Temping used to be a springboard to a real job, those days are long gone. Many employers prefer to use temps or contractors to avoid paying benefits (like health insurance).
Temp agencies will never work with you if you need ANY time off an assignment - even one hour off work for a doctor's appointment can put your assignment in serious jeopardy.
@vanillapie Couldn't have said it better myself. I know someone who's spouse was an HR manager at a local company & they said that their spouse had told them that the longer you work for a temp service, the more you are de-valued from an employer for a permanent position.
Temp services used to be temp-to-hire but yes, those days are long, long, long gone. Here in Portland, when I moved here in '94, there was a total of 2 temp services. Just 2 months ago I counted them & there were 63.
@vanillapie Not to mention, most ( if not all ) temp services are making 1.5X more than what you are making per hour, so if you're making $10/hr somewhere, the client you are working at is most likely paying that temp service about $25/hr for each hour you are working.
If you have to do temp work, *DO NOT* tell them where else you have worked ( if it's another temp service you used to work for ) because they under-bid one another to gain client contracts; thereby paying the workers even less.
Temping used to be a springboard to a real job, those days are long gone. Many employers prefer to use temps or contractors to avoid paying benefits (like health insurance).
Temp agencies will never work with you if you need ANY time off an assignment - even one hour off work for a doctor's appointment can put your assignment in serious jeopardy.
vanillapie 2 years ago
@vanillapie Couldn't have said it better myself. I know someone who's spouse was an HR manager at a local company & they said that their spouse had told them that the longer you work for a temp service, the more you are de-valued from an employer for a permanent position.
Temp services used to be temp-to-hire but yes, those days are long, long, long gone. Here in Portland, when I moved here in '94, there was a total of 2 temp services. Just 2 months ago I counted them & there were 63.
skylarportland 10 months ago
@vanillapie Not to mention, most ( if not all ) temp services are making 1.5X more than what you are making per hour, so if you're making $10/hr somewhere, the client you are working at is most likely paying that temp service about $25/hr for each hour you are working.
If you have to do temp work, *DO NOT* tell them where else you have worked ( if it's another temp service you used to work for ) because they under-bid one another to gain client contracts; thereby paying the workers even less.
skylarportland 10 months ago