Active Staffing Services

Absolute hell hole… if you have never been incarcerated or otherwise institutionalized, you will not be comfortable here. If you possess more than a high school diploma or a GED you will be gravely disappointed. If you possess legitimate work experience, you be discouraged to discover the opportunity here. Staff is overwhelmingly rude and appear to be very comfortable because there is little effort aimed at professionalism. This company, I believe, makes a good amount of money by doling out menial/​low level jobs to the under privileged or those hard on their luck. You will be told in many cases that the participating employer will hire permanently. As I later found out, after being with a client/​employer for ten months (flawless record), this is NOT the case usually. Employers who team with IN-​active staffing get tax breaks. You are used from the get go… You make money for the uneducated, incompetent staff at the agency and also the employer gouges you. You will receive no insurance, no paid sick time (maybe now after the law passed, which I am sure grates the agency), and you will make minimum wage. I had a good experience with the client I worked for… two different worlds, that and the welfare office called IN-​active. There is no direct deposit so you will have to haul your butt up those long stairs only to be corralled into a line where the room is poorly ventilated and hot and wait for your check. A check that has been picked clean by all the scavengers who take personal calls as you wait for info. You are made to feel as if you are interrupting. It’s the biggest display of NYC/​ghetto behavior ever and mind you, this staff is probably making a lot more than you and doing less. They are interested primarily in making money, and if you know Jose or any of the other clowns that work there, they could probably hook you up with a great job where you do whatever you want while letting the client know that they need you… not the other way around

I don’t know who’s writing these stellar 4 and 5 star reviews but I personally think that there are much better agencies (for the type of work that they do placement for in NY). Tried to give them the benefit of the doubt, but turned out that my experience with them was a waste of time and disappointing. I realize that temp work is just that and not guaranteed from one assignment to the next but it seems that they seldom have enough work assignments to send the people who come faithfully, waiting on standby, hoping to be sent out or considered for work assignments. Why call so many people to sit up in your agency on a daily basis when the work isn’t available. Came one Friday and was told that they don’t do registration on Fridays but very next week, as I sat on standby. noticed a few women being allowed to register and fill out paper work. Another day told that they had a place to send me if I came early only to arrive the next day. and sit among many other people who were NOT sent out period despite arriving early, and sitting several hours. If you haven’t worked for some of the companies in past they won’t send you to them. l’ am not interested in long patronizing speeches or wasting money to sit on standby every single day. I just want a work assignment. Temp agencies play a role and so do employees. One hand washes the other. Its supposed to be mutually beneficial. People need work and Agencies need temps to work. If the work is not plentiful why in the world are you constantly registering new people? Go there if you like. If you have care fare to go every day and no other plans, but i would advise you not to put all your eggs in one basket. PS renovating the office space might be a good idea. and restaffing.

i found this agency last year, and complete 2 assignment already, my among assignment is work in their office in the MLD department, the manager Judy is ridiculous person, piss off every day, thanks god i done with the assignment, leave that place.

My first staffing agency ever… they hit a strike on the first shot… ask for Laura!

As with everything in life, everyone has different experiences so I guess I got very lucky compared to the others here. So Laura called me around 6pm on Weds after i had e-​mailed my resume the previous Friday, I call her back the next day-​and actually schedule an interview for the very same day at 1pm. So I arrive there, walk to the 1^st floor which I thought was the 2^nd (the way it’s designed) but I was redirected to the 2^nd floor. I filled out an application, and was seen around 1:20pm which was fine to me since she saw me and knew I was there. I was seen by Laura, who asked me questions to get to know me, and my work history and what I am looking for. We clicked automatically, and the office manager, Anna overheard our interview & liked what she heard and had an interview with me afterwards. Then she sent me to be interviewed by her boss, who was professional/​serious who asked like 17 questions-​from why I haven’t found work to why I wanted to study the major I’m going to major in. And currently being considered for a receptionist position there so overall all 3 interviews went well in my opinion, there’s definitely not much to complain about. I even got a call today for a one day receptionist job… Do the offices need a makeover? Yes. But are you there for appearances or to get help in finding temp or perm work in the clerical/​labor/​food/​retail field?

I was really disappointed with their level of service and the place is pretty run down. They were not useful at all in my job search. I should have come to check them out on Unilocal before spending the time to go there.

This is a place to go to if you just got out of prison and your parole officer sends u there. Unprofessional staff, dirty office, applicants are treated like cattle, the job offers are the lowest of the lowest.

When I first began with active, they were helpful in trying to find me something. I had three placements with them and one of them, they undercharged me and pocketed way more money then usual, another assignment was extremely biohazardous and they didnt research their placements, and the last one was great… until I found something better and left. They were extremely unprofessional, never answered an email and they do not have direct deposit so its a hassle to pickup your check every Friday. if you cannot find work, they will find you something, but this place is a LAST RESORT.

Agency earns you money and committed you to work temporarily in different places. Unprofessionalism of staff of the agency is that they do not believe those customers, who are looking for new job; they trying to humiliate and insult their clients on the principle of «if you come to us, then you are no use to anyone», without realizing that they create a bad reputation themselves. The fact that unemployment is going up is not the engine of progress. The employment of young specialists should be a case for professionals. Demand creates supply. So there is development of employment service, but the employees of this particular agency decide that they are gods and only they have right to decide, this person is worthy of the work or not. They spit on my diploma skills, understanding of their own prestige at a primitive level of thinking-​they like a person or do not.

I wish I could give this place a zero, because I surely would. This is the most unprofessional place of business I’ve ever gone to. The office is disgusting and dirty. The workers were not professional, they were loud talking and cursing throughout the office.
They have a little sitting area located in the middle of the office, which is located right next to the bathroom, so I’m sitting in the wait area and several woman I’m assume employees of the company were all standing around the bathroom damn near on my lap waiting to use the bathroom.
The day that I visited the office I as scheduled to meet with Marcy who decided to take the day off and not tell anyone she scheduled to meeting with me. I was the directed on Anna. Anna appeared to be some what professional.
After leaving the office and feeling like I wasted my time coming to this agency, I just wrote it off as a bad experience and a lesson learned. About a week later (⁵⁄₁₁) I received a call from the agency. Since I wasn’t home at the time of the call one of the unprofessional left a message on my answering machine.
I called back several times trying to reach Anna only to be told the 1^st two calls that she was in meeting, the 3^rd call I was told she was out to lunch, so I decided to try calling a 4^th time after her «lunch hour» only to be told she’s back in a meeting.
At this point I felt like I was being lied to, so immediately after the 4^th call I had my boyfriend call back and ask for Anna and what do you know she picked up the phone lol. I got on the phone and kindly told Anna to remove me from there data base, because I can do without there ghetto and unprofessional services.
I would not recommend this agency to my worse enemy. But then again maybe I would lol

Just came from Active Staffing on 34^st … This is supposed to be a staffing agency?. More like a welfare office. The receptionists attitude was purely horrible. Wouldn’t recommend this to anyone. You’re better off applying for jobs online and going business to business. Save yourself your metrocard fare, these people are only making $$ off the few unfortunate people whom don’t strive for anything else but to sit around and wait to be called for some quick labor.

This Place is OKAY! I Mean I can’t complain, they have provided me with a job when I have needed it! I just think they can make their offices a little more presentable, & do a little more extensive background checks on the people they hire, because it seems they just hire anyone off the street without bothering to even do background check to see if they are criminals or not, I mean a lot of them look like criminals! But all in all am happy as long as I get sent to a Job, that’s all I should worry about!