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order picker

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BlueCrew

BlueCrew has managed to build a platform to effectively exploit minorities, the poor and the underemployed. The average pay on the platform is $12-$15, which is already considered low pay in most urban cities, but especially so in a city like San Francisco, one of the most expensive cities to live in. They do this by automating the processes, selling the service to clients as an easy to use sourcing app to hire temporary workers. But it's more than that! Because of the nature of the competitiveness of securing jobs on the platform, they take advantage of the fact that the employees are dispensable. So when small or larger issues arise, they side with the clients over their loyal and highly rated employees, the source of their income. In addition, clients have complete autonomy over the process. So if a employee/contractor has confirmed a 6mth contract with a client, at any point the client can cancel and the employee is out of a job. BlueCrew doesnt lift a finger in finding another gig, or at the very least put you in a short list for the next available one. They sell the service as a platform for temporary work, but many of their employees have been on the platform for 2yrs+! Stuck in a loop, low paying gig after low paying gig, praying on minorities and the poor. (They literally had their sales team recruiting in poor neighbourhoods, promising everybody jobs!) I'm so embarrassed by how they have been able to operate up to this point and somehow nobody has spoken up about their business model.

There were positives and negatives I think. It really depends on what you're looking for. Yeah, you essentially choose open jobs on your own time, but pickings are slim and if you don't immediately respond to a job posting it gets filled up quick. Job postings tend to be last minute so you have to be checking every day and ready to move around your day-to-day schedule to be able to take them, or choose not to take them and miss a work opportunity. The quality of the companies you get sent to work for vary. The reasons you get sent out may conflict with your personal ethics, for example if you're being recruited to assist with filling the gap for a lacking of employees due to a workers strike at that location. That's up to you and your personal values if you feel comfortable with that ethical conflict. If you have a flexible weekly schedule, are able to respond quickly, and don't mind last minute assignments, this is a nice source of secondary income. This is not something I recommend for anyone seeking fulltime work. 

First week they paid me very late, had to email them to let them know they haven’t paid me. My very first day on the job I just basically got shown around the place and told to get to work and that was pretty much it. They just throw you out there and expect you to figure things out on your own. I had no experience in a workplace like that before so it would have been helpful to have a supervisor (they are strict when they want to be) show me things more in depth. Literally, another Blew Crew worker who was just like me had to show me everything that I needed to know :( and give me assignments to stay busy. Next, the dining was over staffed so the boss deleted all of our jobs without warning. Personally, I don’t think that’s a great way to go about it but ok. It was pretty sad to wake up and see that I no longer had a job anymore which really worked for me. Wasn’t too far from home and had the perfect hours for me. I also needed the job to pay for college and I was 2 weeks without work trying to meet a deadline for my payment. That really hurt :) Although they did have other jobs they were either not the hours that would work for me or too far, or not the job that I was really interested in. One time I did end up getting another job with them but they deleted it before I even got a chance to go to work. The other Blue Crew workers really made it fun though! I miss them everyday! :(

I give this Company a High rating due to my Experience with them on different assignments. Each time they reached out to me ,it was not hard to communicate. The process was easy to understand. I could work from my phone and email for the hiring process. They gave clear instructions what to do next n what to wear at each assignment. The job sites was easy to find near me. The job site was very Clean and well kept. The Staff were very professional and Nice ,easy to talk to and well diverse. That was helpful because many cultures worked at the company and I Loved that. The Machines were clean n well managed. They had great machine operators and Mechanics to fix small problems or the experienced employee troubleshoot any problem n was back up running efficiently. I learned new skills and Iwas able to catch on quickly. The Team leads was very experienced as well and the were helpful teaching us ,very patient. I would recommend others to apply for this company and I will continue to be ready for any assignments they have for me in the future.

A typical day at work for me varies as the job changes. My work day even changes from day to day at the same job. 

Throughout my Bluecrew career, I have worked in a kitchen doing culinary work( something I cannot say I have done to this degree), I learned how to operate a pallet, I learned how to better organize a warehouse, I assisted in moving supplies from one warehouse to another, I learned about the scooters scattered about the city, and I worked at the Ball Park and Stadium for the first time. The various jobs never got stale.

