Be wary - Desktop Support Analyst Randstad Employee Review

2.0
4 June 2018
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Pros

Co workers were pleasant to work alongside. That's pretty much where the good ends.

Cons

Felt like you had to tiptoe around and Randstad never gave you the benefit of the doubt on anything, because you know they have to save face with a big employer. The management at Kohls IT department was awful. They truly did not appreciate the work done by our crew, and the culture of micro management was enough to make you stress the second you walked in the door. Perfection is the order of the day, and anything less than that gets you a review between Randstad and Kohls. Not to discuss the issue, but to ask you why you messed up. Regardless if it's a user issue or not. The users.... They are always right, and there is no options to act like a proper IT dept and explain why what has to be done needs to be done. If users screw up your deadline, it's your fault and you have a review. Truly it is sad how little this company stand sup for you in the face of losing any revenue.

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5.0
27 May 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

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1.0
27 Apr 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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