Temp and employment agencies have taken to posting jobs on Internet job boards and I applied to…read moreone. I had only worked on short temporary assignment over a couple of years ago for Spherion and had not heard from them since, so when I got a call, it surprised me. They called to say that they felt I was unkind to Spherion staff and wanted me to apologize for that from two and a half years ago. They acknowledged that I did a satisfactory job with the one assignment they had provided. Why go to the trouble of getting an apology now after I hadn't heard from you in so long? If it really bothered Spherion they would have requested an apology ages ago.

Spherion was instrumental in getting me back to work after a personal setback. My recruiter Alishia…read morewas extremely helpful and friendly. She wanted to find a post that was a good fit for my personality and skills, and encouraged me to apply for a spot that I didn't feel qualified enough for. She saw potential in me that I was blind to. I got the position, and it was a stepping stone to an even better place. Spherion helps sum up your job skills and connects you to desirable employers, including the state. They give great interviewing tips. The online payroll app is easy to use, and they offer benefits. Highly recommend.

This location is the Women's Empowerment Center (as opposed to the housing location downtown). They…read morehave a free clothing boutique for women who need a few professional-type outfits--they accept professional women's clothing donations and other odds and ends and accessories if you are feeling charitable. They also offer job training, called Construct-U, for women interested in breaking into the world of construction, carpentry, and the like. Pretty cool! What have they done for me? Well, they helped me take my ServSafe class, so that I could get my Food Manager's license. I learned a lot (even though I've worked in kitchens for years, there was even more to know!) and now my resume looks just a little bit more shiny. :) This org is a great resource for women seeking work or looking to improve their job skills and their appeal to employers. Women: check out their website or give them a call and see what they can do for you.

FITCHBURG LOCATION: Forewarning to job seekers: before signing on with Express Employment…read moreProfessionals, read the 1-2 star reviews first. My recent experience with Express Employment Professionals, under the direction of Carey A. Campbell-Owner, was deeply disappointing. I applied for customer service roles but was instead placed at a facility where many workers were part of a prison work-release program--never disclosed up front--and in conditions that were dusty and unsafe. When I raised concerns, the agency offered no support and dismissed me instead. In my observation, better placements are inconsistently awarded, with an unspoken bias that professional people of color often feel but cannot always prove. There are already hundreds of negative reviews across job platforms about Express -- including dozens in Madison and thousands nationwide. Forewarning to job seekers: always read the negative reviews on staffing agencies before you sign on. The mission statements may sound appealing, but the reviews tell the real story.

Express Pros have fully satisfied my company's workforce needs. They have always followed thru and…read moreprovided necessary support. They are true professionals.

First off I worked at the Brownsville wi location as a cleaner, I was supposed to be weekends only,…read morebut agreed to help with other routes, the manager arcili is supposed to train you on the routes, she doesnt. She made me train every new person, when I was hardly shown the routes she expected me to fill in. If theres and issue shes impossible to get ahold of, she lives in green bay well over an hour and a half away. She made me a regular cleaner fire, and collect two people's badges, which not being my job made me extremely uncomfortable, ive tried letting her know the weekend cleaner wasnt cleaning things, and never got a response, but Mondays I always had to do what weekend worker didnt do. She favors hispanic workers over white. Ive caught her talking badly about a Co worker whome doesnt know any Spanish. Its just crazy that someone like thats in charge of a whole facility. I was let go because outbof frustration i said this will possibly be my last week, mind you I was the only one left from the start of this contract. I would recommend sodexo cleaning over kleenmark. The job itself was great, but whats killing it is the manager, unfortunately.

Our business hired Kleenmark for 1 year of service. They made changes on the contract that we had…read morenot approved as they had in earlier negotiations and would not remove. Before our 1 year was up they gave us 2 weeks notice that they were not cleaning our store anymore...this was not proper notification and they refused to respond on why the short notification. Good Riddance! They were not a good business partner from the get go. If they come calling, please pass on the service from them.

