First of all, I would like to let you know who I am. I'm a retired Veteran (Sergeant Major, USMC). 22 years of honest and faithful service. I was laid off from my job in Tampa in which I worked for 10 years as the Gov't Sales Manager of a large Manufacturing Company. (They did away with the Gov't Contract). After having no luck with finding a job, my wife and I decided to move back home to Minnesota.
After finding a place here in Anoka, I visited the Staff at Atlas Staffing on Main Street in Anoka. They are a very polite and friendly group. That's where the "help" ended. From the moment I filled out all the required paperwork and gave them my resume, it went DOWN HILL from there. With my resume, I felt it would bring me a job quickly as it was quite the background I accomplished and worked very hard to achieve. They were persistent in that "we" should find something equivalent to my previous position where I made 90K a year. I told them right off the bat, "I just want a job..." I would've washed dishes if I needed to.
For the next THREE weeks, not ONE phone call. I called / emailed over 20 times during that time and "I" was ALWAYS the one to establish contact. Their reply was always, "we are having difficulty in finding an equivalent position that you had" even though I would constantly correct them to the fact that I was NO LONGER looking for something "equal." I just needed a job. I CONSTANTLY told them I would be a laborer, a driver, a shelf stocker, clean up crew, assembly line worker, dispatcher, ANYTHING.
Another 2 weeks went by and then they just "fell off the face of the earth." It has now been over two months and I have NEVER heard from them. I have since found a job as a dispatcher making $14 an hour and did this ALL ON MY OWN.
I thought Staffing Companies got paid when they found their clients a job?? I guess I was wrong. Anyway, the only reason I gave them a "1" Star, is because you HAVE to give them "something..." If you're serious in finding a position / job, look elsewhere because this is one Staffing Company that needs to be avoided at all costs... read more
