Well Managed, People Focused and Driven To Grow!!! - Anonymous employee Randstad Employee Review

5.0
3 July 2015
Anonymous employee
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Pros

All senior managers started as a consultant, they focus on development of their people and promoting from within. This is by far the best managed staffing company out there, structured and detailed leaders work hard to connect teams to the the big picture, the organizations vision and make every individuals contribution matter. Offers a good holistic comp plan when you factor everything in (benefits, share purchase plan, bonus, RRSP matching, tuition reimbursement). The best on boarding of any company in the industry. If you are going to choose the recruitment industry Randstad is the best, period.

Cons

Many other staffing firms have an uncapped commission compensation structure which can offer a higher ceiling in pure monetary comp then what Randstad offers. When you leave you realize that a very small few make the commissions promised. Once you hit management at Randstad you will earn more than at other staffing companies. It balances out but you have to stick to it. They are very large so sometimes it takes time to react to things the field needs BUT they are aware of this and working hard to fix.

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5.0
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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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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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