Racist, unprofessional and rude to name a few - Recruiter Adecco Employee Review

1.0
Jan 23, 2017
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Pros

Absolutely none. Glassdoor says I need 5 words, I can't come up with one positive adjective

Cons

I worked as a recruiter for a few recruitment agencies but Adecco has to be the most unprofessional of them all. Some of the incidents I witnessed could easily end up in convictions. There is utter chaos in the structure and absolutely no professionalism. I worked with not more than 10 people during that time and I saw police interventions, racial abuse and the lowest form of human behaviour. I don't even know how this company is still allowed to operate legally and how they get away with what the recruiters do to people.

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Adecco Response
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I am extremely sorry that you feel like this and am also very surprised to hear this. I am the Manager of the Adecco Manchester branch and I have not had a resourcer leave within the last 3 years so I am assuming that you have worked on a project for Adecco potentially in the Manchester area. I would really like the opportunity to discuss this with you, and if I can help and assist you find a job please contact me. Kind Regards, Angela Aimson angela.aimson@adecco.co.uk 0161 233 8100

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