Robert Walters Reviews
Updated May 27, 2023
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- "Discretionary bonus scheme means you often do not know what you'll be taking home until the month of pay day after the last quarter" (in 58 reviews)
- "Most managers have worked their way up in the business and have no outside experience." (in 23 reviews)
- "Regular working hours are fairly long and can extend during busy times of year, in addition to attending events." (in 22 reviews)
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- Former Employee★★★★★
Great training grounds
Apr 27, 2023 - Senior Recruitment Consultant in San Francisco, CARecommendCEO ApprovalBusiness OutlookPros
great to learn ins and outs of the recruitment industry
Cons
large global corporation so things change slowly
- Former Employee★★★★★
Sales job
May 12, 2023 - Associate Consultant in San Francisco, CARecommendCEO ApprovalBusiness OutlookPros
I worked with good employees
Cons
Low pay, very BD/sales focused, expected to be in the office 2x/week 9-6
- Former Employee, more than 3 years★★★★★
Technical Recruiter
May 14, 2023 - Technical Recruiter in San Francisco, CARecommendCEO ApprovalBusiness OutlookPros
International presence and career opportunities
Cons
poor decisions at executive level
- Former Employee, more than 3 years★★★★★
very political environment
Mar 15, 2023 - Consultant in New York, NYRecommendCEO ApprovalBusiness OutlookPros
-training provided -can't get any worse in next recruiting job -a few of the colleagues were nice
Cons
-turnover -office politics and gossip -poor pay -unrealistic expectations -colleagues throwing you under the bus
Continue readingThank you for taking the time to leave a review, I’m pleased you valued the best in class training we offer. I am however concerned to read your cons and advice to management, we work hard to build a workplace where teamwork, collaboration and a high performance culture are the building blocks that help our teams achieve. I’d appreciate the opportunity to discuss this in more detail and so would be grateful if you could email me at peter.milne@robertwalters.com so that we can arrange to have a confidential conversation.
- Current Employee, more than 1 year★★★★★
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Apr 11, 2023 - Recruitment Consultant in San Francisco, CARecommendCEO ApprovalBusiness OutlookPros
Culture, locations, support and training offered
Cons
Organisational Structure, unclear functions for support.
- Former Employee★★★★★
Great place
Jan 13, 2023 - Associate Consultant in Santa Monica, CARecommendCEO ApprovalBusiness OutlookPros
Awesome people and a wonderful place to work
Cons
No cons from me, wonderful company
- Current Employee, less than 1 year★★★★★
Best Job I've Had
Aug 16, 2022 - Associate Consultant in Los Angeles, CARecommendCEO ApprovalBusiness OutlookPros
Small and close team, management and colleague support, consistent encouragement and empowerment
Cons
its an English corporation - different values, not a con just something to get used to
- Current Employee, more than 5 years★★★★★
Supportive and stable company with exceptional career opportunities
Jul 14, 2021 - Manager in San Francisco, CARecommendCEO ApprovalBusiness OutlookPros
- Responded to the pandemic in phenomenal way all things considered - Able to keep everyone employed during an unprecedented time, whilst most other recruitment companies were making lay offs - In the center of a booming market, consistent flow of business coming in from clients, new and existing - Supportive leadership with a flexible approach to the way we now work in response to the changes in demands since the pandemic - Opportunities are there if you want them, work hard and ask for what you want next, even if it can't happen right away you'll be given guidance on how you can get there - Diversity initiatives are there and you can tell there's meaningful work been put into this strategy in the past 18 months - Huge push on work life balance more so in the last 18 months than ever before - Unbeatable culture, collaborative and fun !
Cons
- For a while there was uncertainty about what the new normal would look like and took us a while to figure that out - The market is challenging at the moment with a candidate short market, so we have to work a bit harder to close people but we're empowered to do what we need to in order to make it happen
Continue reading - Current Employee, more than 1 year★★★★★
Great market, great leadership
Jun 10, 2022 - Consultant in San Francisco, CARecommendCEO ApprovalBusiness OutlookPros
-flexible in office days -great leadership -clear path of career growth
Cons
-tough clients -interesting market so lots of developing and learning
Continue reading - Current Employee, more than 1 year★★★★★
Great place to work
Apr 8, 2022 - Senior Consultant in San Francisco, CARecommendCEO ApprovalBusiness OutlookPros
Great leadership really investing in it's people
Cons
Tough job - it is not for everyone but leadership does support and help you through the market
Robert Walters Reviews FAQs
Robert Walters has an overall rating of 3.8 out of 5, based on over 1,229 reviews left anonymously by employees. 64% of employees would recommend working at Robert Walters to a friend and 62% have a positive outlook for the business. This rating has decreased by -1% over the last 12 months.
64% of Robert Walters employees would recommend working there to a friend based on Glassdoor reviews. Employees also rated Robert Walters 3.8 out of 5 for work life balance, 3.6 for culture and values and 3.7 for career opportunities.
According to reviews on Glassdoor, employees commonly mention the pros of working at Robert Walters to be culture, coworkers, career development and the cons to be work life balance, management, compensation.
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