It was with some trepidation that I re-entered the workforce after being laid off during Covid-19. Never in my wildest dreams did I imagine that I would meet a recruiter so warm, funny, supportive and enthusiastic as Chris Young at Pride Staff San Diego. It's rare to meet someone someone who advocates for her employees the way that Chris does. I immediately felt at ease as she outlined the process, and helped me analyze the skills that would match the job I was seeking. She assisted me with a high level of preparation for the interview, which helped me land the job! Chris is in your corner every step of the way, excited for you, and rooting for you as you go through the process. I feel confident recommending Chris Young and Pride Staff to any jobseekers in San Diego. Thank you for all you do! read more

I' so thanful for the great support and help about my new job ! Thank you so much PrideStaff Team ! Now I enjoying my job and new friends . I'll keep share this amazing opportunity with others . Charlie Hernández read more

Go Elsewhere!!!! Unprofessional and the people that work here are deceptive instead of telling their clients the truth they string you along for a few months making you believe you have the job and never contact you again ..... Anyway long story short Karen writes me an email to let me know she found a job for me ..so i wrote her back right away and she wrote me back just to say she was transferring me to this guy dougs caseload and to contact him....So i did seeing as how im a single mom and desperate to work i really was excited about this so called "opportunity" anyway I wrote him, sent all my info even though they already should have had it and I waited and waited so anyway i wrote "Doug" and he basically told me to be patient so i was... And now its been over a month and no word NICE!!! I mean if you changed your mind at least keep your clients in the loop SO UNPROFESSIONAL! read more

This company is a scam don't buy into their interview scheme. they're door to door salesman basically telemarketing on foot.

DO NOT WASTE YOUR TIME AND RISK YOUR PRIVATE INFORMATION TO BE SHARED WITHOUT YOUR PERMISSION. Who knows what they did with all my private information I gave away when I came to the office. THEY contacted me after seeing my resume on Indeed and sent me a position that seemed like it was the perfect fit for me. So I went to the Office in La Jolla met with Kimberly, filled out all the paper work - giving all my private information. After all was done she said I performed well and she will give me a call in the next following days. Guess what? There were no calls and no emails EVEN AFTER I contacted them multiples times to check on that job application status or even to see if there wasn't anything else that would be a good fit for me. read more

What a waste of time, if I could give zero stars, I would! Pridestaff has been advertising on Craigslist on the following dates 12/3; 1/3; 1/7; and 1/10 for 100+ people to work at a convention in the downtown area with a walk in job fair each week. I went to their office on 1/6, applied, and had a 3 minute interview with Sharon Dillon, who essentially only had to say "just keep checking your emails." So today I got this email: PrideStaff Follow Up RE: Event Staff Position Thank you for your interest in working with Pridestaff! At this time, all positions have been filled for the Event Staff needs. We are always in need of qualified candidates like you for a variety of opportunities that may open up with our clients in the future. We value your time during your career search and will contact you as soon we have a position that is a good fit with your background, and skills, along with meeting our client qualifications. Thank you again for contacting PrideStaff! So, all positions have been filled, but they're still holding a job fair for it. At this point in time, I'm assuming, just like all temp agencies, that the "convention" is a come on job to get applicants in the office. This is why I never apply for "jobs" with temp services. read more

I've been with PrideStaff for 3 years I believe and I have to say that the staff their are amazing very helpful and encouraging! They always made sure I was paired with a job I was most comfortable with. Thank you Chris Young, and Tom for always providing me with the best resources. With their help I've found my permanent position with in a company I'm happy to work for. So if you need a job or help in any kind I highly recommend Pride Staff !!! Thank you !! read more

I LOVE PRIDESTAFF! Thanks to Sharon Dillon, I was employed within two days of my first interview at an amazing company! She is always very responsive to my needs and really does go out on a limb. The rest of the staff is great as well. I go in every Friday to pick up my check and always have a conversation with the girls. Pridestaff is a casual, yet professional atmosphere which I think most people can relate to. I am happy as ever now and I am very proud of my job :) Thanks Pridestaff! PS. My boss at the company I currently work at said "we love Sharon" on my first day...so that has to be a good sign, right? read more

PrideStaff is great. The staff has awesome customer service. I highly recommend PrideStaff!

