Pros
The fact that I no longer work there.
Cons
Look - I don't need to provide a negative review for Robert Half to have a negative profile here. There are currently upwards of 2,000 reviews here and Robert Half sits at about a 3.4/5. Not good. I will, however, provide the most candid criticism I possibly can to ensure that my successors either mitigate the mistake of joining Robert Half or are at least well prepared to know the experience will suck. 1) Culture - To say the culture at Robert Half is bad would be kind. Every former employee I've ever spoken to and about 50% of the currently employed disgruntled employees seem to agree. 2) Benefits - "full health care benefits" is a massive stretch. You'll still be paying almost exactly the same amount for benefits that you would pay on the open market. The plans offered in the RHT group are also less than satisfactory. 3) Management - Management wants you to be a number, not a thinker. Don't do things their way and they'll fire you. I'm already aware of a few others that are on the chopping block currently. 3.5) Micro-management - "Why didn't you connect with 100 people over the phone this week?" "Why weren't you able to book 10-12 meetings every week?" "You shouldn't wear that color pants where the president of our region is in the office." "Don't use that word track." "Don't do this, do that." "We work until 5pm...don't leave until the "bell rings."" You can not make your own schedule. I tried to be there from 7am to 4:30pm one day and was pulled aside and lectured for 30 minutes about how we "stay until the bell rings." Yeah, you tend to get treated like you're in grade school. 4) Professional individuality non-existent - RHT way or the highway. Do not join RHT unless you want to sell off a script and make 100 mindless phone calls every day. 5) 2 a day "board" meetings to update the team on your plan, opportunities, etc. This is a massive waste of time and everyone on the team agrees. No one cares much about each others business, so updating 40 people on your daily activities seems a mismanagement of time. 6) Weak recruiting team. There are exceptions, but the majority of the recruiters are less than exceptional. 7) Lack of resources - recruiters don't even have Linkedin recruiter accounts (this could explain their mediocre recruiting capabilities - chicken, egg), salespeople aren't provided Linkedin sales navigator accounts, you'll be working entirely from a crappy MSFT Surface tablet, and your expenses will be scrutinized to ensure you don't spend over $25 per person at meetings 8) Client displeasure - I've never, ever, worked for a company before that has such a negative reputation in the market. I've been yelled at, hung up on, and quite frankly told, "We had a horrible experience with RHT and will never work with you again." 9) Lack of defined sales territories - I'm convinced RHT does this on purpose to generate a sense of competition. Albeit, negative competition. Account ownership doesn't exist. You could MAYBE own a contact at a company, but even if you do business with a certain account, that doesn't mean 15 other people aren't also going to be calling that same account. In just 9 weeks I had a ton of people ask me to stop calling, remove them from lists, etc. explaining they get 10+ calls from JUST RHT every day. If I sound like a disgruntled employee who was just fired after 9 weeks, I am. I've never worked for a company that invests so little in developing its employees. RHT expects you to be EXACTLY what they want. They discuss a 6 to 12 to 18 month ramp-up period where you'll build pipeline and develop accounts however you see fit. They mentioned a long leash, saying you'll have room to foster your sales style. All of this is entirely BS. You won't even make it to the end of the 13-week "training" program if you're not doing things how they want you to do them. I say "training" because there is VERY little training involved - only about 3 days.