Robert Walters reviews

- Prepare for absolutely zero work/life balance during the week. They're really good about honoring weekends and PTO but when you're on ...it's high pressure. - Hybrid office requirements, but salary isn't high enough to live in the city ...so you end up commuting several days a week from an affordable city which can end up being a long drive. Most of the LA office had to drive 45min - an hour each way because salary wasn't enough to live in Santa Monica/Marina del Rey (our office was in Santa Monica). - Your bonus opportunities are all group bonuses ...so your ability to earn extra $$$$ depends on other people ...and how that bonus pool is distributed is decided by your manager. So get a good relationship going with your manager or else your wallet could suffer. - Make friends with the decision makers and people with power ASAP ...it's cliquey/political and there's lots of gossip. Try your best to bond with people without revealing too much about your personal life. Everything you say and how you conduct yourself matters a lot. - Heavy/multiple layoffs in North America ...and the people who survived were the ones who politicked/made the correct friendships. - Micromanaging (you need this if you're brand new to recruitment though ...annoying once you get some experience under your belt). - Heavy emphasis on business development and sales (unrealistic performance expectations surrounding this - not enough hours in the day if you're sourcing multiple jobs!) - They say they're not KPI driven but they are 10000000% KPI driven. Hit those KPI stats weekly or you're on the fast path to losing your job.

Salary is really low, yearly increase will never keep up with the inflation. All leaves are prorated and plotted for specific days so goodluck if you wanna take a long break, you will be working on ph holidays too. let it be a habit to clarify things with the HR team as they can make mistakes that will make you cry. So ask and ask and ask and clarify.