colleagues will actively seek to find any excuse to target you. If you make a mistake, it'll be shouted and gossiped about in the middle of the office before you even know you've made it. - Extremely high-pressure and under-resourcing. Each person is doing the job of about 2-3 people - Poor management. Account leads are distant, relying on gossip and rumours to provide feedback (rather than talking to their employees honestly and directly). - Mental and physical health and disabilities are trodden all over and conveniently ignored. Reasonable adjustments are seen as a last resort, after you've already taken mounds of abuse and been the subject of office gossip for weeks. - Homophobic and Transphobic sentimentality allowed to run riot amongst staff. LGBT+ employees left to fend for themselves when dealing with challenging situations, with no support from management. - Salary is extremely low for the amount of responsibility and crap you've got to put up with - No work/life balance. If you try to leave at your contracted leaving time each day, people will gossip about you for leaving early and you'll be frowned upon - but equally if you stay late nobody appreciates it. - Preaches a good culture to recruit you, but forgets that as soon as they've got you on salary.

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Robert Walters Response
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There are some very serious, unpleasant and far-reaching allegations in your review. I'm especially appalled at your allegation around disabilities, homophobia and transphobia. As a business, we absolutely condemn any such actions, and I want to get to the bottom of them immediately to understand whether they might be true. If you’re willing to get in touch, we can also discuss the other issues you've raised. Can you please contact me at kirsty.adams@resourcesolutions.com as soon as possible so I can understand the situation, setting and context. Regards, Kirsty Adams (Global HR Director, Resource Solutions)

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