Great company, but very little account manager support. - Recensione dipendente - Web Developer presso Randstad

1,0
13 lug 2021
Consiglia
Gradimento del CEO
Pronostico commerciale

Vantaggi

Great company to work as a remote contractor. Great work/life balance, depending on what you do. You work for the contracting company so there's a layer of sub management you never see. Pretty simple online recording of hours. Health benefits are decent. 401K and other benefits are dependent on the client's base benefits. Overall, a pretty decent company that represent contractors worldwide. Support for diversity and LGTBQ.

Svantaggi

No performance reviews for contractor, therefore, no raises. Very little account management involvement. They only reach out to you when the contract is either ending or extending. Very slow to respond. Send them an email and it sits for weeks before they respond. Before accepting a job with them, read the client specifics carefully. If the client has a holiday, Randstad contractors will not get paid. PTO is non-existent. Sick time is non-existent. Bereavement is non existent. My mother died and a call and email requesting any help, 3 weeks later the account manager responds, "sorry about your mother, but no we don't have any bereavement time off" ... very insensitive. Only payroll emails happen every Friday or before a holiday. The company has a very hands off approach, and I understand that, but from a human resources perspective, Randstad fails quite miserably.

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5,0
27 mag 2026
Consiglia
Gradimento del CEO
Pronostico commerciale

Vantaggi

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.

Svantaggi

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
27 apr 2026
Consiglia
Gradimento del CEO
Pronostico commerciale

Vantaggi

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

Svantaggi

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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