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Pros
"Robert Walters is truly a great place to launch your career in recruitment" (in 89 reviews)
"Fun working environment & really awesome people" (in 56 reviews)
Cons
"Fairly long hours, very kpi driven" (in 59 reviews)
"work-life balance can be challenging" (in 34 reviews)
Pros & Cons are excerpts from user reviews. They are not authored by Glassdoor.
- Current Employee★★★★★
Pros
Good culture and good cross selling
Cons
High turnover but that’s normal in the industry
- Former Employee, more than 5 years★★★★★
Pros
Good training, fair salary, great culture and morale
Cons
Its recruitment by numbers, and you can feel like a robot
- Current Employee★★★★★
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They invest a lot in training their employees. If you have a good manager you’ll be lucky to be mentored well
Cons
Gossip girl culture. Some senior management encourage this which is quite sad. Biased culture and too much micro management.
Thank you for leaving a review, I’m glad you value our investment in best-in-class training, we’re really proud of the industry-leading learning environment we’ve created to help all our staff build long term, successful careers. But I’m disappointed to read your cons, we’ve worked hard to create a supportive culture where our managers empower their teams to succeed through teamwork, fairness and collaboration. That said, I’d welcome the chance to discuss your feedback in more detail and have a conversation about how we could improve. Please do reach out to me in confidence at monty.sujanani@robertwalters.com.sg. Monty Sujanani Country Manager, Robert Walters Singapore
- Former Employee, more than 1 year★★★★★
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the culture and dynamics is very much dependent on which team you join, I had a great working experience with my then boss who was a great mentor. if you are looking to earn a lot of money, this may not be the best place given the business model, but good if you are looking for something that is stable.
Cons
welfare is good, working hours is dependent on whether you hit your targets and if your team has a culture of working long hours. people are generally nice and helpful there.
- Former Employee, more than 5 years★★★★★
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Great culture and learning opportunity
Cons
If u do not like KPIs
- Former Employee, less than 1 year★★★★★
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For a fresh graduate looking to start a sales recruitment career, this is a good place as there's exposure, training provided and big clientale.
Cons
Extremely high turnover rate. Most consultants don't stay more than 2 years. You can see on LinkedIn, recruitment consultants from Robert Walters don't stay for long. Clients are always complaining why they are always speaking to different recruiters from RW after a few months. Managers aren't helpful at all, mainly because they themselves have difficulty bringing in sales. Managers can't bring in roles to feed the team as they can barely fend for themselves. Salary and commission structure are not competitive. Like I said, good place to start but bad place to stay. Other headhunting firms have much better commission structure in place. You get paid a lot outside for the sales you bring in. Most recruitment firms uses the same sourcing strategies and training programme now so if you can find another firm, try to avoid RW.
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Thank you for taking the time to leave a review, I’m glad you valued the training and hands-on recruitment experience you can gain at Robert Walters – we truly believe in equipping our people for successful, long-term careers. However, I’m disappointed to read your comments about staff retention, we believe our turnover rate is lower than the norm in the industry. Our team-based non-commission model, which I understand is unique in the recruitment sector, means that clients and candidates receive the highest quality service from a team of specialists working collaboratively together to get the best outcomes – it also allows us to reward people for all their hard work, not just placements. Nevertheless, I appreciate your feedback, and would be open to getting some more details about your time with us — it would be great if you could email me at monty.sujanani@robertwalters.com.sg and we’ll set up a confidential discussion. Monty Sujanani Country Manager, Robert Walters Singapore
- Former Employee★★★★★
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Alot of drinking parties weekly yummy
Cons
Too many meetings and metrics
- Former Employee, more than 1 year★★★★★
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Very big on client and candidate engagement
Cons
Bonuses not as competitive as other agencies due to different operating model.
- Current Employee, more than 3 years★★★★★
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Country Manager cares about its employees and clients, and doing what is right and creating a good culture and atmosphere
Cons
Turnover rate is quite high so morale can be affected
Continue reading - Former Employee, more than 3 years★★★★★
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Good job opportunity in banking
Cons
Insecurities in assign of projects
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Robert Walters has an overall rating of 4.2 out of 5, based on over 1,020 reviews left anonymously by employees. 85% of employees would recommend working at Robert Walters to a friend and 81% have a positive outlook for the business. This rating has improved by 4% over the last 12 months.
85% of Robert Walters employees would recommend working there to a friend based on Glassdoor reviews. Employees also rated Robert Walters 3.8 out of 5 for work life balance, 4.1 for culture and values and 4.2 for career opportunities.
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