Let me first start off by saying I am very new to the staffing world, and have never worked with an agency in this manner before. When I came to Pride staff, I was employed. The gentleman who recruited me was named Gio. (saving his last name to keep him somewhat undisclosed). Anyway, he was very personable, and friendly. Eagerly willing to help me. However, I was having some doubts on his credentials. I had emailed my resume (and brought a copy in when I showed up for my interview just to have a spare to be safe. He asked me for a copy when I got there, as he misplaced it or could not find the one I sent him already by email. (Thought process...how could you lose an email?) Moving on, the interview went well Gio said I had a really good resume, longevity with employment which was very rare according to what he has seen in the past, and that he had a lot of work contracts out there. He gave me some insights of some jobs he has....however he was never really able to give a complete description of one job to the other. He was sorta all over the place. I stayed for 2 hours filling out paperwork, getting everything in order. After it was said and done...he said most of his employers wanted someone to start like yesterday (his exact words). Now I did mention i was STILL employed...but the reason I was looking for work was because the position I currently had was being relocated to another state, and I did not want to move family from our family here in Florida. I advised Mr. Gio I wanted to give my present job notice if I found other employment. He wasn't too keen on that idea...but said can work with it.
The interview went ok...I left for the day with the words of "we'll call you once we have something for you". Now mind you, again, my thought process in the beginning after him reading my resume and saying he had lots of contracts was wow....I am not leaving today without at least an interview set.
I left with nothing but a simple "we'll call you". Two weeks had gone by no call. I took the initiative to give them a call to see how things were going. Gio advise they are still trying to hook me up with an interview...but because I am needing to give a notice....all the jobs he is finding are saying they want someone immediately.
I have called several times after, resent several resumes because apparently he kept losing mine, but still the same ol' excuse. A couple weeks later, my department was relocated, and I was unemployed. Thankfully I was given a 2 month severance pay, but I still need work.
I called Gio, with high hopes of letting him know I can start now. He advised me he was working on some projects that were new and that they will "call me" again when something comes up. He said before his "clients" (the jobs) wanted someone to start right away. Now, that I CAN start away, he said he has a few jobs that need someone in a couple weeks. He will contact me. I feel as if no matter what i said, he'd need the complete opposite.
I decided to write a review about them to hopefully steer a hard working, honest, loyal potential employee from having the experience I had with Pride Staff. Not sure why it was on the top 10 staffing agencies to work with, because it definitely left a bad taste in my mouth. Very dissatisfied. read more