I was referred to Berndt CPA and worked with one of the partners. The one positive thing I can say…read morewas that when the process was all over and we began discussing the bill he was willing to negotiate and while he said they had $8,000 in on the project I was able to negotiate him down to $2,500. Other than that, it was a very poor experience. My wife and I own a real estate investing business. We have rental properties throughout the county and in Janesville. We also do a few flips each year. My degree is in business administration and I've done my own bookkeeping for my business, as well as my parents, off and on since college. We signed an engagement letter on January 25th. We let him know taxes needed to be done ASAP and he said he had the bandwidth and they'd be done within 2 weeks of receiving files. We had the last few items turned in February 5th (though enough to start was turned in before then). At that point he introduced us to an associate manager, who sent an extensive list of questions on the 12th and 13th. We responded to each same day. We finally got a first draft of the taxes on February 24th (almost a week late). Unfortunately, the associate manager had taken the liberty of choosing to do journal entries to switch from capitalizing property startup costs (the way it was recorded in the books) to using de minimis election to maximize expenses. Since we're a small business, we always capitalize initial startup improvements on each property to increase taxable income so that banks (personal and business) can see our operational profitability. These changes made us show huge losses, and our mortgage broker said they'd decline our loan if filed as is. Additionally, he had failed to prepare taxes for one of the two states required. At that point I decided not to worry about the second state (do it myself later) and just focus on getting federal cleaned up. As I began talking with the partner about the issues and trying to get them addressed, he was repeatedly insulting. On one of the calls he expressed several times that he felt the QuickBooks files were "a mess", that he didn't think I understood basic accounting principles and terminology, that he couldn't file a complete and accurate return without making substantial bookkeeping corrections, and that perhaps we were at an impasse. Another time, responding to an email where I asked why he hadn't made a change we'd agreed to, he said "Based on your comments and our discussions, you don't seem to be getting any of this and we are just trying to assist and teach you along the way. Granted, it has taken numerous times explaining this and any related concepts, which has definitely slowed down everything.... I will not do my final review of everything until we have addressed all your questions and/or concerns." I presume not doing the "final review" is why the change hadn't been made. It took me many hours of reviews and several emails of corrections (and repeating things that weren't corrected the first time) to finally get the taxes to a fillable state. Even then, there were still issues that just didn't feel major enough to hold up filing. After the issues with the first draft, the partner became incredibly difficult to reach and almost every deadline he committed to, he missed. Often the only way I could reach him was to call the front desk, be told he was unavailable, tell them that I really needed to talk to him, and have them either instant message him or go physically searching the office. When I would finally reach him, it was always clear (either implicitly or sometimes explicitly stated) that he was "squeezing me in." Finally, yesterday, when he was trying to get the bill sorted out, he became very response, timely, friendly, and accommodating. At this point the taxes are filed and we've received back Accountant copies for our 3 LLCs. However, when I loaded in the copies, the journal entry for one of the LLCs wasn't anything close to what I had validated. The partner said, "this sometimes happens with QuickBooks".

I used Berndt CPA for years and they went from being a very good accounting firm to an absolute…read moremess. Constantly losing my information. Deleted my 2 yr old child off of my taxes. Got my address wrong for taxes. Stated that I made too much money to get the dependent child care tax credit ( you always get it, the percentage just changes). Literally went from owing 13k in taxes to just owing 1300 after they fixed all of their mistakes. In fact, they were so bad that the Wisconsin IRS (dept of revenue) assessed me a $222 Negligence penalty. Which I made Berndt pay. I am never using them again.

Unequivocally the most incompetent accountant in the world works here. She unnecessarily delayed…read morethe closure of my mom's estate by nearly a year. Corresponces were repeatedly ignored as were phone calls even from the estate's attorney. Emails from her were boilerplate often with the wrong name inserted. This was by no means a complex accounting situation with simply a single IRA. The accountant assigned to our estate closure was utterly unresponsive, incompetent and should be unemployed. A firm that would retain her (as they clearly still employ her) should be ashamed. The most egregious example of professional incompetence I have ever witnessed.

I wish we had never got involved with Wegner. Absolutely horrible customer service -took forever to…read morerespond, charged us for unnecessary meetings and the bill was absurd for the little work they did. There are plenty of accountants out there; do not work with this one.

I go early to the Woodmans store in Menomonee Falls, WI and there is this white, short guy with…read moreglasses who works third shift. He used to be nice but over time he really turned into a sour individual that won't even recognize me or any other customer. He has a scowl on his face all the time like he doesn't want to be there. He doesn't act like a friendly host. When I ask how he is doing it's always the same answer and not a friendly to it either. I hope that his bosses read this review and need to tell these folks that they are also hosts instead of just being a security guard. The way this guy is, shines not a great light on the others.

I tried to hire them for an event since I used them in the past and tried reaching the "President"…read morenumerous times, even leaving my personal cell phone number to reach me day or night. I received one call back which I tried reaching out right away again with zero response. He literally left me hanging for weeks to get told "Oh we don't have anyone available, sorry" and his apparent one returned phone was multiple attempts to reach me. Are you kidding me. You couldn't of told me that right away so I could of hired someone else. I guess shame on me for trusting them to come through but I will never use their services again nor recommend them. Very disappointed!

Working with Cathy was great. She is very knowledgeable with the profit first method and providing…read moreguidance on achieving your target allocations. Cathy did a weekly review meeting and provided her expertise to lead my business in the right direction. Even though she has not worked with a business in my industry, she still managed to utilize her systems and processes to assist in making my business successful. I highly recommend IBC and Cathy to any business wanting to achieve financial success.

I've been working with IBC Business Solutions for almost 10 years and I continue to be impressed by…read moretheir professionalism, efficiency, and overall interest in helping my business succeed!