Hmm. Randstad found me a decent, if low paying job the first time around, but they kind of left me high and dry on the next gig. Things were going fairly well at the second company where Randstad placed me, until one day my boss OD'd on his Crazy Flakes and became domineering and abusive. It was really, really bad. Like something snapped. I called Randstad, asking them to move me immediately. My rep wasn't having it. "Why don't you just go back in and apologize?" she suggested meekly. "What?" I sputtered. "I haven't done anything wrong! My boss is psycho! I saw his head spin around 360 degrees!" (It could happen.) "Sometimes we have to do unpleasant things to placate people." "I don't want to placate him. I WANT TO LEAVE." In the end, she insisted I apologize and refused to place me elsewhere. I didn't last very long with that job, and I certainly left Randstad right after. One star for finding me the first job. Another star for leaving me with a bizarre story to tell on Yelp. read more

I initially did a contract through a company buy out and Randstad was the temp agency. Everything started out great. When the client unexpectedly ended the contract, Randstad made promises of getting back to work but NO follow up what's so ever. I was told someone in the ADMIN area who specializes in that area would call but never did. NO WORRIES. Plenty of other agencies around to choose from. read more

First of all, when I came here for my interview, I was a little confused when I walked in - there were about three people in the main office[?] on their computers, and it took a couple minutes for one of them to even look up from their work to acknowledge me. She looked a little confused when I said I had an interview and then directed me to the woman who I was supposed to be meeting with...who was also sitting in that room and failed to acknowledge me until her counterpart called her name. Anyway, after that, I got stuck in a room watching a juvenile safety video with common sense facts about job safety. After that, I waited about ten minutes wondering if someone was going to come get me or if I should notify someone it was over. I figured that they mustve shown this video plenty of times and should know how long it takes to end, but I guess not. I decided to go tell the lady I was interviewing with that it was over. Someone intercepted me on the way there and said, 'Oh, is it over? I'll get her for you.' So, I returned to my seat, expecting someone to come in promptly for the actual interview...but no. I waited another ten minutes. Finally, the woman comes in and does a standard staffing agency 'interview' where they ask what kind of work you're interested in and then give you a ten minute speech about their agency. I then heard nothing from them for about three weeks, until recently, when another woman (not the one who interviewed me) called me with a decent sounding assignment. She's great, but the rest of my experience has not been, so... one star. read more

I guess I've always been 'lucky' with this staffing group because I only have great things to say about Randstad, or most specifically the people I have worked with. I started off with the Back Bay office. The girl I worked with was Jennifer B. and she was the sweetest. Got me a couple gigs, at least 2 days a week, until she found something that she knew I would like. I worked for this OB/GYN group for 2 years, before I realized the commute was not for me and actually the job wasn't either [no growth potential]. Even though I was techincally fired, 3 days before I was going to quit, I called Randstad and explained the situation. I was super sad to hear Jennifer was no longer with the group. They suggested I contact the Downtown office since they did not have much going on there. I called the Downtown office and Jeff was great. He was honest and said he did not have much either but his colleague at the Harvard Sq location had something that sounded great for me. I contacted her [can't remember her name] and she immediately placed me with this hotel. Mind you, she'd never met me.. She was going off of my experience at the OB/GYN and a 'refresher' meeting I had with Jeff. I was at the hotel for about 3 months when she called and said she had a different position for me, guranteed long-term. So of course, I opted for that and I've been here for over a year :-) One thing I will say, is that people don't seem to stay with Randstad very long, so make sure you're friendly with everyone in case your representative leaves/ gets promoted. read more

Jamie's story about Randstad dropping the ball on unemployment insurance is spot on. Also one or two of the reps are decent people, the rest are useless. The Cambridge office especially I found the rep I spoke with to be rude and dismissive, she couldn't wait to get me off the phone. Try one of the other local offices, this one sucks. read more

I found Randstad to be very age discrimating. I applied for I don't know how many jobs with them and everytime I called them regarding a job even if it was five minutes after it was posted I was told it was filled. If you are truly looking for a job go in another direction as Randstad is useless. read more

The only reason I'm giving this place one star is because I have to give it something to post a review! Do not waste your time working for this place. They will place you with crazies at Harvard and not advocate on your behalf if you get stuck with a boss that's out-of-line. I regret the 5 months I spent doing 3 of the assignments. Two of them were supposed to be "temp to perm" but after speaking with the HR director at Harvard, I learned the rands tad representative made that up- there was in fact not a perm job available. Again, I urge you not to waste your time. This place, the people who work there, and the jobs they scout for are all worthless. read more