Be careful when you work with this agency they aren't very organized or can't find you working hours for work. I have a heart condition and so I thought I was getting paid today when In fact they can't keep a log of your hours. Other staff that work there are misinformed or aren't informed at all. And they are extremely rude don't work with this company they don't care about getting you a real job they fake it. read more

I absolutely *love* PrideStaff! Not only are the staff at this agency competent and engaging, but they are efficient. As a San Diego native, I know there are three things one is always searching for: a job, a house, and a boyfriend/girlfriend--and PrideStaff gets you linked up with short and long term assignments that not only pay you quite well, but help to familiarize you with different companies and industries in this sometimes sleepy coastal town. Within two days of my signing up with this staffing agency, I was placed. And Linda Drewes does a phenomenal job of giving me assignments that go with my work experience and various interests. Also, as a member of the LGBT community here in San Diego, this is a great place to start for employment as your gender identity, race, or sexuality isn't even a factor. I am on an equal playing field and I love it! PrideStaff is where it's at! read more

PrideStaff was able to secure me a contract job that eventually lead to a full time job. I'm thankful that they were also able to accommodate us when COVID-19 struck in our area and we had to work from home. Marissa Salazar was always very helpful and nice. She checked in with me periodically to see how the job was going. Cindy Jobe was in charge of my orientation at PrideStaff and she too was great and super nice. read more

Please do yourself a favor and go through another staffing agency. This particular office is not the one. After requesting a minimum hourly pay requirement, all that was offered was a job paying 25% less than what I was looking for. Ideally, I was looking for a contract/legal job and never heard of any better opportunity from her in several months. Long story short, there seemed to be evidence of the recruiter not reasonably acting in my best interest in regards to the opportunities and pay, and for that reason, I'm out. read more

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They aren't responsive, as several of my emails regarding a followup to my job placement went unanswered. They are polite until they get your information, who knows what they do with it.....sell it to third parties? Because they sure aren't placing people in jobs read more

Job postings are not actual jobs on the table. They (and many other agencies) will post jobs in hopes of collecting resumes. What happens to the resumes, who knows? There is high turnover in their staffing agency so that's not a good sign. read more

A fellow yelper recommend I connect with Linda D. At Pridestaff. I had worked with hiring agencies before and thought that this would just be another shot in the dark. Linda took the time to get to know my strengths and kept open communication with me through the whole process. I took three online tests for Microsoft Word, Excel, and Outlook, along with a speed typing test. She made great suggestions on revamping my résumé. Although the company she was looking to place me at went in a different direction, Linda was very professional and connected me to another staffing agency to a closer office that would be more convenient for me. In a competitive job market it is great to know that someone has got your back! read more

Karen and Kimberly are my Agents with Pridestaff and they both have been phenomenal to work with. Keeping open and constant communication with me while I'm in the market is a HUGE plus because as everyone who is active in the job market knows it's not fun to wonder when the next offer will come after or when you'll have work again. Pridestaff has provided excellent customer to me personally and have kept me working. Thank you both Kim and Karen for being sych good agents. I recommend you give them a shot! read more

I have been working with Pridestaff for the last 2 years and have had a wonderful experience. Chris and Tom Young are a power team!!! They are always extremely responsive, very professional and kind. They have set me up with many wonderful temp assignments and have been helping me find a permanent position. I highly recommend working with Pridestaff!!! Thank you! read more

I will not go here nor send anyone their way! Karen was so unprofessional. When I received an e mail stating to call about the position I applied for she was very abrupt stating it was time for her to go home and that the position required a degree. No where in the ad did it state a degree was required for this clerical position. Beware of any job postings from Pride Staff in La Jolla. read more

The best agency in San Diego hands down!! Great people and down to earth! Will strive their best to get you good jobs

It has been years since I have worked with Pridestaff. I met many temps on assignment recently while they were working events and they all raved about them. This office is under new Management. I decided to give Pridestaff a call. I reached Chris Young at the La Jolla office. We hit it right off the bat! She is extremely friendly, outgoing and professional. She was able to find me in the system. I still needed to go in to update pertinent information, which took less than an hour and was very stress free. I was immediately assigned an event. I was e-mailed all of the information in great detail and had no problems locating the event. I was given great direction both in office and on location. I also mentioned revising my resume to keep on hand should anything fall in my line of work, and feel Chris and company is there for YOU! I highly recommend this La Jolla office and most of all Chris Young! read more

