Randstad reviews

3.6

68% would recommend to a friend

(5,900 total reviews)

Sander Van t Noordende

70% approve of CEO

54% positive business outlook

Randstad has an employee rating of 3.6 out of 5 stars, based on 5,900 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have a good working experience there. The Randstad employee rating is in line with the average (within 1 standard deviation) for employers within the Recursos humanos industry (3.8 stars).

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6K reviews
1.0
Oct 29, 2021

Avoid if you can, lied to.

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Pros

No pros of working here

Cons

-pushy management who constantly micromanages -unrealistic goals -team turnover was insane and they never hired anyone new on so was constantly overworked. -never trained us and expected us to know what to do out the gate. -management constantly tried to push us to push candidates towards jobs that they did not want. -management did not foster and healthy work environment and team morale was constantly low. -no support

1.0
Aug 5, 2021

There are better places

Recommend
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Pros

Established brand name and clients to work with. Only reason why anybody with experience ends up joining them.

Cons

Too many to list. Crappy leadership, zero structure, horrible territorial mentality leading to internal conflicts. Promises made but never kept. Infrastructure of offices despite how much revenue they make, is deplorable. We had rats and cockroaches in the office. Quality of work life balance, well being etc completely overlooked with archaic facilities where even a projector in the conference room can work only with 'someone' who knows the trick which was basically fiddling with wires till it worked and praying it doesn't shut down before the presentation is over. Archaic management mentality, almost like what you see in old 80s or 90s movies, and a clear glass ceiling. Those are just a few. No regards for candidates or their career aspirations or any type of candidate experience kept in mind. Whole process was about throwing s*** at the wall and hoping something stuck. 0 culture and in these times for them to be stuck in the dark ages, it says a fair bit. Only the old will survive with their American market share dwindling day by day. Fake reqs to work on is by far the worst thing you can ask of a recruiter whose income is based on commissions. I've worked at agencies before this one and this one was just a shock to the system - interview process was great and full of sales pitches and promises based on my level... nothing ever came to fruition despite me hitting everything required and promised during the interview and offer signing. I don't recommend this place for any aspiring or experienced Recruiter or Account Manager. Completely outdated and unorganized. They have survived only due to legacy contracts and European income because I know for a fact they were getting their heads beaten in by the competition. No organized reporting process and not a young team by any means. Every who I know who was good left before I left. Despite these conditions my performance was the best in the team in the NYC office. And I wasn't about to ruin my career there. Good luck to those of you who want to join this place.

4.0
Jun 8, 2021
Recommend
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Pros

open culture was always doing its best to stay ahead of the market

Cons

inexperience managers lots of organization changes

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