Randstad US reviews

3.6

71% would recommend to a friend

(4,668 total reviews)

Marc-Etienne Julien

80% approve of CEO

63% positive business outlook

Randstad US has an employee rating of 3.6 out of 5 stars, based on 4,668 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have a good working experience there. The Randstad US 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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5K reviews
2.0
Jun 17, 2014
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

Big company with a name known world-wide. Great systems and sister companies to partner with.

Cons

Management and Executives in the IT staffing division (Managing Directors, Regional Directors, Regional VP's and Division President) are just not very good people managers. Nice guys personally. They talk a good game but evidently they have no real understanding of their business because when your producer's leave so does some of your business. The staffing business runs on the producer's relationships with their candidates, consultants and clients. When you make life unbearable for the producer's (sales people and recruiters) they leave. No matter how well management scrambles to try and save the business, some of the business will follow those that leave.

1.0
Dec 29, 2013
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

Partners with Google, participation in historic digitization project, option to continue temp employment in damaged economic climate at the close of the project

Cons

No health insurance, sweat-shop like standards, workplace climate of bullying and intimidation, disconnect between corporate aspirations of power-holding c-suite wannabes and the working conditions of the average plebeian, irregularly enforced policies of tolerance, high school factory floor politics, termination of position after two years no matter the quality of performance

1.0
Mar 22, 2013
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

Hard to think of any....... The only good think is location and marketing material are very good.

Cons

If you are thinking of accepting the offer... please read the review first, as the interview process seems really professional and they promise the world to you. Remember you are being interviewed by sales people... and they are selling you the job. First of all, they have the highest turnover. Every month there where about 2-6 people quitting the job. The other people are working just because they can not find a better job and need to pay their bills. -Expect to work very long hours, absolutely no life/work balance - The most micromanaging environment ever (everything has metrics, which are more important then results) - You have to give reports thee times a week, and if you haven't met you metrics they make your life miserable - Staffing consultants run a 360 desk, where you both sell and recruit. You are usually assigned tiny territories and have to work your manage, you can only sell core business, so if you get other orders you have to pass them to a different division with absolutely no benefits. - Very high pressure and stressful environment. If you are thinking of joining staffing industry, go to a competitor because you will hate your life if you join Randstad.....( I wish I was exaggerating).

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