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Updated 5 Dec 2023

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Found 199 of over 13K reviews
2.8
39% Recommend to a Friend
Robert Half CEO  Keith Waddell
36% Approve of CEO

Found 4,128 of over 13K reviews

2.8
39%
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36%
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Robert Half CEO  Keith Waddell
Keith Waddell
50 Ratings

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Pros
  • "Most the people there were great to work with and I enjoyed some of the management.(in 409 reviews)
  • "The training I received initially wasn't great but the ongoing training has been second to none.(in 371 reviews)
  • "All the staff were friendly and reached out to let me know how my first day went at my contract job(in 192 reviews)
  • "Also felt that people wanted to see you succeed and my intermediate team was a great group to work with.(in 172 reviews)
  • "The rep eventually convinced me of this contract being a great opportunity and I am here to say he did not lie.(in 141 reviews)
Cons
  • "pay is low and some of the requirements for promotions or pay increase are not the best.(in 446 reviews)
  • "No benefits and lack of communicatin(in 343 reviews)
  • "poor management we are not cattle please stop shifting contractors off of jobs to work somewhere else(in 308 reviews)
  • "No work/ life balance although it is 'promoted' I worked from 7:30 to 6:00 and no lunch due to company culture.(in 199 reviews)
  • "Long hours in the beginning but job becomes somewhat flexible if you show a pattern of consistent placements/deals.(in 198 reviews)
    1. 5.0
      2 Aug 2023
      Sales Associate
      Former Employee, less than 1 year
      Bradford-on-Avon, England
      Recommend
      CEO Approval
      Business Outlook

      Pros

      Great ,nice, kind ,good place

      Cons

      Not bad things to say

      Thanks so much for your 5 star feedback of Robert Half!

      1. 1.0
        7 Aug 2023
        Manager
        Former Employee, more than 5 years
        London, England
        Recommend
        CEO Approval
        Business Outlook

        Pros

        They treat the top 1% well but still lie to top performers to be fair.

        Cons

        Everyone below the top 1% is treated by Directors in a toxic way, sexist and you are constantly gaslighted. When you need help, that help is always unavailable as the managers are always in meetings talking ill of the people below them. They promote the guys only, you have to be in the 'lads club'. It's always 'About them' never about what is best for you and the leader hates anyone else being in the spotlight. There is never any training, just very basic which would suit grads only opposed to experienced members of staff. Always reminded how much 'We took care of you'

        5

        We apologize for the experience you had and would like the opportunity to investigate and address your concerns and feedback. If you are willing to discuss your experience further, please contact our HR Solutions team directly at 1 888-875-4901 or hrsolutions@roberthalf.com. Thank you.

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        1. 3.0
          9 Oct 2023
          Staff Development Coordinator
          Former Employee, more than 3 years
          Bristol, England
          Recommend
          CEO Approval
          Business Outlook

          Pros

          Great team work Good benefits Good training and career opportunities Good work life balance

          Cons

          Large organization Things can often take quite a while to change

          Thank you for your review and feedback.

          1. 2.0
            10 Oct 2023
            Recruitment Consultant
            Former Employee, more than 1 year
            London, England
            Recommend
            CEO Approval
            Business Outlook

            Pros

            Training for earlier stage consultants was excellent

            Cons

            Culture, issues around work/life balance

            We appreciate you sharing your experience and have shared this feedback with our leadership team to evaluate the positives you provided, as well as the improvements that can be made with the company. We wish you the best of luck on finding your next career opportunity.

            1. 1.0
              11 Aug 2023
              Associate Consultant
              Former Employee, less than 1 year
              London, England
              Recommend
              CEO Approval
              Business Outlook

              Pros

              None that I can honestly think of.

              Cons

              Told to sit and call an out of date database, with your call times being sent around daily and constantly asked what you're doing and where you are with KPIs. While I was only there for a short period of time the environment was toxic, where bullying is rife. Hardly any training, just call that list as that's the formula to success. High staff turnover. No BAME employees or woman in senior management. I came with ideas and was told 'We don't do things that way, we need 2 hours on the phone even if you stay until 8pm.' OR 'We can't afford that'

              Thank you for your review and sharing your feedback with us. We are sorry to hear of the experience you had with us and we have shared this feedback with our leadership team to evaluate improvements with our services. If you would like to share any additional details about your experience with us, please send us an email at hrsolutions@roberthalf.com.

