Robert Half reviews

3.6

65% would recommend to a friend

(7,922 total reviews)
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Keith Waddell

67% approve of CEO

54% positive business outlook

Robert Half has an employee rating of 3.6 out of 5 stars, based on 7,922 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
Jan 25, 2011
Recommend
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Pros

I got Christmas Day off

Cons

Get ready to be glued to your desk for the first 6 months. I am talking about working a minimum of 7:30 am- 5:30 pm with no lunch. Yep, I said it, no lunch. And if you do take a lunch, get ready to be grilled on where you are going, who you are going with and if there is a potential to make money....even if you are going to lunch with your mom. There is alot of closed door meetings and whispering amongst management and senior employees. You constantly will feel like you are in the dark. Upper Management doesn't care if you succeed. In fact, my upper management would come in and not speak to the new people at all. I was also told by my office manager that it wasn't her job to motivate people. As a sales manager, it isn't your job to motivate your people? Really? I did great my first 6 months. I even started getting bonuses. I was told we were going to be adding a person to our team. Little did I know that in fact, I would be getting fired for "not being motivated" and replaced. With no feedback on my motivation, performance or attitude, I was fired, out of the blue. Caveat Emptor!!! Buyer Beware!!

1.0
Aug 4, 2008
Recommend
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Pros

It's a well known name in the staffing industry. They require no real experience to get a job so the less you have the better. That way they can low ball you into a job and promise you the sun, moon and stars of big commission checks- which never seem to happen. They are constantly changing the bonus structure making it more and more difficult for the new hires to earn a bonus check until after a year of employment. Even after you earn a bonus they will think of a way to change it so you stop earning an extra money on top of your low base salary.

Cons

No work / life balance. Incompetent management teams. Lack of experience within the recruiting staff. Management has no backbone to make decisions. The sales tracking model is not followed. Mediocre behavior is rewarded. They love wasting your time with meeting after meeting where you continue to talk about the same thing over and over again. They do not promote people with true leadership and/or management skills - they promote whomever has been dumb enough to stay there the longest. The people who are too lazy to get a real career stick around and become their Division Directors, Branch Managers and the ultimate waste of space - Regional Managers....

1.0
Aug 20, 2025

Horrible

Recommend
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Pros

none honestly. we were overworked and underpaid.

Cons

Honestly, this job taught me a lot about work ethic. But it was the most horrendous job I ever had. After a year you switch to salary and it paid less than I was making when getting paid hourly. Everyone in the company is rude and no one cares about you. You have to make placements but get $0 for it. Genuinely the worst job I ever had and you HAD to work 8.5 hours a day and if you don’t reply on MS teams within 1 second you get in trouble. You could have 30 active contractors and still make $0 because of that wack bonus structure. I cannot emphasize how much I hated this job and how stressed and anxious I was every single day. Additionally, you have to pay nearly $200+ for HORRIBLE health care benefits on top of how little $ you’re already making. Do not join this company.

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