Probably the most unorganized business I've ever dealt with. If I could give negative stars I would. No one ever responds to you whether email or phone. I should have known better when I went in to fill out an application and the lady at the front desk made me wait 15 minutes to find out where the applications were. Seriously. Stay away from this place if you have any sense. read more

I loved this agency because they found me work the same day I went in for an interview. I'm trying to think of how to say this without offending anyone, but I really think the reason I got work so fast was because I was a little more, hm, classy, than the usual clients. I wore a suit to my interview and came with my resume. Apparently this was not the norm here. They were thrilled I had a resume ready to go, and commented on my attire and how amazing it was. After sitting in the lobby (it was pay day, and many people were passing through to pick up checks on their lunch break), I can see why. I saw people wearing jeans, stained clothing, shorts, trashy skirts, and other office no-no's. I mean, I am sure some jobs have relaxed dress codes, but this was a little much. No one who came in was dressed remotely professional. Anyway, I got an assignment at a fancy law firm for a few months. The pay was decent, the hours were constant and I had no real complaints. However about 3 weeks into it, another job came up for me, and I had to take it, and cut my stay here short. I know that is not the most professional thing to do, but I had bills to pay and the other job had insurance, paid more and was closer to home. When I called in to give my very short notice, my agent, Victor was extremely understanding and genuinely happy for me. He was always very friendly when I went into the office, and a pleasure to work with. I highly recommend him. However his boss, whose name I cannot recall (Mike? he was a large Italian dude.), was nothing short of an a-hole to me. After I had cleared everything with Victor and gone out with some friends, I got a phone call from this guy. He basically called to harass me about leaving. He wanted to know all the details on my new job, and then tried to pick apart my choice. He was VERY rude about it. Who calls up someone to yell at them after they quit?? This guy, that's who. He wouldn't listen to what I said in response and was just so rude I hung up on him. The following week I went in to collect my last paycheck (very needed so i could pay rent that weekend). The woman at the front desk could not find it in the box of held checks. She searched around, asked a few people, then said sorry, it must have been mailed by accident. i was quite upset by this and asked her to keep looking around. Somehow she ended up calling the tool who yelled at me the other day, and it turns out he was holding it. So he came out to the front with it, handed it to me and gave me a dirty look. LIke a 5 year old who is sulking! What was the point of that? He really had to give me my check in person just for that? And what if I had just given up and accepted that it had been mailed by mistake? Would he have mailed it or held onto it in anger? It was just so unprofessional, it blew my mind. After all this, I would still give them 4 stars, on the basis of getting good work so fast and more importantly, the great experience I had working with Victor. read more

I worked for them Linda is very professional and will get you work. But Marlynn Appel is awful disrespectful and swears she walks on water. I barely dealt with her that's the only reason why I gave 2 yrs of my life to this company. Pay was good and again they got me in. But an employer who's disrespectful to staff will not be tolerated in my book. Front end was a mess not professional when you call in...smh...glad I moved on read more

Business Beware! Worst staffing agency ever! Unprofessional, Rude, Discourteous, refuses to listen or treat applicants with minimal respect. They pulled my information off the internet and called my home and left a message regarding a position in my area. I arrived home at 7pm at night got the message and called back first thing the next morning. I was told the job was filled the same day. No big deal but I wondered why they would call me for an obvious temp job? When I attempted to ask them why they would call me, a currently employed professional, they stated well your looking for a job aren't you? I explained "Well, yes I am open to new opportunities but absolutely none of the positions I have applied for in 20 years has been looking to place someone that day". Her response was to hang up on me. I truly feel sorry for any business getting personnel from this group they are just finding bodies from any source available and have little to no skills identifying a qualified candidate from a convict. The representative that called me was named Monique Gerstein. read more

