Anyone else think Temp Agencies Are A joke?
551666
Yes. you go in there and they ask you what type of salary your looking for, then they call you the next day and ask if you can go to work that same day for wages way less than what you asked for and a different position. I have experienced this with every temp agency I've worked for. The agencies are such a joke
322981
I know what you mean.  I had a "permanent temporary" position in the receiving office of a warehouse that also had a lot of "permanent temporary" warehouse workers.  The temps were paid less than half the hourly rate of the regular employees and received no benefits.  One of the warehouse managers would always remark about the "lazy temps" and the "stupid temps" even though often the temps would be doing all the work as their own employees did nothing.  Also, in all the time I worked there (about 8 months) not once did a temp cause an accident, but at least three times, the same company employee ran into someone with a forklift, and they didn't care because it was a temp that he hit every time.  Once they even brought in pizza, had the company employees eat, then told the temps we could eat the leftovers.  I flatly told them that if I want pizza, I will go and buy it fresh, but I do not eat anyone else's scraps.  They then said that I had an "attitude".
665178
Most "temp agencies" rarely do actual temporary work.  A vast majority of the jobs that you'd get through an agency are "temp-to-hire" or "contract-to-hire" which means that you're on the agency's payroll for a set amount of hours, and then (depending on your work perfomance), you roll over onto your physical employer's payroll.  So the answer to your question is yes- just make sure you go to a reputable agency.\nAnd secondly, responding to someone else's answer...no good staffing agency takes money from its employees.  They make money off of the clients that they work for, not from your paycheck.  Asking how a staffing agency gets paid is a great way to determine how worth-while your experience will be with the firm in question.\nGood luck on your job search!
166902
I can understand you being irked.\n\nIt costs us all when Employees bilk their Employers out of money by cheating the system.
646300
It's a joke, a waste of time and a sence of VERY FALSE SECURITY.\n\nI can not name a more worthless organization....\n\nThey make you PAY to file a complaint, they make you PAY to register as a "GOOD" business. Hmmmm, money comes in from both ends, and they DON"T DO ANYTHING but pay themselfs for putting their fat asses in a chair every day.\nBeing listed by the BBB is a scam that a LOT of contractors do, just to SCREW unsuspecting consumers.\nIf you are DUMB enough to PAY for a complaint filing, NOTHING IS DONE TO THE OFFENDER, even after MANY complaints.\nThe WORST they do is remove a company from their lists, even after commiting what amounts to stealing from customers.\nOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO, that's SCARY!!!\nDo you OWN homework, GET REFERENCES, GO LOOK AT PAST JOBS, TALK TO REAL PAST CUSTOMERS.\nAnd to the people at the BBB, go to hell you worthless, pompus, self rightus jerks ( Mc D's is hiring I heard ).
446307
That is a scam. They get you to pay money and then they give you worthless advice. There are machines that stuff envelopes for a lot less than human beings do it.
1092160
Sounds like a whack job to me. If it was a real legit recruiting firm, they would have their own ISP.
467534
Are you actually applying outside your agency to get a permanent job?  Keep trying, putting in applications and resumes.  Cause if not, then you can't complain...as well, you need to continously check in with your agency and tell them I want a permanent job.  Period.  Then they will set you up with temp to hire and hopefully if you do a good job you will be hired as a permanent worker. \nOtherwise it might also be the area  you are in...it could be depressed and not have a lot of good jobs available.  That and unfortunately it is a way of companies to continue their business without having to hire regulars, pay people more money and often give them health benefits if they do become permanent.  Kind of a sellout by employers.  Look for union jobs if you can or at least a company with a good reputation.  Try there!!  \n\nLast thing too, if you can't do it alone, get a headhunter.   You can see if someone else can find you a permanent position.  \n\nGood luck!\n\noh...the only other thing my be your performance.  Check to see how you are doing and if it's good, then do the other stuff I suggested.  If it's not, then find ways to improve it.
774057
i also live in metro detroit and have been looking for a couple of months. the job market sucks here right now. i went on an interview the other day and it seems promising. i got the interview through working on a temp project at my husband's place of employment. a lot of other people on the project worked with a temp agency. that's an idea. you can work off and on and make some money while testing out companies. plus, if they are looking for permanent employees, they will consider you and you have an advantage having worked for them temporarily before.
241524
Try a Temp Agency, particularily one that specializes in Healthcare.
862291
You could go to your immediate superior or to human resources and ask them if you can get some more help in your department.  \n\nI'd not accuse this co-worker as that would reflect badly on you as well.   I'm sure they'd be more likely to get a temp or some more help if you tell them that the workload would run more streamlined and the work get done in a more timely manner.
