Randstadusa Reviews

Randstad is Awful Their Recruiters are poorly trained and unprofessional too

I applied online for a position at Randstad Several months went by and I heard nothing so I moved on and found employment myself Then one day out of the blue I received a phone call from a woman with an out-of-state phone number and a very thick Indian accent who immediately demanded that I give her my name social security number date of birth etc I did not know who this woman was She said she was with Randstad but I was not certain I mean who calls someone out of the blue and demands all of that sensitive information over the phone and again she was calling from an unrecognizable out of state number She was also very aggressive I asked her to hold and I called the local office and told them what was happening I gave them her phone number and the name she had given me the name was Marie or something very similar to that The local office in Dallas TX where I was living at the time told me they did not recognize the number or the name of the individual So I clicked back over and told her that as I could not verify who she was I would not give my information to her The call concluded About a year later I had relocated to Atlanta GA and I was looking for work So I decided to check back with Randstad I called the local Atlanta GA office and a very nasty rude man by the name of Chris said I was barred in their system He refused to tell me why I had never worked through Randstad so this was unusual Because their recruiter Chris would give me no more information I ended up calling the office in Dallas TX and the woman I spoke to pulled up my account and she said Marie who was the very aggressive recruiter with the thick accent who had called out the blue and demanded my social security number date of birth address etc had placed a note in their system that I refused to give my information and that she was highly offended What the heck Highly Offended I had contacted their local office and the people did not know who this woman was Why would I give all of my personal private information to a complete stranger who could not be verified It turned out she was a contracted recruiter for them but she should have known demanding all of that personal info while calling from an out-of-state number was not professional I had no idea who she was When I explained to the recruiter what happened they were dismissive of me and refused to correct the system I called several people and they were all either dismissive of me or downright rude I even contacted Randstad HR and left several messages and they refused to contact me What a poor way to treat someone Just wow So I was blocked in their system because I refused to give my sensitive personal info to a complete stranger who called from an out-of-state number and could not be verified Randstad could not understand this They have a very low opinion of their workers if it s this easy to bar someone in their system Not only did Randstad bar me in their system and dismiss my concerns and refuse to contact me after I had left several messages for their HR they continue to spam my email with job requests I have contacted them several times and requested they delete my profile and stop emailing me The emails continue I have emailed their recruiter and legal office and said I wanted it to stop The recruiter contacted me back with a nasty snarky response Where does Randstad find their recruiters They are awful So the emails continue I have personally unsubscribed from all emails on their site Yet Randstad refuses to honor my request Randstad is a joke They are dismissive arrogant condescending and rude to their workers because they are so large and they feel they can get away with it But I showed them I eventually found a wonderful job with excellent benefits and I work from home No calls Stress-free Great salary I found it on my own In addition to this I finally finished my MBA Randstad couldn t pay me what I m worth now I realize the best thing to do is avoid those staffing agencies From my experience people who work for staffing agencies are treated poorly get no benefits or very limited benefits and the companies often string the workers along with constant promises of eventually hiring them on permanent when most never do It s simply far cheaper for them to keep the worker as a temporary agent Also the employees pay gets cut down by the staffing company so they aren t being paid a market wage anyway and in the few instances they are it s at the very bottom of the market rate I want the emails to stop Randstad is an awful company and its poorly ran They can go to he Just leave me alone I realized I did not need your horrible company to find a good job