I am a finance director. We shouldn’t use Robert Half, but we do. I’ve been trying to change this and hire the professional directly. They just sent a letter saying there will be a 1.65% increase for inflation. On Robert Half’s bill, they break out payroll costs, so you can back out the money actually retained by Robert Half. The increase did not go to the professional’s payroll costs, meaning he didn’t get a raise through Robert Half. The increase goes to Robert Half. We are in trouble.
I figured this out because I scheduled out all bills received for the year. I should post the analysis because it’s jarring.