Interviewer Lies to Get You to Take Job - Transcriptionist Randstad Employee Review

3.0
6 Sept 2016
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Pros

Friendly people that you interact with.

Cons

Benefits are terrible - "minimum required by federal law" terrible. They really, really stretch the truth when it comes to talking about how long your contract will be, or whether the companies you're stationed at are hiring or not (I was at one for almost a year that had a hiring freeze the entire time from months before I started - during the interview the interviewer told me they "hired people into (the company) from Randstad all the time") There was also mandatory weekend overtime, which I was assured was NOT going to happen from the interviewer. I took the job BECAUSE weekends were off.

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5.0
27 May 2026
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Pros

Loved my team. My Manager was incredibly supportive, understand, and always rooting for myself as well as my teammate's success. Remote work was highly flexible and accommodating.

Cons

Pay was a little low and you don't get paid for holidays in your probationary period but there's growth opportunities after 6 months of employment.

1.0
27 Apr 2026
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Pros

Recruiter was responsive at first, and the team I spoke with at the client company seemed professional and genuinely kind.

Cons

Here’s a more detailed “Cons” you can use and tweak: Cons: I went all the way through onboarding for a contract role, spent a full day last week chasing down and uploading sensitive documents (including my passport), and was told I’d be starting this week. Then, at the last minute, I got a single text saying I “didn’t pass” a third‑party ID check — with no explanation of what supposedly failed and no formal notice or report to review. As an American citizen using a valid passport, it’s really disturbing to have a job pulled over an opaque automated screening and to be told “other factors” were flagged without anyone willing or able to say what they were. Even after repeatedly asking, I was given no more than a generic privacy policy and bounced between contacts, which feels extremely careless with my time, my livelihood, and the very private identity data they collected. Best‑practice guidance for background checks says candidates should get clear written notice and a chance to understand or dispute issues before a job is taken away; that absolutely did not happen here.

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