Worst Sales Job I've Ever Taken - Staffing Manager Robert Half Employee Review

1.0
19 Jan 2009
Recommend
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Pros

If you want to be thrown to the lions then this job is for you.

Cons

Unrealistic goals, unprofessional coworkers, no room for creativity or innovation. If you have your own style of sales that isn't Robert Half's then you are as good as gone. This place was a machine. You must make overly aggressive goals of 65 calls a day when you first start. This does not allow for you to call someone and build rapport with them and ultimately win their business. If you take more than 10min on a call then you won't have time to meet the rest of the day's goals and will get admonished by your manager and considered a low performer. Very few clients will want to talk to you due to the insane amount of calls they've received from your predecessors. I called hundreds of leads and very few wanted to work with Robert Half based on the overly aggressive non personal way the sales reps had treated them.

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Robert Half Response
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Thank you for your 5-star review and for sharing your experience. We're glad to hear you've enjoyed working with a variety of clients and projects. We also appreciate your feedback regarding growth and mobility opportunities and will continue looking for ways to support our employees' career development.
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Cons

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Thank you for sharing your experience with us. We're pleased to hear you enjoyed your government assignment and appreciate your feedback regarding assignment timelines and expectation-setting. We will share your comments with our leadership team as we continuously look for ways to improve communication and support for our employees.
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