I will never recommend Randstad to anyone - Recruitment Consultant Randstad Employee Review

1.0
Jan 3, 2019
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Pros

The team Technologies they implement in recruitment

Cons

Salary in Spain for Recruitment Consultants is ridiculous: <16K € per year of base salary + ridiculous team bonus (hard to reach at least 20K of total comp package) 2 years of non-compete clause that doesn't allow you to work in ANY consultancy firm - it doesn't matter if your new role doesn't have to do with the responsibilities you had at your previous job at Randstad-. Also, they didn't even tell me about this clause until my very first day, leaving me without any option rather than signing the agreement or losing my job. I actually was involved in a lawsuit because of that. It was truly unfair, mainly bearing in mind that the compensation (10% of monthly base salary) is low compared to what you have to lose - not working for 2 years in recruitment agencies? even if the area of activity is TOTALLY different - market, industries, candidates background & candidate sourcing, geographical area - and there's no chance you can harm Randstad? Seriously?

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5.0
May 27, 2026
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Pros

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

Pay was a little low and you don't get paid for holidays in your probationary period but there's growth opportunities after 6 months of employment.

1.0
Apr 27, 2026
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Pros

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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