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Spherion really does suck alot because they send people to crappy jobs. I was working through Spherion but now they are saying there no jobs. They give me the run around and lie to me about job they are hiring for. They are very unfair company.

Spherion DOES suck I agree. I was hired to analyze and file a few adocuments. Before you know it within a week I am lifting 60 to 100 pound boxes. I ended up destroying a very expensive $500 suit. When I asked for a couple of dollars more an hour they game me the 3rd degree. I told them they can have that job. They suck, they do not look out for your interest especially if you are a highly qualified with a ivy league degree.

Spherion DOES suck. I am at an RPO client of theirs. I was identified, screened and selected by the client, not Spherion. The RPO that Spherion has with the clien has me working through them. No biggie. I get paid about 10K a month but Spherion is billing the client SEVENTEEN THOUSAND DOLLARS for me. They do have some employer contributions to taxes and other expense, but not seven grand a month worth. They are making money hand over fist.

I had a talk with employer the other day, who told me he had thought about hiring from temp companies like this one. He told me that he called them to ask if he could get someone to help and they didn't have to have alot of experience. They told him, sure, and proceeded to get him someone out for 5.85 hour (states minimum wage here) and it was going to cost him $15.64 per hour for that individual. WOWZA! He went to a friend who was HR for a company down the road, who told him, that even those temp places don't send reliable help, his company hires and fires 250 in any 90 day period, and 100% come from that same temp company. Well I'll be, if the companies would just hire the person for that rate, they would get paid better and would probably show up, work better, or do whatever they need to do to keep that job. HR's around the globe, get a brain! These companies are spinlessly taking all of the money that you could build trust, and faith with a new employee and laughing at you when they drag up on you. Just call up that person that left (the temp) and ask them if they would have left if they were making 3 times what you were paying them. Even twice of what you were paying them! For real guys, if ever put in a position to bankrupt a temp company, I WILL DO IT! JMHO

Spherion sucks. Use them for your own benefit or avoid them at all together. Horrible, simply horrible.

This agency is awful. I used an agency in Georgia and they treated me very poorly. They did not communicate with me and when I was finally placed in a job, I found that they did not do much research. They are only concerned in filling positions, but not finding the right person for the job. The practices of Spherion are unethical. I would NOT recommend or use this company again!

They are the worst. They treat people like nonhuman beings. They are very inconsiderate and very unjust. I will never recommend anybody to go through them.

I applied to several accounting positions that were posted on their website. I was very well qualifed for all of them. (I have a Master's Degree). They never even scheduled me for an appointment or returned my calls so I decided not to even bother with them.

I interviewed for a contract position. It went very well and I was offered the job. Only then did Spherion tell me that a background check and drug screen were necessary. I did not have an issue with these requirements, but found it most troubling that it was not communicated to me up front. Then they had me sign an incomplete contract and would not provide me with a copy. I elected to pass on the position because I did not want to work for, and be paid by, Spherion.

Spherion at Hewitt ain´t that bad. The attendance policy sux, but the Spherion reps were good.

I worked for Spherion for almost a month. I worked for a company called Hewitt. Spherion interviewed me and hired me right away. Then about 2 or 3 weeks later they wanted to do a background check and drug test. SO I had to take my own personal time on the weekend to do the drug test. After doing so I worked another 2 weeks. I had about an hour commute. When I got in on a Tuesday, the Spherion contact came into the training room to speak with me. She led me into a private room and told me they were letting me go due to the background check. Prior to working for this agency I worked directly for a bank and had extensive background check and finger printing and my backgound was fine. Spherion let me go because I had an fine on my record for a check that was issued. I worked for a company that before they went bankrupt issued a check to another company. I along with another employee was an authourized signer for this company. The other company brought a lawsuit against the company I worked for along with the signers on the check so the company eventually issued payment and resolved the issue out of court. Spherion let me go because they said this was on my record. It was not. I contacted the county and it was issued like a citation. Spherion treated this like some kind of criminal offense and it was neither a misdemeanor or felony. All it was was a fine. The clerk provided me with documentation for this fine which supports it was no conviction and it was a suite settled out of court. I actually had nothing at all to do with the entire situation besides the intial issuing of the check. Spherion then treated me like I was some kind of criminal and I don't even have a record. I am a college graduate with 2 BAs. Spherion then told me with the information I provided from the clerk that this has to be expunged from my record. I told the county and they said there is nothing to be expunged because this was a fine not a charge. The company resolved the issue on my behalf. I still have not received any apology for the humiliation Spherion put me through for their error. It was not my fault they didn't know how to read a background check and came to the wrong conclusion. I would tell anyone that you never want to work for an agency like this. They knew they were going to let me go and that I traveled far but instead of telling me not to come in they waited until I worked about 2 or more hours that day and came into the class and hauled me off like I was some type of criminal.