771972
I've worked as a recruiter and trainer for many years, and I've seen a lot of BS come ac cross my desk - in other words I recognize it when I see it...I'll try but if you ask for feedback just take it without debate...no one says you have to actually use it...
299296
Fahrenheit made me feel really strange!  My body felt like it was burning up during a workout, and my appetite went through the roof!! Never again! Stay AWAY!!!  THEY ARE ALL BAD!!!
714929
THEY ALL SOUND LIKE BIG SCAMS TO ME
575302
A TEMP AGENCY = P\n\ntemporary work agency, or temp agency or temporary staffing firm finds and retains workers. Other companies, in need of short-term workers, contract with the temp agency to send temporary workers, or temps, on assignement to work at the other companies.\n\n\nTemporary agencies\nA temporary agency may be distinct from a recruitment firm, which seeks to place full-time employees, but there is often a large overlap: temporary workers may go on to become full-time employees; or workers a company intends to hire as a full-time employee may start out as trial temporary worker.\n\nMany temporary agencies specialize in a particular profession or field of business, such as accounting, health care, technical, or secretarial. Some even "specialize" in odd-jobs.\n\nA temporary agency may have a standard set of tests to judge the competence of the secretarial or clerical skills of an applicant. An applicant is hired based on their scores on these tests, and is placed into a database. Companies or individuals looking to hire someone temporarily contact the agency and describe the skill set they are seeking. A temporary employee is then found in the database and is contacted to see if they would be interested in taking the assignment.\n\nTemporary agencies usually are paid approximately twice the hourly rate of the actual payment given to the placed employee. For example, if a secretary is temporarily placed by an agency, the agency may charge the company $15.00 an hour, but give $7.50 an hour to the worker. However, the worker may receive a salary even when there is no work available. Other agencies, charge 2-5 dollars above what the employee earns per hour worked. Therefore, if an employee is to earn $320 a week he might earn $240 a week, before taxes and this might change depending on the amount of hours worked and overtime. The previous example is of an employee earning $6.00 an hour versus what the agency charges the company: $8.00. The employee might work overtime and earn time and a half of what the agency pays but the agency is also charging the company time and a half for hours worked and so it is evident that the agency is obtaining a higher profit margin.\n\nTemporary workers\nWhen a temporary employee agrees to take on an assignment, he or she receives instructions pertaining to the job. Information is provided on the correct attire to wear, hours of work, the wage to be paid, and who to report to upon arriving. If a temporary employee arrives to a job assignment and is asked to perform duties not described to him or her when accepting the job, he or she is expected to call the agency and speak with a representative. If he or she then chooses not to continue on the assignment based on these discrepancies, there is no penalization professionally.\n\nIt is up to the temporary employee to keep in constant contact with the agency when not currently working on an assignment; by letting the agency know that they are available to work they are given priority over those who may be in the agency database but have not made it clear that they are ready and willing to take an assignment. A temporary agency employee is the exclusive employee of the agency, not of the company in which they are placed. The temporary employee is bound by the rules and regulations of their direct employer, even if they contrast with those of the company in which they are placed. For example, if a temporary employee is asked by the company in which they are placed to lift a heavy box, they may respond "I am sorry, my agency does not allow me to perform that task. I wish I could help. Please feel free to contact my supervisor there for more information."\n\nTemporary employees are in a constant state of employment flux because they are never guaranteed consistent employment, nor are they assured of a solid start or finish date for their assignment. A temporary employee's assignment can be ended at any time, even in the m
957435
Your first answer is correct, the truth is always easier to remember, some one once said "you need a very good memory to make a liar"\nNow having said that you must always bear in mind that employment agencies are there to make money, not to help you, (that's just a bye product) they are paid for supplying workers to suit requirements asked for by the employee, simple as that! The agency  will go out of their way to make sure you are seen in the best possible light, they have even on occasions re written my CV, So don't be afraid to ask them for any help you may need, they are not employing you, they are just trying to 'sell' you on.
596228
I've tried a lot of stuff and most of it is either a 21st century chain letter or a thinly-veiled fraud.  I've spent far, far more money "getting in" to these things than I've ever gotten out of them even when I continued to "work the system."\n\nIt is such a shame that the old and simplistic ad is now disallowed, "Send me a dollar", that way we don't get over this business: "Want to work in your jammies?  Email me, send me some money for me to tell you to place innocuous little ads that say, 'want to workin in your jammies? send me some money so I can tell you to make these little ads....\n\nIf I just clicked on "report abuse" it would be good, but spilling the beans on these chain things might be better, maybe.