              1. 1.0
                3 Feb 2023
                Recruiter
                Former Employee, more than 8 years
                London, England
                Recommend
                CEO Approval
                Business Outlook

                Pros

                Some of my peers were nice people

                Cons

                - There’s a lot of areas within Robert Half that need improvement. A lot of these are brought up in their anonymous GLINT surveys, but nothing is ever done to change it. - Lack of transparency when joining. Very unclear what the commission structure is and left to your own devices to figure out how to make bonus. I later found out I had to bill my base salary, each quarter, before earning commission. This is not industry standard. - Another area you are left to your own devices to is training. Whilst you are monitored on activity and hitting KPIs, you receive little to no training on how to do the job well and earn commission. - The "culture" is totally driven by drinking, and if you don’t join in, you are left out. You are told you have to do this to get cross-sell opportunities or nobody knows who you are. - The turnover is extremely high, pretty much all tenured people. But it was presented their retention rates were amazing . - Everyone who leaves Robert Half does not have good words to say about them. They claim everyone is their “family” but you are dead to them as soon as you leave. If you’re an average recruiter, who wants a slightly less demanding environment and likes to drink, maybe this business is for you. But for graduates, professional or tenured recruiters, stay clear.

                3

                Thank you for your review and sharing your feedback with us. We have shared this feedback with our leadership team to evaluate improvements with the company. We wish you the best of luck on finding your next career opportunity.

                1. 1.0
                  16 May 2023
                  Senior Consultant
                  Former Employee, more than 3 years
                  London, England
                  Recommend
                  CEO Approval
                  Business Outlook

                  Pros

                  All pros disappear with how they treat you.

                  Cons

                  Poor name on the market, clients know they are a number and often feel ripped off. Senior Management don't respect woman due to their misogyny that is a core value of the Directors. The lack of woman in senior positions is eye opening and as is how you are treated like a second class citizen if you have a baby. Multiple senior members of staff and top billers have left in their droves and they are back to managing everyone as a number, like everyone is rookies, measuring with numerous meetings what they have done every day and measuring call time.

                  1

                  Thank you for your review and sharing your feedback with us. We have shared this feedback with our leadership team to evaluate improvements with the company. We wish you the best of luck on finding your next career opportunity.

                  1. 3.0
                    8 Jun 2023
                    Consultant
                    Former Employee, more than 1 year
                    Reading, England
                    Recommend
                    CEO Approval
                    Business Outlook

                    Pros

                    good learning ground, good training, good pool of existing clients to work on

                    Cons

                    KPI heavy drivel, 100 x calls a day is not successful if 99 are voice messages being left.

                    Thank you for your review and sharing your feedback with us. We have shared this feedback with our leadership team to evaluate the positives you provided, as well as the improvements that can be made with the company. We wish you the best of luck on finding your next career opportunity.

                    1. 1.0
                      5 Nov 2022
                      Division Manager
                      Former Employee, more than 5 years
                      London, England
                      Recommend
                      CEO Approval
                      Business Outlook

                      Pros

                      The title might appear to be run well, however, the only good thing there is the training for new inexperienced staff but the old school trainers up in Birmingham. Beth and Trish are stars.

                      Cons

                      The place is falling apart. Run by individuals concerned about their egos. If you ever give feedback it is swept under the rug or it's your own fault. Rafts of tenured people are leaving, "don't blame us - it's COVID that ruined the culture" = the last lock down was almost 2 years ago. Inflexible old school management, good at running small branches but woefully out of their intellectual capacity in the flagship branch. Refusing to let managers run their respective teams, but instead micromanage every decision. Relentless meetings about nothing, wasting your time. No discretion as a manager, just constant wayward CEO speech rolling out their narrative. Full of 'yes men' - too afraid to give their own opinion, so fall in line instead. Relentless KPI monitoring that wastes so much time, you run out of time to help and coach. Culture is so bad Directors beg their managers to toe the line and conform in constant 'meeting room' chats, with the promise of getting larger teams and more responsibility.

                      3

                      Thank you for your review and sharing your feedback with us. We have shared this feedback with our leadership team so that they may review your comments and use them to evaluate improvements with the company. We wish you the best of luck on finding your next career opportunity.

                      1. 1.0
                        27 Feb 2023
                        Division Manager
                        Former Employee, more than 3 years
                        London, England
                        Recommend
                        CEO Approval
                        Business Outlook

                        Pros

                        Good surface pros from Microsoft

                        Cons

                        Management is lacking in diversity and misogynistic day in day out. Firm run by puppets for the Americans to make lots of money, people who are yes men and lack authority or any moral compass. Internal talent team is a joke, one of the biggest brand names scrapping around banging on about branding yet cannot attract any decent talent except for grads to join. I left as you look up to the management for years, push to get in to that group and when you get there it is run by insecure men, where it is a case of who can shout the loudest or loud at the boss' jokes hardest.

                        2

                        Thank you for your review and sharing your feedback with us. We have shared this feedback with our leadership team to evaluate improvements with the company. We wish you the best of luck on finding your next career opportunity.

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                      39% of Robert Half employees would recommend working there to a friend based on Glassdoor reviews. Employees also rated Robert Half 2.7 out of 5 for work life balance, 2.7 for culture and values and 2.9 for career opportunities.

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