They are letting lots (and when I say lots, I mean tons) of people go from the Red Cross Assignment in Bakersfield, CA (and because it's a temp job, they don't have to tell you why even if you think you were qualified to have the job). They let me go on and did not pay me that day. They said I could pick it up from the office on the following friday. I go the office on that day, Guess what, no check. So the woman there told me that they sent all the red cross checks to the ACS facility and to go there. So I drive ALL the way across town (keep in mind gas prices are high right now) with one of my children during RUSH HOUR TRAFFIC. I get to ACIS. I wait in line with all the other people who are still employed for them. Several minutes later, I'm told there is no check there for me, and to "Go the the round table in another area". So I do that. On my time sheet they had written "Will pick up at office on Friday." So they start to say "Go do that." So I inform them that I already went there. A different woman tells me to call the office on the upcoming Monday. I do. I'm on hold with different people (kept getting transferred) for over 15 minutes. Finally they told me it had been sent to me. I ask From where? The woman says "I don't know." and acted like she was going to get off the phone. So I say, Was it mailed from California? I'm put on hold again. She comes back and tells me it was mailed from TEXAS!! and to "give it a few days". Few days pass, NEVER received my check. Talked to the labor board. Apparently, they are doing this to a LOT OF PEOPLE!!! (that's what they told me). They are ripping off a lot of people. Even if I get paid eventually, it doesn't matter, I worked the hours, I needed the money. I had to go through the pain of gettiing fired when I felt I was doing a good job (yes it struck me hard), so now they are making it even worse by not paying me and others. If you're thinking about this agency, go to another one.

This is the worst outfit in the US. Talk about discrimination, I am 56 was employed by speerion for 1 year and yesterday I got a call from Jonathan saying Hello, How are you we no longer need your services. No explanation,and why couldn't he face me? Isn't that a pretty tacky way of firing people?

They have no idea how to run a payroll department. Was almost a month before we received any checks, and then they short changed me 24 hours. On the application, I had stated that I needed time off. I emailed them several times during a contract to remind them. One day, they called me in and let me go because I needed time off. Now back to the hours they short changed me. After they let me go, I had to make many phones calls to get this money. These were hours from the first weeks I worked there, but was paid for two weeks after they let me go. Now we get the W-2 form and that's not right. Got a call into them about this. And to add to people's humiliation, if someone was late or not paying attention during training, they would make that person get up in front of the entire group and sing a song. And then the next day they were inevitably fired. Nice

This is a temp job placement agency that I worked with in St. Louis. I was on reserve status for the military and was looking for work. I worked for awhile at Hussmann Refrigeration, and after my assignment was up, they asked for me by name when they had another assignment. After that assignment was completed I took an assignment at Wells Fargo Home Mortgage. While working there, people on my base were being mobilized for deployment to Afghanistan and I pulled a day of active duty time on my base to help. I emailed my contact at Spherion, and three different people at Wells Fargo letting them know that I would not be in that day because of a military obligation and that I could bring paperwork in (my official military orders) to excuse my absense. Instead I went to Wells Fargo, went to my business as usual and then a couple hours later, Jeanette Baugh my contact from Spherion came to Wells Fargo. She wanted to talk to me. I followed her waiting for her to say something, she led me out of the suite and down the elevator in the lobby where I was told I was being fired. That's right, fired for missing a day of work for serving on active duty time, this is against the federal law. The look on her face was priceless when I flashed my orders in front of her and walked out the door. I went straight to the base and talked with our JAG officers about it and they were ready to take it to the extent. I decided it was not worth it, I was better off not working through them anyways. I was able to get my own business off the ground and it has become very lucrative, so they did me a favor.

Over the course of 13 months at my current employer, myself and 16 others were promised 3 raises, and received none. The first excuse was, thats not the policy. The second was it's been postponed for 6 months, finally I hear the payroll dept is switching software, expect it soon. I suspect this is just their M.O. Now that their bag of lies is running shallow, a new batch of trainees are hired when there is no extra workload and we get the talk about how poor we're performing (also not true). Policy has also changed regarding paid time off since the hire date.

They will send you to the worst jobs available in the field you want to work in. Then they pretend not to know what the conditions are. They also do not offer shift differentials, and the wages they do offer are bottom of scale.

Spherion will conspire with yout management to keep you a temporary employee for several months or till your death. Find any backdoor for full hire that you can. You can get several promotions while working for your contract and never see a raise, bonus, benefits or vacation time

I had an "interview" at my local office, and the recruiter forgot that she had an appointment I waited for 57 minutes and finally someone else had walked by and asked who I was to see, when I told her who she responded with "She already left for the day. I still had an interview was promised a job that next week and when I called back to get the information, the day that I was supposed to start, they said that they forgot the asked me to do it and got a realtive of one of their employees!