Robert Half reviews

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.

1. Below market value on compensation, along with extremely high insurance premiums. 2. Recruiters barely follow up with you in regards to how you're doing while you're on assignment. But best believe if you ask for PTO or are late just once, they're all over your call log because they can't bill the client 3x your hourly rate if you're not at work. 3. They are complete idiots when it comes to placing you in the right fit because either they don't understand the role or don't care what the role is, they will blatantly lie to the client about your skill set in order to get their business. This will leave you either overqualified and not learning or not qualified and underperforming. I've literally had a couple clients tell me Robert Half lied to them about what I/they had to offer. 4. They will pop up awkwardly at the client's place of business, blow up the clients email and phone trying to solicit more business while you're already on assignment. The client gets annoyed and voices their frustrations as you're a representative of Robert Half. 5. All the clauses in your contract, mainly the one forbidding you to quit then work for a client you were placed with for an entire year before you're eligible to be hired (even though you can get around this I've heard from a former Robert Half recruiter by just coming on as a 1099 contractor). On top of that the extremely high conversion rate for a client to bring you on full-time.