Adecco reviews

3.6

63% would recommend to a friend

(4,927 total reviews)
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Denis Machuel

73% approve of CEO

45% positive business outlook

Adecco has an employee rating of 3.6 out of 5 stars, based on 4,927 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have a good working experience there. The Adecco employee rating is in line with the average (within 1 standard deviation) for employers within the Recursos humanos industry (3.8 stars).

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4.0
Jul 31, 2016
Recommend
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Pros

I was able to find a contract position that did not have a 1000 hour limit, and I reported to a great recruiter. I realize this is rare; with this assignment, my work life was great. 35-40 hours/ week and flexible.

Cons

At the end of the day, it's a contract position. You may have ideas or insight that could really help the company, but your ideas aren't given time or aren't valued. Great work for those who want to do their work and go home; not great work for someone who wants to learn and make a difference. Or you may have the talent of an employee (vs you being a contractor) who is making much more than you. Also, you are at the mercy of budget cuts and can be easily let go.

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We're so glad you had a great experience on your assignment!
2.0
Jul 19, 2016
Recommend
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Pros

I worked on a fairly large project, the client & work were great, and challenging. I worked with some great people overall. On-boarding was well done.

Cons

The management team was weak and unpredictable and really didn't care if clients used & abused contractors as long as they were getting their fees. I was laid off after 2 1/2 years and was told that I would never get work with Adecco again, despite excellent reference from client,

1.0
Jun 28, 2016

WORST PERSONAL EXPERIENCE EVER. DON'T JOIN.

Anonymous employee
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Pros

-Stable amount of business -Lots of interesting national accounts -No sales responsibilities for any of the recruiters at the branch level, just service -Marketing power - first company to come up on google -Recruiters are all young and very kind, very friendly

Cons

-Perm commission structure sucks - you can make at most 10% of the fee if you manage the account and supply the candidate -Perm commission isn't paid out on time. Too many manual layers that you are individually responsible to keep on top of i.e. when invoice is paid out -Temp commission group bonus is not defined, so you'll have no idea what benchmark you're supposed to hit to make it or what amount you're likely to get -leadership team provides no support.. no sales, no operations, is inappropriate, two faced, passive aggressive, no open door policy -Clients come first. Internal staff don't. They remind you of that in every way. -Internal communication is nonexistent -Pressure is high and unnecessary (mainly because the leadership team have no idea what they're doing) -High turnover -Branch manager says bad things about her own staff behind everyone's back -HR is not an employee advocate -You can't go to anyone if you have a complaint, valid or invalid, because nothing is confidential -You're expected to work around the clock - no work life balance -No internal structure - very chaotic, nobody knows what they're doing or supposed to be doing, leads to lots of bickering because nothing gets done well -Too many clients, not enough recruiters - service levels suffer -Recruiters are not given specialties, are generalists, so candidate pools are never diverse enough to support random business, every recruiter is stretched to the thinnest -No future vision -National sales team are too disconnected with internal staff, so promises to clients are unrealistic -You will go to see clients, who you wished you were a temp for.... you'll hear your manager tell a client how to engage the workforce, how to keep talent, but they don't actually practice it with you or your team! -ATS is ancient, doesn't work for you, is so limited, outdated -Your expectations for a global company will not be met, you'll be shocked at the level of disorganization, back stabbing, unprofessionalism

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