Great Career Progression - Senior Consultant Randstad Employee Review

5.0
Sep 21, 2016
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Pros

I have been working for Randstad for 18 months in London and it has been a great experience. I have already received a promotion in this time which goes to show that they really do recognise hard work and offer career progression. Our team has great dynamics and we are regularly rewarded for over achievement. At the other end of the spectrum, Randstad also help to improve employee performance where needed and offer structured plans for improvement.

Cons

As part of Randstad's benefits package, it would be great to have the option of a "Season Ticket Loan" to help with travel expenses.

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Randstad Response
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Thanks for your review, and glad you are progressing well with us! We do actually already offer a season ticket loan to our employees - please contact your local HRBP or checkout our internal employee benefits site to see the wide range of benefits we offer our employees!

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