They're looking out for me! I found a job through…read moreStaffworks and quickly let them know I was being underpaid. 22/hr to run a rough framing crew. I gave Staffworks 3 days to fix it and they dragged their feet, Went to Aerotek and they took care of me the same day

During the outbreak of the Covid pandemic, I was working a contracted job through this agency by…read morethe name of Woodway USA, as a traveling technician. Woodway specializes in fitness and biomedical equipment, making their main clients gyms and medical facilities, among other highly trafficked businesses. The gyms were ordered to shut down and our department effectively had no work to do. I often found myself sitting at my desk for 8 hours a day, researching various components, and received very little actual job training, which I relayed to my handler Mike, on a consistent basis, as well as my supervisor at Woodway. The production staff at Woodway decided to perform a walkout over lack of proper PPE and safety regulations within the company, and they essentially conscripted the temps like myself to "help out". Meanwhile the rest of us who had been traveling all over the country, and even internationally were not allowed to quarantine. I mentioned that I did not feel safe coming to work, to my supervisor, and that I was not doing the work I was hired to do, and so would be going on unemployment until things returned to normal. I received a text message saying I was fired, like I was some kind of bad date. Did Aerotek attempt to help me find another position after this? Absolutely not, they gaslit me and tried to make it my fault for standing up for myself, and caring about not only my own safety, and the safety of others. I ended up winning a grueling, 4 month long battle over this, with unemployment, solidifying in my mind that I was wronged. This company does not care about you, it only cares about making money. Would not recommend.