Labor Ready Reviews

Former Employee – worked at Labor Ready full-time for less than a year

Pros – Working for Labor Ready was good for quick cash if you couldn't find any other work.
You can find try different tasks to see what kind of work interests you.
A person can acquire different skills to make themselves marketable.
Flexibility in work schedule if you are looking for something permanent or retired.

Cons – The employee is always going to be paid minimum wage even if the person is a skilled employee. The employee had to show up an hour to two hours early to see if they were going to have work for the day. If you drive 15 to 30 miles daily you lost money due to the gas if there was no job for you. You would work 8 hours that day, then having to show up at the office and wait another hour to get paid. There were no benefits and the person working there was always going to live in poverty.

Advice to Senior Management – Treat your employees like assets, not parasites. Appreciate the employee for taking time out of their lives to earn you revenue. Have sympathy for these people because they are only trying to put food on the tables.

No, I would not recommend this company to a friend

Former Employee – worked at Labor Ready part-time for less than a year

Pros – Very flexible schedule. Provide some safety equipment for free. Everyone is welcome. Very easy to start working here. The managers at a place near me seemed very concerned for worker safety. The manager often went to different places to check out working conditions, and definitely if it was the first time the agency supplied workers.

Cons – Very seasonal, Frequently not enough work for everyone who comes in during the day. There are work agencies that provide better pay/work conditions, but are harder to start working at. Very unstable source of income.

Advice to Senior Management – Expand to more qualified work.

No, I would not recommend this company to a friend

Former Employee – worked at Labor Ready full-time for less than a year

Pros – Labor Ready does try to encourage its full-time employees with bonuses and other "give-aways." Their training program is also quite acceptable and helpful.

Cons – 1. Low pay for full-time Customer Service Representatives. Because I did not want to go through another lengthy period of unemployment, I took a $3.00 an hour paycut to work at Labor Ready. $12.00 an hour is not enough for the kind of commitment and hard work that LR expects from its employees.
2. Less-than-truthful advertised job descriptions...I did not know, nor was I informed, that I would be expected to work nights and weekends when needed. There was one weekend that I had to make 5 trips to the office (a total of more than 120 miles) and was not reimbursed for any of my mileage.
3. Unrealistic expectations...Labor Ready advertises itself as a 24/7 "on demand" agency, but this puts undue pressure on both its full-time branch staff and its temporary associates. It is unrealistic to expect that temporary associates can be instantly ready and able to come to work at a moment's notice. People do have lives of their own! Furthermore, Labor Ready does not want to pay overtime to either its temporary associates or its full-time employees, yet they expect you to fill a job order that comes in late in the day, with only a very few minutes left before closing time.
4. Dirty, unattractive offices, and outdated computer equipment.
5. Critical, unrealistic branch managers.

Advice to Senior Management – You need to raise the starting pay for your Customer Service Representatives and be willing to pay overtime when its needed. You also need to be realistic about your "on demand" service.

No, I would not recommend this company to a friend

Former Employee – worked at Labor Ready full-time for more than 3 years

Pros – Good training, Gain lots of office experience

Cons – LOTS of being on call, low pay, horrible horrible office-- most are disgusting!

Advice to Senior Management – Need more incentives and opportunities to advance for CSR;s and Managers...

No, I would not recommend this company to a friend

Current Employee – been working at Labor Ready for more than a year

Pros – quick cash varying job oppertunity

Cons – if you can get out

Advice to Senior Management – do your job and find work

No, I would not recommend this company to a friend

Former Employee – worked at Labor Ready full-time for less than a year

Pros – As a Customer Service Rep., you help temp. associates get day work as well as temp to perm positions.

Cons – It is difficult to have a worker come in to the office and let him/her know that a client has called and placed a DNR ( do not return) requesr. This actually goes in the ta's file. And not all of these requests are on the up and up. Another difficult task is when a lenghty ticket ends and your ta's have egan to think the position may be permanant.

Advice to Senior Management – The managers, both in the offices and district could use some help with their people skills. I was called stupid by my office manager and the district manager constantly snapped his fingers at me as if i were a dog or perhaps one of his children. TA's are not treated well and the staff has the mentality that everyone is a liar.

No, I would not recommend this company to a friend

Current Employee – been working at Labor Ready full-time for less than a year

Pros – good if you need work fast and have no job

Cons – 7.25 an hour to do sometimes hard work

Yes, I would recommend this company to a friend

Former Employee – worked at Labor Ready

Pros – Company makes a killing off the backs of their workers....

Cons – Appleton wis branch is horrible, ladies dont know what their doing most of the time. Manager is pathetic,, she blows more smoke up your a$$ then anything. landed a job for a renovation company, because it was for the state making Prevailing wage , from 8.25 to 37.00/hr. Because labor ready would not negotiate the price with the company and wanted the same wage i was making from all this free money the state was handing out, they stopped using Labor ready, coorporate greed. labor ready only cares about the numbers, how many slaves they put out and revenue for the month.

Advice to Senior Management – Greedy self centered white collar workers who dont know what work is.

No, I would not recommend this company to a friend

Current Employee – been working at Labor Ready full-time for more than 3 years

Pros – You control the hours outside sales for about 70% of the time but Labor is overpriced and competition is stiff

Cons – Felons, wear and tear on your vehicle, upper management don't care, always hiring staff

Advice to Senior Management – Work in a branch a week

No, I would not recommend this company to a friend

Current Employee – been working at Labor Ready full-time for less than a year

Pros – Meeting new people and having the satisfaction of putting people to work. Great Benefits, Great Management, and lots of Advancement opportunities within my region.

Cons – I have found no Cons to this job

Advice to Senior Management – Keep up the Great Work

Yes, I would recommend this company to a friend – I'm optimistic about the outlook for this company