The Bad Outweighs the Good - Recruiting Manager Robert Half Employee Review

2.0
May 3, 2020
Recommend
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Pros

You'll meet great coworkers, although the good ones will leave after a year or two. Great sales training, but I heard from new hires that the quality has gone downhill. If you're lucky and get a good book of business, you'll be able to make a ton of money. Benefits are standard. PTO (they call it CHOICE time off) gets better once you've been there for 5 years.

Cons

Management: They are completely out of touch. Upper leadership were in production decades ago and have no idea how companies work now. Middle management will do whatever they're told, even if it doesn't make any sense. Most managers are just yes men who never worked outside of this industry and lack business sense. Compensation: They will tell you that you'll make a ton of money, but you won't start clearing your base (which is low) until year 2 or so. You'll start out with a terrible book of business because those who have been there the longest get the best clients. Management does not realize that they are successful because they inherited a great book. COVID Management/Layoffs: They were very slow to respond to the crisis. Most companies around the area were already having their employees work remotely, but our leadership was in denial and questioned what medical experts were saying. They reluctantly let us WFH and started spying on employees. Pulling up numbers to make sure we were making 200-300 dials a day and told us it's to make sure we had all the tools needed to perform our jobs. In late March, leadership in almost all the branches told employees that Robert Half had tons of cash on hand, so there was nothing to worry about. A few days later, they laid off about 25% of the company. Three weeks later, they laid off more. People who worked for the company for 24 years were laid off.

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Thank you for your 5-star review and for sharing your experience. We're glad to hear you've enjoyed working with a variety of clients and projects. We also appreciate your feedback regarding growth and mobility opportunities and will continue looking for ways to support our employees' career development.
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Cons

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