Robert Half reviews

3.6

65% would recommend to a friend

(7,913 total reviews)
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Keith Waddell

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54% positive business outlook

Robert Half has an employee rating of 3.6 out of 5 stars, based on 7,913 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have a good working experience there. The Robert Half employee rating is in line with the average (within 1 standard deviation) for employers within the Human Resources & Staffing industry (3.5 stars).

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1.0
Dec 2, 2018
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Pros

The only pros that come to mind is that they offer great training. However these trainings will mostly be held over your lunch break, illegally as you are supposed to be able to break before your fifth hour.

Cons

This by far was the most toxic environment I have ever worked in. The other reviews have to by biased or fake. My office in particular was horrible and Ive heard from others in my region that it was similar in theirs but I can only speak to that. Hopefully in other areas the culture is better. - Horrible management (constant micro management all they care about is metrics. Oh you got a start....why didn't you get 5) - Zero work life balance (you are expected to work an hour of overtime daily, its not an option) - Salary (base salary is low and is based on that hour of overtime) - Bonus (good luck bonusing that wont be till your second year at least. Take a look at your GM and look how much you are making them and how they are treating you) - Turnover (Over 3/4 of the office had turned over in less than a year. It's hard to build a good culture when you treat your employees the way you do) - Culture (most people you speak to share the same out look on the organization and are just there because they got sucked in and are building their resume) - Office (Offices are run down and haven't been updated in years. They want us to run company ins in that environment? Its embarrassing.) - Software ( They always drill in your head that they have the best software. They don't. No offers for LinkedIn Recruiter or other handy recruiting softwares. SalesForce has so much outdated data entered in its not even useful) - No clear guidelines (If you have a flip people will try to steal credit. There are always disagreements of who gets the credit. Shady things happen quite often) - Over Saturation ( If you have a client they can expect to be called by every other line of business. It's too much. I have also had clients comment about the turn over.) All in all please don't get pulled into this horrible company. They don't care about candidates or their employees they just want people to be on the phones saying their name and could care less about anything else but their pockets.

1.0
Apr 17, 2018

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Anonymous employee
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Pros

One of the clients that I worked with was an overall nice experience.

Cons

Most clients were sweatshop labor. Accountemps are bullies. You have no say and no respect from these people and most of the clients. Extremely unprofessional. I had to give notice in the middle of an assignment and I was threatened with being blacklisted in the entire accounting/finance profession.

2.0
Jan 8, 2018
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Pros

It's one of the largest staffing companies and well known in the area but only because there is 7 lines of business and known nationally. If you are in sales you are encouraged to be out of the office with clients as much as possible. IF you decide to interview, ask why the position is open. That question is a must. If it is open because somebody who had been there for 3 years had quit (also ask why they quit) then it might be a good place as their companies can now be called and sometimes you will walk into accounts where there was business and get sales easier instead of a fresh book. If not, RUN because starting from scratch is virtually impossible and the dfw sales manager knows everybody relevant in the region. If a company isnt getting called, there's a reason and he knows it but don't ever ask for direction of who TO call because it wont be there because he would be giving away business for himself. This scenario is very real.

Cons

RHT is the most expensive staffing service in the nation. That is your biggest hurdle. You are trying to sell "quality" but if your recruiters are only decent that doesn't work. TRAIN THE RECRUITERS. Lots of competition in the market and there isn't really any differentiators. If you are good looking this might be a good fit as it is easier to get a foot in the door, staffing certainly has that reputation as an industry. If you are a recruiter, prepare to be highly micromanaged and not given any training. IT languages and skillsets are hard to learn, you will have to just figure it out quick. Your headset will be on all day and you are purely a metric. The top recruiters have found ways to manipulate sales force to find better candidates to prevent new employees from reaching out. Your comp structure is a joke. You will make 40ish as a recruiter your first 2 years and if you are in sales you will make 50ish. Dont let your manager tell you otherwise. If you are in sales, your manager decides who you call. THIS IS A HUGE PROBLEM. Because your manager is a producer first (they are calling acct's in the same region) they get to choose if you are allowed to even call into a company and maybe they call them instead because they know there's money there. THIS HAPPENS AND YES... IT IS VERY UNETHICAL. The "team" aspect isn't there, you are on your own. Micromanagement. Micromanagement. MIcromanagement. No training, no weekly meetings or goal setting, little encouragement, "just do it" mentality. Very very high turnover. You will see fake notes from sales people only so they can lock down certain companies. Sales lies often about who they visit or talk to so that when a flip comes in they get it.

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