This place does not deserve any stars. I applied for a position over a year ago that was advertised at $20/hr. I have over 20 years experience in the field so I would assume that I could command a wage for a temporary employee in the Boise area of at least $20/hr (considering how low wages are in this area as compared to the larger cities where I have lived). I had to fill out an online application. Fine. That took probably a half hour. Then I had to go down to their office and take a bunch of tests and interview with them. Fine. That took over 2 hours. Then I was told that the position I was applying for was no longer available and that they had TONS of other opportunities. Fine. They only had opportunities in the $12/hr range. No thanks! Not worth the gas to drive to the job.
Then I hear back from them a year later with some "fabulous opportunity." To cut it short, the woman I spoke to, Jennifer, would not give me a direct answer of what the opportunity paid. She wanted me to re-fill out the online application, come down to her office and take all the tests over again and interview with them again before she would even tell me what they would pay. She kept telling me how she needed to get me in there right away because she needed to fill the position quickly. I told her that it would not be worth my time to do all that for a position in the $15/hr range because I simply would refuse an opportunity like that. I do contract work from home in the $45-$65/hr range, so why would I want to go work for someone at their office for $15/hr or less? I would lierally rather be between contract jobs and not earning any money than take a $15/hr job. Sorry if that sounds egotistical, but again, I have over 20 years of solid experience working for some fortune 100 companies.
But she would not tell me what the position paid and just kept telling me that once she had all my information in front of her and we could talk in person, then she could assess what I would be able to get paid. She told me this about 3 different times because I kept telling her, if the job only pays $15/hr, it's not worth my time. She finally tells me that it's more than $15/hr. But it took a lot of pushing on my part to find out that she would "present me to the client at $16/hr."
Needless to say, when it was finally clear to Jennifer that I would not even consider a job in that range, she got extremely frustrated with me and was very curt when getting off the phone.
This place is horrible if you are an experienced accountant. Every time I see a post of theirs listing an opportunity that pays $20/hr or more, I call out of curiosity. And every time I call, they tell me that the particular opportunity I am calling about has already been filled, but they have other opportunities in the $12-15/hr range. And then I see the exact same $20/hr position posted a few days later. EXACT. Isn't a bait and switch scam illegal?
I would be curious to hear other applicants' experiences with Accountemps in Boise and see if they have experienced the same thing. Ultimately, in my opinion, you get what you pay for. If you are not willing to pay for a star employee, then guess what? You will not get a star employee.
To clarify, I'm writing this review for 2 reasons. One, because I personally had a few bad experiences with this place and two, I want to warn others that they may experience the same bait and switch tactic.
Kelly Services is far better! They are always upfront about their positions. They generally do not have much in the $20/hr range either, but at least they are not dishonest about trying to get you in their office to talk to you about a $15/hr position. read more