Management varied, but generally all the managers had a tight handle on their shop and employees. That is excellent. 

The hardest part about a job was coming back to a job that I did not like, but was committed to. And sometimes it was hard working at the same capacity everyday at jobs that required lifting ALL day. 

The most enjoyable part of a job.....any job I liked was generally enjoyable. I also thought it was enjoyable To come to a job I had never done before.

First, I was brought on as a driver only to be let go about 2-3 weeks into the job because there were too many drivers. Secondly, a couple days after that they decided to bring me back for whatever reason and I had to drop everything I had going on because they NEEDED me that day. I was told this is a long term position when they brought me back only to find out that was not true at all. Long term to them apparently is 2 months. I was let go because they weren’t profitable. IF YOU LIKE JOBS WITH ZERO JOB SECURITY THAT PAY GOOD THIS IS THE JOB FOR YOU. They will not give you a heads up as to when they plan on laying people off, don’t bother giving a 2 week notice here. Oh, and managers just sit at the computer all day barely even talking to you at all. Co-workers complain DAILY about the anything you can think of. I won’t be missing working for them. Expect to work EVERY MAJOR holiday. And the holiday pay IS NOT worth it. To make an extra $70 rather than spending the holidays with your family or friends was not worth it to me.

This is specifically targeted to the Los Angeles division. Get your company HR people that know what they are doing because they are making your company look very unprofessional and amateur at best.  Every week there should not be a schedule change when one accepts a position for a 7 month duration at a set schedule! It seems like you are playing games with people, shuffling them around like chess pieces and you will end up with high turnover and awful employees remaining because no one will stay like that. You can’t just call someone 10 hours before their dedicated shift to tell them everything will be changing to hours that the person cannot do and when they inform your “HR”, they put that person on “standby” so basically now back to unemployed??? What happened to the shift that was offered and accepted? You do not appear to have integrity if you welch on your end of the deal. Watch out for this if you decide to work with them and keep everything in writing.

Seriously, you are wasting your very valuable time, as they have wasted mine. I had an interview with a blue crew recruiter(I was literally the only one that showed up for the "group" interview, red flag 1) and she told me about the company, perks etc. then she told me specifically about two "solid" connections she had for me in terms of employment and she told me both jobs would be "a straight start for September." September is now almost over and I am still unemployed and about to be kicked out of my apartment for not paying rent. I sent several messages to my recruiter asking what happened with the jobs or if they have any other leads... no one got back to me. 

There are NO reliable jobs posted for Southern California. I applied to even the bare minimum experience jobs... not a single response back. 

Please, spare yourself the trouble. Do not rely on Blue Crew if you really need to find employment because you will not find help from them.

What is the best part of working at the company?
To me is the #1 remote Temp Service that you can work for in Missouri, because they have jobs that are consistent to where you can get hired after 30 to 90 days of working with the Temp Service.

What is the most stressful part about working at the company?
Communication is the most stressful, because I would rather talk with someone when I have a problem than texting or messaging someone, cause when you leave a message it takes 24 to 48 hrs for them to respond and it may be a emergency or something, so communication needs to be changed to better serve the employees.

What is the work environment and culture like at the company?
The work environment is good just depends on the people you work around other than that I enjoy the companies that I have worked for.

What is a typical day like for you at the company?
I really can't answer this question, cause I have worked at multiple companies.

I really enjoyed the first few years working gigs on Blue Crew, but some of the gigs, like at Ball Parks and Stadiums we were treated poorly by their permanent workers and management.  Lately there has been substantially less opportunities, so I haven't worked any gigs since the 4th quarter of 2022 at the end of the baseball season.  I had that there would be more opportunities, but it didn't happen.  They don't have a phone number to reach support, only messages through the app and they are slow to get back to you.  They must use a chat bot.  It is very impersonal and robotic.

Top Job Titles	Average Salary
Warehouse associate 13 salaries reported	$16.65 per hour
Order picker 10 salaries reported	$43.50 per hour
Dishwasher 2 salaries reported	$14.13 per hour
Packer 1 salary reported	$17.00 per hour
Cook 4 salaries reported	$15.50 per hour

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