Comments on: Ask The Work Buzz! Finding a reputable employer

By: Amon Stone

Amon Stone — Tue, 14 Jul 2009 19:36:02 +0000

I wish I COULD stay away from temp agencies Spencer, but in my experience, a good 90% of the companies in my area only hire thru temp agencies. Thing is too, in my experience again, its hard to research a company when the temp agency doesn’t tell you who their sending you to until pretty much the day before. My last job was like that. I specifically asked where they were sending me, and I was told that it was against the rules for them to do so. I got a call on a Tuesday morning, and was told where to go and at what time.
Not to sound like a whiner here, but these damn temp agencies just dont operate in a fair manner. The last one I dealt with I went in to answer an add for welding jobs. They sent me to a totally different company and when I asked about the welding position they said they dont hire for welding jobs, even though the add they put in the paper was FOR a welding job.
See what I’m dealing with?
And this isn’t my only experience either. My Last 3 jobs came thru temp agencies, and I’ve dealt with similar things with all of them.

By: Mark Ste. Marie

Mark Ste. Marie — Thu, 02 Jul 2009 15:40:46 +0000

Good advice. As employers do check the background of a candidate, a candidate needs to research a company too.

By: spencer cohn

spencer cohn — Tue, 30 Jun 2009 16:01:33 +0000

This is a big topic of discussion and not necessarily answered in a comment. The best advice for an employee is to stay away from staffing or temp agencies. The moment you see a “foreign” name appear on your payroll check, find out why. Employers are selling your soul to the devil if they sign up with them. Typically, after an employee is hired on by an employer, the employer is approached by a staffing company who has the “deal of the century”. The staffing agency proposes, sign up with us and we will be responsible for your unemployment taxes, worker’s compensation and take care of your employees payroll checks. In exchange for our services, instead of paying “Allison” $10.00 per hour, pay us $14.00 per hour. The employer says great, sign me up and in a split second, unbeknownst to “Allison” she is fired by her employer and acquired by the staffing company and then leased back to the employer. The staffing company becomes “Allison’s” employer and the old employer becomes the client employer that Allison works for and eventually the employer’s witness at a future unemployment hearing against “Allison”. Read and understand the paperwork a new employer provides to you when you are hired and ask questions. Find out if you are working for a staffing company, a leasing company or the employer you intend to work. If you see some new names on your paycheck, find out why.