I wanted to write this review awhile back, but it completely slipped my mind.
I like to do side work and decided to try Randstad. Bad mistake.
I arrived early, and the office is located in a business complex. My GPS had me driving around in circles, so I tried to find the location on foot. Bad idea. After walking around for ten minutes, I called the office. The receptionist couldn't give me directions, even though I was on the property! She was rude and very annoyed that I was asking for help. Ridiculous.
Somehow, I found it myself. I walked in to a convoluted environment. There were a bunch of desks and tables. The angry receptionist couldn't be bothered to speak with me. I was seated at a small table, and I completed a basic application. Very weird experience. Everyone in the office stopped by the table and looked at me, but nobody introduced themselves or said hello. Unprofessional atmosphere. It's just a bunch of kids yelling back and forth to each other and getting annoyed when the phone rang. I waited a few minutes, and a very young girl named Jordan took me into a conference room.
I was interviewed by Jordan and a young Asian man. They were both very puerile and snobby. Standoffish. They genuinely made me feel uncomfortable. They also revised my resume! Their version was chock full of errors. No thank you. They gave a generic interview that took about twenty minutes. They were also not willing to accomodate the salary range that I requested prior to meeting. That's what I call a waste of time.
About two weeks after my highly disappointing experience, I received an email from Jordan. She said the company never responded so I should look elsewhere. She demonstrated how nonproactive this staffing agency truly is. She should have recommended other opportunities, or told me she would in the future. Apparently, this "working" relationship is dead.
Definitely a bad idea to get involved with these folks. It might just be this branch, but you would be better off flying solo, than trying to have a bunch of disrespectful kids pretending to do their jobs.
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