Poor Cousin from the North - Team Leader Robert Walters Employee Review

1.0
Dec 10, 2020
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Pros

Free mini cereals with milk

Cons

Life on a type rope, you never knew which colleagues would be fired / made redundant on a weekly basis. We had a hiring freeze on the HSBC (How Simple Became Complicated as management called it) account and 70% of staff were let go. I went to Barclays although they had chosen another company to work so I was let go, no security and you feel like the poor cousin in the north from day 1.

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Robert Walters Response
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Hello, and thanks for your candid review of working with us in Manchester. I'm sorry to hear that you had a poor experience of working with us for two of our longest-running client accounts. I'm afraid that we are not immune to market forces, and, if our clients' demands change, we have to adapt to those changes. That said, the unprecedented changes wrought by the pandemic meant that our common practice of reassigning people to different accounts simply wasn't possible. Every member of our Global Leadership Team regrets that, but we had to make many difficult decisions to ensure our business remained viable during 2020, and to safeguard as many critical functions as possible. Again, I regret that you had a poor experience in terms of job security. In terms of your other comments - without knowing the specifics that you allude to, I can't comment. However, if you would be willing to get in touch for a confidential conversation (kirsty.adams@resourcesolutions.com), I will do that I can to look into the matter further. Many thanks, Kirsty Adams (Global HR Director, Resource Solutions)

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