I applied for a position that required Excel skills with TD Ameritrade and spoke with Amy Kizer. She wanted four references. Really four? Ok fine. She discussed salary after she said I would get the job. Then with every call it was, "they don't need your security licenses so they want to pay less." Sure, ok, I'll deal with that, tough market. I show up to TD Ameritrade and the position was completely different. Some guy asked me to highlight roughly 500 sign here boxes for the week so clients knew where to sign, new account applications. I was suppose to be in the transfer of assets team but apparently I was lied to and placed in the highlighting club. Amy as she said a few times during something was amiss. I called but she was too busy to speak with me. Amy Kizer and Pridestaff are rubbish. At TD, the guy was so anal about making sure the highlighting was within the line on the sign in here box. Perhaps they should hire a machine to highlight rather than have college grads doing it. read more

I worked with them months back. After waiting for a while I was informed that the recruiter(KAREN Ferarra) had forgotten our appointment/interview. She made up excuses after I showed her the emails she send to me herself. UNPROFESSIONAL at all. Even after that, I asked if we can discussed about the position I was interested in for minutes. There was no other clients at the office, yet I was refused and suggested to make another appointment. Oh well. read more

PrideStaff is one of the best companies I have worked with. They are very responsive, friendly and make their best to accommodate temp staff according to their specific needs. All the staff that have worked there and still work are amazing - Shannon and Justin (who no longer work here), Chris and Thomas are all among the best professionals I have worked with in the event industry. read more

My experience with Pridestaff has been nothing but great. I have been with them for about a year and they have placed me on some awesome assignments. My recruiter was Karen. I liked her from the very beginning as she is friendly and eager to help. She always kept me in the loop about how often she was submitting me and she was always calling or emailing me for jobs she had available. She is very professional and very prompt with finding work for me. She placed me at a company according to my background ,skill set and personality and I LOVE IT here, I fit right in! I was recently offered a fulltime position with the company she placed me at and I couldn't be happier. I will miss working with her. Pridestaff is such an awesome staffing agency with great people who are dedicated to finding a position that will be a good fit for you both short term and long term. They truly have your best interest at heart. Kudos to Karen :) read more

I contacted Pridestaff regarding an open position that I had seen on its website. From the job description, the information provided was detailed enough to give a relatively clear impression of the type of work I would be doing. This was a rare find. Typically, temporary agencies are much vaguer when describing their positions (without a doubt, this is to protect client information, but I prefer to keep away from guessing games). After submitting my resume and references, I followed up with Stephanie, who would be my interviewer. The turnaround time was approximately three days, which I was happy about. Upon meeting Stephanie, I was greeted warmly and professionally. There is a separate office that is used for individual first-interviews, unlike many agencies' barren, dirty rooms filled with plastic chairs and teetering lunch tables. This, alone, sparked my intrigue with Pridestaff. After sitting with Stephanie for about twenty minutes (not including the time I spent completing standard application-related paperwork), she sent me on my way, advising that I would receive a call once the Company had agreed to meet with me. Within two days, I interviewed with the Company. One week after my introduction to the Company, I went in for a second interview and got the job. Within three weeks, I interviewed for and landed a job with a reputable company and reasonable pay. Needless to say, I'm satisfied. Lastly, I will mention some things about Sharon Dillon. Where other managers lose their connections with employees, Sharon has traction. If it is not her pleasant, positive demeanor when speaking about job outlook (which goes for the whole team, actually), it is her gracious, understanding nature when hearing about something that may be causing you to be in temporary disarray. She's a great manager, and, most positively, an amazing person. Thank you, Pridestaff! read more

Leaving a better review. Continued from my original one Sharon was very pleasant and admitted it was an honest mistake and they do happen. I appreciate her calling and telling me that. All is well read more

Gotta be the worst. They are even worse than Aerotek in the valley. Their jobs don't exist, only minimum wage labor jobs. They treated me like I was a crackhead looking for day labor. The recruiter was Sharon Dillon and she was not very personable, very rude. She didn't focus on the ton of skills I have, she tried to find anything negative and focus on that. How do they expect anybody to work for them? read more

