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19 Ratings
Pros
"Friendly, collaborative working environment" (in 48 reviews)
"good training and support, international environment" (in 34 reviews)
Cons
"long hours but to be expected in recruitment" (in 50 reviews)
"Work-life balance, flexibility, KPI based progression" (in 27 reviews)
Pros & Cons are excerpts from user reviews. They are not authored by Glassdoor.
- Former Employee★★★★★
Pros
Alot of drinking parties weekly yummy
Cons
Too many meetings and metrics
- Former Employee, more than 1 year★★★★★
Pros
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★★★★★
Pros
Great culture and learning opportunity
Cons
If u do not like KPIs
- Former Employee, less than 1 year★★★★★
Pros
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.
Continue readingThank 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, more than 5 years★★★★★
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Good place to work. Benefits quite good
Cons
Not much of cons. Can be discussed with your supervisors
- 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
Continue reading - Former Employee, less than 1 year★★★★★
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Work culture is so so
Cons
No interaction between the business and other depts much
Robert Walters Response
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Thank you for your review — it sounds like your experience doesn’t live up to the high standards we set for ourselves as an employer, but we would be keen to get some further details as to what we could actually improve. If you like, you can email us at hr.admin@robertwalters.com, and we’ll help set up a confidential chat with someone from your former team/office with whom you can discuss your feedback.
- Former Employee, more than 3 years★★★★★
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Moved across 2 offices in East Asia during my time there Energetic team, hardworking Made a few friends there
Cons
Pushing new recruiters to BD and meet clients right away, especially more senior clients who are not happy as they are not the most professional
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