Avoid avoid avoid - Consultant Randstad Employee Review

1.0
Apr 5, 2017
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Pros

The office is in a good location Good share scheme to buy into

Cons

Complete psychopaths that work on whatever jobs they want and just lie to your face Very petty culture and nobody at management level can make a decision. Zero atmosphere in the office and an insidious culture. The majority of people are there for a visa and of the ones that aren't, probably 90% are only there as wouldn't last elsewhere. - as a result it's THE most mediocre environment known to man. Senior management are clueless and promote whoevers face fits to the point that it's almost embarrassing hearing some of the help they give out. Staff turnover is very high (and they then stopped reporting those figures on the monthly report) Inconsistent branding - they claim social responsibility yet work with tobacco companies

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Loved my team. My Manager was incredibly supportive, understand, and always rooting for myself as well as my teammate's success. Remote work was highly flexible and accommodating.

Cons

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1.0
Apr 27, 2026
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Recruiter was responsive at first, and the team I spoke with at the client company seemed professional and genuinely kind.

Cons

Here’s a more detailed “Cons” you can use and tweak: Cons: I went all the way through onboarding for a contract role, spent a full day last week chasing down and uploading sensitive documents (including my passport), and was told I’d be starting this week. Then, at the last minute, I got a single text saying I “didn’t pass” a third‑party ID check — with no explanation of what supposedly failed and no formal notice or report to review. As an American citizen using a valid passport, it’s really disturbing to have a job pulled over an opaque automated screening and to be told “other factors” were flagged without anyone willing or able to say what they were. Even after repeatedly asking, I was given no more than a generic privacy policy and bounced between contacts, which feels extremely careless with my time, my livelihood, and the very private identity data they collected. Best‑practice guidance for background checks says candidates should get clear written notice and a chance to understand or dispute issues before a job is taken away; that absolutely did not happen here.

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