Extremely unprofessional. I once applied here maybe 3 years back, went through the whole interview process and even got told about two jobs they thought I'd be perfect, I was told my resume would be submitted but never got a follow up call. Fast forward to this year I had moved back to San Diego and decided to try them again, interviewed like the first time and same thing happened. I showed up on time but had forgotten one piece of ID due to moving and having my stuff boxed up. I apologized to my interviewer, she was nice about it and even told me about a job she would submit my resume to but half way through the interview she walked out to do something else. First sign that this office is unprofessional. She then said I could go get my ID and come back which I did all within maybe an hour. Once I returned I spoke with another recruiter who had the nerve to tell me how i should be more prepared, I'll give her that but your office should be more professional. Who walks out in the middle of a scheduled interview? After that she told me about all the hiring papers I need to fill out online, which I did. My issue is why put people through the hiring process, take their personal information and never once follow up or even send out information on potential jobs? This place is a waste of time and goes on and on about being professional but nothing about their office is professional. Go on Craigslist and see how they always post about jobs but they never actually have any jobs to place you with when you apply. Don't waste your time with this agency. read more

Was very excited when I saw an ad on craigslist for a job that was in my field and knew that I could do very well. I setup an interview for may 9, Sharon was late and the interview lasted a whole 3 minutes. She did not at all seemed interested in what was at hand. She then proceeded to tell me that she would be in contact with me in 3 days max, as they still had interviews. So a week (15th) goes by and I hear nothing... So the following week I email her again to see what is going on and nothing. I regret ever giving this shoddy place the time of day. Not a reputable business at all. read more

I would agree that this is THE WORST staffing agencies I have encountered. I would give them zero stars. Her name is Karen Ferarra. And she is not abrupt as one person described, she is strait up rude and unprofessional. I agree with another review here that they say they are looking for one thing in the add but when you interview, the script flips. Karen did not follow up on her emails or calls promptly. She gave me the impression that she was not knowledgeable about the hiring company she represented. She doesn't seem to like her job. What a B. read more

busch league. very non professional. treated like a number not a person. would give no stars if it was an options

I just want to say that I have been with Pride Staff since July 2013 and I was a bit hesitant to work with a temp agency as i just left a Corporate hotel that I was employed for over 8 years. I had Sharon Dillion contact me in regards to a position I applied for. She was very clear and honest about how everything worked and the job I was being placed with. She placed me with a great company extremely fast and I was shocked how smooth everything went. She truly has been a great person to work with. She checks up on me to see how things are going. And the times I have reached out to her about me being late she has extremely understanding. She even booked me on a awesome event that i will remember for the rest of my life, this is a true story! They have been awesome and I am so thankful that I ended up with them. And about the turnover they can't control people's performance. It's only up to us she they can't do the work for us! 5 stars from me any day...... read more

Unprofessional place. They email me( which is rare), they tell me to call about a job. I call, they tell me that they will call me back, but they never do. No courtesy. read more

I approached Pride Staff San Diego (La Jolla Office) and had a very pleasant experience. Having been relocated to the US, I was finding it difficult for companies to employ me directly without any local job experience. I had been dealing with Holly who managed to get me the job twice! (even before I was about the finish my first job assignment). I was not required to go an interview for the second assignment and could start straight away. She understood my requirement and I did not have to step down in terms of my career growth. All the formal paper work was done on timely manner and all my queries were always answered on time. I am very happy with the experience I had with Holly and Pride Staff La Jolla, San Diego and I would recommend this recruiting agency to any one. read more

Everyone at the San Diego office has been very friendly and has stayed in communication. They did find my girlfriend a couple positions which eventually led to a permanent position. read more

I have had a very positive experience with Pridestaff. I am on a temp job now with them with the potential for another. Yes, there have been mistakes made on their end, but nothing huge or that I couldn't figure out. Sharon has always been very responsive to me so I don't understand all the negativity on here. Perhaps those griping don't have the necessary skills? Give them a shot! read more

I signed up with Pride staff in October of 2012 and was pleasantly surprised when shortly after signing up my Staffing Manager Sharon called and told me that she had an assignment that she thought was a good fit for me. It turned out that she was right on point as I love working with the organization that she assigned me to. Working with Sharon has been an absolute pleasure, she is always very pleasant, and is easily accessible when and if I have any questions or concerns. Thank you Sharon it is a pleasure working with you. read more