I had a very poor experience at the Cambridge Randstad. Brandon Cormack was rude on the phone, and very "cold" during the interview. Having always had positive recruiter experiences over the years', I was surprised by Brandon's lack of customer service skills and wondered why he was working in recruiting. I moved on and used another agency, which resulted in my finding an excellent full-time position shortly thereafter. My advice: use a different recruiter if you decide to go to Randstad Cambridge. read more

To everyone who is using Randstad Staffing Services or intends to, This is by far the worst staffing company I used. I understand that no staffing agency is perfect, but at least they should respect and positive attitude for the people they are serving. Here is my story: A year ago, my contract work ended and I was very anxious to look for a job since I have no income. I came across Randstad online and applying for a few positions on their website before the staffing agency contacted through email and ask me to go to their Burlington office to interview. I drive 10 miles there on time and someone just handed me some documents to filled out and told me to watch a video. No one came to get me after I watch the video so I handed back the filled forms to the guys at the desk. he told me he will get the manager, then after 10 minutes or so, he said the manager is busy. The issue here is the manager was the one who ask me to come in and then he was busy. Since we agreed to an appointment, I did not see his respect for me when he just totally forgot and ask another staff to fitted in. I didn't think it was too big of a deal then since it is the same no matter who meets with me. Another issue came up when that staff asked if I am interested in Admin positions after I told him about my experiences and I would like to get jobs relative to the IT/ software development jobs. He did not told me that he will help me find the job that best meet my criteria instead he is giving me the assumption that he will put me in a job that they have connections with. Since I was anxious to find a job then, I said it is okay for me to do admin jobs. From then one, I received only emails from them regarding different opportunities. The job descriptions that they sent me were vague and many require more years of experiences than what I had. I replied to the ones that I am interested, but then one of the branch manager reply back asking me if I had that many years of experiences. From a user of staffing agency service, I believe it is the job of the agency to understand the user's qualifications and send him/her the opportunities that he/she will be qualify first instead of just throwing out all the opening positions they have from the companies they work for. Randstad staffing agency clearly does not have that kind of service. After many replied about my interest on my job posts they sent me through the email, too many replies for me to count, and still no responses to any of my replies. I asked through the email if the company they work with going to contact me or them. I just received a short message saying "it will be them that are going to contact me if I the companies I applied to are interested in interviewing me". The branch manager asked me to called her and ask me over the phone if I am interested in data entry roles. Then before I could explain, they stated that they have reached out to me many times for offerings. I told them that I have never received any of their calls regarding any interviews or further meetings. They told me if this happen the second time, I will be terminated from their system since it looks bad because I am representing Randstad. After explaining that I never received any of their calls or email, they did not believe me and that got me to think they are putting the blame on me for not communicating to me clearly. I could be reached at my email and through the phone. I sent them numerous copies of my resumes and their service then just disappoints me. Since they have already blamed me for this, I do not want to upset them and make them stop helping me in my job search, I apologize for any miscommunication on my end. Soon after that someone finally reached out to me over the phone about an opportunity and told me that the one of the company they work for is interested in interviewing me. I got an phone interview and they got back to me right the next day saying they will offer me the role. The same day I got another offer which is better, so I emailed the Randstad staff was handling this asap, that I could not accept the offer because I have accepted another offer and that their offer schedule conflicts with the schedule of the better offer. He replied that "he will have to terminate me from their system because this is the second offense. Also the company they service is upset and the money for the background screen is out." I did not expect a big staffing agency such as Randstad would have such bad service. I thought they should ask if I have accepted the offer before doing a background check. Their assumption that I will accept the offer is not professional. Other interviews and offers that I deny did not blame me instead they said it is okay and hope the best of luck in my new job. Other than the fact that they help me find employment, I believe they have terrible communication with the people the help find work and they provide unprofessional staffing services. They do seem to work har read more

Absolutely the worst. Right now, I am without a job and am currently collecting unemployment. A friend of mine passed word along to me that Harvard needed ushers for commencement through these people, so I showed up to their offices, filled out some online paperwork, and did my job for the day. A few days later, I called to see if they had any more work for me. They said they didn't and practically hung up on me. Several weeks passed with no work for me. I tried to take their online tests, but I needed to have them send me a link. But requests for them to do that were promptly ignored. I was perturbed, but c'est la vie. Until this week. Somehow Randstad filled out some paperwork saying that I quit. Which is completely untrue. But that paperwork made it to the unemployment offices and because you can't file unemployment when you quit, they have decided to not send me any more unemployment checks until they can review the case in 5 or 6 weeks. So now I have almost no income coming in because these morons refused to give me work and checked the wrong box when filing their paperwork. Thanks, Randstad! read more