Kelly Services

I worked for them in the past and did many assignments with glowing reviews by the employers. However, for one assignment, Kelly rep gave me the wrong start date and other misinformation. When I didn’t show up due to this misinformation, I was fired. The only time in my career that I’ve been fired. And after many wonderful experiences! I’m not surprised by the number of low-​starred reviews for this agency. I tried to explain the situation, but no second chances or acknowledgement that they goofed.

I’ve recently moved to the San Diego area from Florida. 1 week prior to moving I contacted the Kelly Services office in San Diego, spoke to Jennifer we had a very vivid conversation of the employment prospects and their process and so forth. However when I arrived in San Diego and went to their office at 9 am I was told by a very chatty receptionist, that Jennifer was having problems retrieving her email and I would have to call back around 2pm in the afternoon to speak with her I called the next day to speak with Jennifer who told me that I would not be able to get an interview until middle of next week and to fill out the online application. Complete 180, infact if where not for the prior post I would have taken this experience personal…:(

Worst agency ever. If Dori is your recruiter then beware, she is a classless unprofessional women and the laughing stock of all she recruits. I was hired on after 3 months by the actual company and they dropped her services and went with manpower and aerotech after I told them how incompetent she is. Your welcome Dori

I was working with Kelly Services for a whole year. Let me tell you all the things that mandate a 1 star:
1.) They gave me the wrong address to the interview however I was so good that I still got hired.
2.) They screwed me out of holiday pay recently for Christmas Day and New Years Day.
3.) They take a tremendous cut (I made 17.20 from the original pay of $ 24.40) and add other taxes such as an extra disability charge on your W2 which cannot be eliminated.
4.) They will absolutely do nothing for you to advance your position or insure your happiness.
I have left this contracting organization and started a new job but it sucks that this is the way the country is headed. Most likely if you are a new graduate you’ll be starting out this way too because companies DO NOT want to pay for benefits ESPECIALLY healthcare. To all those who voted for Obama thinking that the mandatory healthcare law would be so great, look at how it screws over those just coming into the workforce.

I went to this place because I had seen in the Penny saver that they were having kind of like a BIG employment fair for those who want to do clerical type work. I gave the lady my resume and she didn’t even look me in the eye, she asked what was I looking for and I told her she cut me off and said why weren’t you working for two years? I told her I’ve been in school I just got my Associate degree and she said, ok we’ll call you and walked away from me. Did I get that call? NOPE!
SO RUDE! Don’t bother with this agency, they need to close this agency, they are not helpful at all!

I applied online and got a phone interview from one of the recruiters. She asked me if I had experience in a particular software and I told her «unfortunately, no because the company I last worked for didn’t use that software but I’m willing and eager to learn.» AS WITH EVERY JOB, YOU HAVE TO LEARN ANYWAY! I even told her I understand how important it is to have experience with this particular software as it was pertinent to my job and most companies require it. She proceeded to tell me «If I had a dollar for every time I interviewed a person who said they’re willing to learn, I’d be rich.» She even suggested I’d take some ROP classes. I ended up cancelling my appointment based off of that remark. I’ve gone through many temp agencies before and NONE have be-​littled me in any way based off of my qualifications or lack there of… this is from the RB office.
There are plenty of staffing agencies out there and so far I’ve NEVER had someone say anything like that to me before.

Unfortunately, you have to chose a star to rank. They are NOT even worthy of 1 star. I was referred to this temp agency by a very close friend. I went to their website, created a profile, uploaded my resume as well as emailing it directly. I then followed up with a call. (MOST temp agencies call you FIRST) I asked for the person I was referred to and was told she was unavailable and would get back to me soon. I waited… waited…waited…and called back again. NOTHING! Then, before the day ended I called AGAIN! Now, the snot mouthed, cold blooded lady who answered the phone TOLD me not to call more then once a day, that the person would get back to me. I NEVER heard from her until «I» again, made the call. When I did call, it went to voice mail. By now, I have left at the least, 4 different messages. Approximately an hour later, she calls. When I answered my phone, she identified herself and then it was DEAD AIR! She lacked any kind of professional skills or phone etiquette. She basically sounded as though I was a pain in her @$$. Whatever happened to «common courtesy»? I personally, try to steer away from ‘temp agencies’. But in this horrible economy and even worse job market, I had to humble myself and reach out for assistance. After reading the other reviews here I am not one bit surprised to see all the NEGATIVE reviews. STAY AWAY FROM KELLY SERVICES!!!

I worked on a 5 week project through Kelly and everything seemed fine at first. Then half of the people hired with me didn’t receive paychecks the first two weeks. I didn’t get mine the third or fourth week. I was on the phone with them trying to figure out where it was for days before they realized the two checks had for some reason been combined, but then «lost in the mail.» What were they combined for? They were supposed to come a full week apart… After three more phone calls they figured out that for some reason my check was at the Kelly office, as it had been returned as «undeliverable,» which is weird because all the rest of my checks had the same address on them. When I went to go pick it up, my check had been opened, which, while it didn’t cause any harm, I found to be unnecessary and more than a little bit rude. I would have appreciated a phone call about my check being there before it sat there for a week while I sat here two weeks behind in pay. Additionally, I found the hiring process to be complete bullshit. While I was happy to have a job, even temporarily, I thought it suspicious that I had no actual interview, and when I came in for what I thought was an interview, I was seated in a room full of people who were all hired in exactly the same manner just to fill out paperwork. Good thing I filled out the direct deposit paperwork that they never bothered to process too.