The Back story!
I’ve been unemployed for the last few weeks and thought I should have some kind of income come in while I look around for a job. I’ve been working at a local branch for quite some time and I thought I should point out why you should go somewhere else to find a job. I will say in a pinch if you need money then it will do but don’t expect any long term commitments. If you don’t get anything else from this post then here it is "Labor Ready is a joke most of the time!"
Waiting there for Hours!
This is one of those reasons why working for Labor Ready should be avoided. You are basically getting up at 5:30 am in the morning and sitting around at the branch until they have work available for you to go to. Some of these locations that they sent me out at were OK but I will talk about the other points in the reason why. Just because you show up doesn’t mean there will be a job and that you will work you full 8 hours. Some jobs are a 2 hours but you get paid for 4 hours, so you never really know what to plan on each day you go in. It isn’t anything like I am the only one complaining because you can read all about it on the Indeed forums.
Minimum Wage is the normal for them!
Now not to say that is a good thing but to remind people that they COULD be paying there workers even more. I have yet to see a job that I went out to do that was more than 8 dollars an hour. They advertise they have 9 to 12 dollar jobs but yet have done any of them. You could say I have very little reasons for people to take these assignments professionally. Nothing I have seen of this place has made me believe they will ever be anything but a stop gap. I also know that there are some people who also just get Minimum wage and that is. I’ve read forums about what people get paid and they also get Minimum wage.
Customer Services Reps!
The Customer Service Reps or CSR’s are constantly sending people out they like and some times not others. It doesn’t mean if you don’t have transportation that you will automatically not work but you will have to hope they want you. If they don’t they will go for someone else because they have their favorites. I know sometimes they don’t want to walk out side to ask people who are smoking or talking waiting for a job. They would rather pick someone who is already inside the building waiting for a job then outside.
Work Ethics!
Now I know I am hard worker but that doesn’t mean that others are. I’ve seen people sent out who had no such work ethic and would not really that hard and still get paid for the job. I guess it is because of the Minimum wage attitude towards the work they are doing. They get what they pay for, and that means they will get poor quality of works and poor quality of customers. I know that some of this isn’t the company’s fault but I have to believe if they would take a stand there would ultimately get better quality by paying more.
I’ve pretty much said what I will say but I encourage others who have worked for them to comment and tell me your experiences. I’d like to know if anyone actually get hired, or what you story is and let’s chat.
