Penda Aiken

I have worked for Penda Aiken off and on as a temp for the last 25 years and I have found her to be professional, capable and caring about temps. I am a produced playwright and I utilize temp services from time to time.
I have never worked for a temp agency or person who was so concerned about individuals.
If you are in the arts, PENDA AIKEN, INC. is a great organization to work for and I highly recommend her.

I registered with penda aiken in dec 2006 Im giving this agency 5 stars because my recruiter always called me for assignments, in march 2007 i had a assignment for 2mnths and it turned out to be a 1 yr ½ i was working clerical for ny life insurance company on Lexington ave .it was a great exprience working temp. i made 11hr full time hrs it was fun, i stopped working in 2008 because my recruiter didnt work there anymore and they never had clerical assignments and work was very slow .I dont know about the agency now but my experience with penda aiken was wonderful in 2007 lol

I am a Recruiter with 14 years experience in both Staffing agencies and Corporate enviroments… Ahem, enough bragging! But in my opinion that makes me extremely knowledgeable about best practices for onboarding, hiring, eeo rights, etc… With that being said, I went for an interview for an INTERNAL opportunity. Notice the big case internal, I need to point that out because it is important later.
Assistant greets me upon arrival and give me a «temp packet» which is standard at staffing firms and includes an I9 & W4 for tax purposes. I filled out the packet as a courtesy because I was not applying to be a temp nor would I have accepted a temp offer of employment. Assistant comes back and says that Mrs. Aiken will be in momentarily and I get excited (internal yay!) Interview is about to start! Mrs. Aiken, as in Penda Aiken sole proprietor and owner of the firm comes in, greets me and informs me that since I do not have my Social Security card with me she cannot meet with me for an interview. This is actually a fallacy, you see; since I was NOT applying to be a contractor she indeed DID NOT need my SS card for verification on an I9 because I9 compliance does not need to be met until an emplyee begins working with the firm, which I was not doing. I was there for an INTERNAL position which was advertised as internal and permanent, not temporarary anyway.
Well, needless to say I found this a complete waste of time. Mrs Aiken could have as a professional courtesy met with me. Legally she and I both know that I9 documents are not needed until an offer of employment is accepted. Hey I over looked that the place is above a 99 cent store! Why is it that she couldn’t give me the professionalism that I deserved?