This is the most unprofessional agency I have ever dealt with. As reviewer Donald mentioned previously, I also received a message on my home phone for a job opening - at 3 PM. I returned the call to Monique Gerstein at 4:30 the same day. I asked for Monique, and the person on the other end of the line replied, "Who?" I then said, I'm sorry, but I'm calling for a Monique or Monica? Perhaps I have the name wrong?" The response, "Monique works here. Why?" "I'm returning a call." "Your name?" After I answered, she hung up! Are you kidding me? You called my house to ask about my interest in a position, I call back, and you hang up on me? The initial phone call claimed that my information came from Monster. If I could rate zero stars, I would! read more

Got a call from a so-called recruiter about a postion. She said she found muy resume on Monster Board.com. First indication that she didn't know what she was doing. Tried to question her onthe nature of the job, etc. She hung up. I'm a recruiter and this lady gives recruiters a very BAD name. REALLY? read more

If I could rate All Star Staffing with negative stars, it would be a minus 10! Horrible experience!! The people there are rude and unprofessional. At my interview with All Star, I was told about several great jobs they had for me at some of Boston's bigger hospitals. Come to find out, they DO NOT have the jobs they told me about. I went with a Boston temp agency as I wanted to work in Boston, however all their jobs seem to be on the North Shore. Instead of them calling me when they had a job for me, I was expected to call them several times a day to ask about work for the following day. I was supposed to call several times a day even while working at one of the temp jobs they gave me. As I dont make personal phone calls while at work, I found this to be very unprofessional, and disruptive of my work day. I did ask if they could just call me when they had something for me and leave me a message and I would call them back, but was told I needed to keep calling. read more

Ask for Marilyn. This place listens to you. And hint: if they are not calling you it does mean they have no new news for you. If they tell you, call us back at such-and-such a time, call back then and you'll get some job news of some kind. read more

Worked for All Star. They always got me work when I called-increasing responsibility as well as money in excellent firms around Boston. Ask for Marilyn. She treats her employees well. read more

I found Marilyn Appel to be intimidating. I did not except the job she offered me, because I excepted a perm position at another company, she was rude, ignorant and unprofessional. read more

I had a very bad experience with them. They are rude and get annoyed and never call you. They made up things about me from an employer and ruined my integrity. I wouldn't suggest them AT ALL read more

As somebody who has spoken and used recruiters very successfully for the past 10 years I feel it is my absolute obligation to warn against this place. Don't get me wrong, you may get lucky, they supposedly do have clients that they occasionally get jobs for. But their entire business practice is unprofessional and overall appalling. They in no way shape or form seem to believe in common courtesies or customer service methodology. Every step of the way is pulling teeth. They won't tell you the company they're hiring for, the job description, the location, most helpful information one may want during a job searching process . You need to constantly call and follow-up with them or else they just seem to forget. Also, basic requests such as an email with contact information or taking an extra minute to better understand why a certain position might not work or be what you're looking for often ends in them hanging up mid sentence. I highly dissuade anybody from using this agency and if you do just know you've been warned. read more

If I could put no stars I would. I worked for Marilyn last year. This lady thinks you should thank your lucky stars that you work for her. They always messed up my checks meaning I didn't get one sometimes and they had no problem telling me to wait till next payday. I explained I had rent due and her response was "oh well"..They never got me what I asked for meaning pay wise. If you don't pickup the phone when she calls, she will leave a message and if you don't call her back within a minute, you lose out on the job she called you for. I called back 5 minutes later and her response was "sorry you didn't pickup, I gave the job to someone else. Next time take the phone in the shower with you". And when she couldn't get a hold of me once, she used my emergency contact, called them to ask if they knew where I was. She would lie to potential employers who wanted to hire me fulltime by telling them I was already commited to another job just so she wouldn't lose her commission. DON"T USE THIS PLACE!! They are sneaky, rude and won't get you work like they promise.. All the other employees that work there are great and they know hat Marilyn is a greedy old bat...one more thing, if you don't have a car and you tell Marilyn that, she will still book you for a job that is and hour and a half away by commuter rail even though you tell her you need to be close to the city. Her response was usually "well, if you don't take this, I'm not sure when I can place you again so figure it out" Pretty much threatning me that if I didn't take it I would be shit outta luck with future jobs..again....DON'T THINK ABOUT APPLYING HERE..YOU WILL BE SORRY read more