They intentionally mislead as to how commissions/salary (recoverable draw, draw, or 100% commission) structures are based while interviewing you so it's very difficult to understand the individual nuances of your employment agreement.
The Robert Half boiler plate Non-Compete is VERY restrictive not allowing you to work in ANY kind of recruiting position within 50 miles of the office you worked at, for a period of 12 months. They have legal team members who watch your LinkedIn profiles for months after employment ceases, waiting to catch you in violation of your agreement. They will sue you, your new employer, and the owners of the new business 'in a heart beat'. One quote internally is "we sue for fun" which is truthful in many cases.
At my office, we were commanded to be "at the desk" by no later than 7:30am each morning and if we weren't on the phone making job order calls by 7:59am we were often yelled at by VP's or Division Directors who thought nothing of screaming at employees even if they were following up on emails sent by clients, they wanted everyone ON THE PHONE. They wanted to hear the "Chatter of $$ being made" from 7:59am-5pm each and every week day.
Suits for men, business dress for women no matter the situation. Ties are mandatory depending on the division.
Culture and Values...hard working, hard drinking. Never seen so many people go out for drinks after work and tie one on, often, just to deal with the stress. And badmouthing fellow employees while talking about them behind their backs is rampant, especially be Division Directors and VP's.
Weekly update meetings with your manager are scripted and your managers receives an email from corporate instructing them as to what questions to ask and then what possible answers you may give, and following your answers, what questions/suggestions to make depending on your answers. It's an amazing machine RHI has.
Very little Work/Life balance unless you call being at the office by 7am and working until 5pm each day (at a minimum...sometimes 7pm or later) a healthy balance. You have to prove yourself for at least a year before you get anymore than a 55 minute lunch period and the underlying current by managers is they want all in person client meetings to be kept to a minimum. Candidate interviews, or "coffees" should be made in the office, so they can keep tabs on you.
Lastly, the interview process of the candidates is often a joke. We were instructed to interview a candidate for no more than 25 minutes and then if necessary "make up" facts about them in order to "sell the candidate" to the client. Lots of dishonest candidate coaching and lying to clients about candidates experience.
