Randstad reviews

My situation was not our faults but their customer Ingram Micro did not take care of the temps and or temp agency correctly. I was working for an different agency when we switched at once to Randstad.

The 360 role model needs to go. Its impossible to meet quota when you're expected to sell (lots of cold calling), manage accounts, recruit AND act as a receptionist (the company model is not to have one so staff alternate picking up the phone and assisting walk ins (sometimes get up to 10 a day.) For the first three months you also need to attend and partake in silly webinars which will take up 1/4 of your time. Its extremely hard to balance time with expectations. You're expected to work 8-4 but you will quickly discover your peers coming in early and leaving late and you'll soon follow. Not paid overtime and you will never see the quarterly bonus they promise in the interview... sales targets are simply unattainable. Tight deadlines but too many things to jungle for one person. The 'connect' software is pretty inadequate. There are other small glitches in their processes but I think I covered the main stuff.