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LGC Associates, LLC

This company is THE WORST They are unprofessional and act on an emotional queue, not business-like in anyway shape or form. It’s hard to know where to begin, but all opinions lead to a complaint to the BBB. 
First you should know they take $10+ dollars out of your HOURLY, charging the client $25-27/hr, bringing your pay back down to a whopping minimum wage (15.45 / WA State) which seems to alternate depending on how they are feeling that day. It’s legal, but shameful. Caveat: READ THE CONTRACT YOU SIGN WITH THEM (if you must sign with them) There are ALL kinds of loopholes that benifit solely LGC, take it home don’t just sign on initial contact which is what they try and get you to do, also strangely, there are at least 10 pages to that contract. They indefinitely take advantage of poor, less educated/struggling communities and especially target people of color, knowing some people just need to make some quick money, their offices are wedged in the Sea-tac area to make sure they are preying on a particular demographic, yet there is not ONE person of color that works in that office. OFFICE: they have a ‘white board’ they add things to indicating that they are purposely avoiding records of anything, it’s like the 1990’s in there, apparently they can’t find an electronic system like everyone else on the entire planet with a business, that keeps their scheduling or any other types of records, Indicating the obvious...  They purposely give you zero time records on your pay period receipt (e.g. hours worked) or at what rate you were paid for that pay period to ensure there is no paper trail leading to their discretions. 
OPERATIONS: they act sweet and nice until the second you can’t accommodate them then there is heck to pay and they will revoke job postings for you to choose from saying that there is no work, bringing us back to full circle on their extreme and unprofessional tone they insist on setting as a bar. Last but not least: they don’t even bother to TRAIN their employees, not even an orientation, they do not care whom they send out to what jobs, via credentials, and it shows, clients continuously drop their contracts with LGC because of the lack of professional knowledge of any kind within the company. You would think with all of the money they are making off of modern day slaves, that they could afford a how-to orientation to employees. CLIENTS and EMPLOYEES alike; BEWARE of this company.

I first heard of LGC Associates at a local job fair. Having recently lost my (short-term) job, I went in and learned more about the company and what events/firms they staffed for. On the spot I was offered a temporary assignment a reasonable distance from home for a very popular tourist attraction, and I accepted, as it wasn't something I'd done before, and I'm always interested in a new adventure. Come the day of the assignment, I could not get a hold of anyone, except to give me the bare minimum details (dress code, location, and report time). My subsequent inquiries during and after the assignment were met with rudeness from the recruiters, and I had to leave the assignment early to get medical attention because I came down with heat exhaustion that could have escalated to heatstroke. However, aside from the rudeness, my biggest problem was with the pay, and I have discovered the hard way that the recruiters are rudest when a temp dares to inquire about their pay or hours. Although I have received and printed my pay stub online the week after I completed my assignment, I did not receive any sort of paycheck (direct deposit, paper check, or otherwise). The following Monday, I gave my LGC office a call to inquire about the status of my paycheck and was rudely told a Money Card would be issued and overnighted, despite the fact that I requested direct deposit at the time of my onboarding. It has been a week since my Money Card was supposedly overnighted, and I have yet to receive it. I called LGC twice on both lines at the end of the week but was not given the courtesy of a same-day return call from either line. (I understand they were at an another event and could not immediately return my call, but there's still no reason you can't find two minutes of your time during your supposed "office hours" to return a temp's call, especially when your voicemail states that you will return their call later that day.) I am prepared to follow up with LGC's Headquarters and if THEY don't resolve the issue possibly make a date with the BBB and/or the Department of Labor. I DO NOT deserve to be treated the way that I've been treated. Because of the treatment I've experienced by this company, I cannot, in good conscience, recommend it to my friends and family looking for work, no matter how long they've been unemployed.

This company may look good on paper or because they work in a nice office building but they are horrendously unprofessional at a corporate level. 

As a recruiter, you are responsible for absolutely everything. Payroll, staffing, recruiting, sales, client relations and more. If you aren't able to double fill all positions for the next day, you don't go home until you do. Not to mention, the amount of on-call hours are absurd and exhausting. When you are the one on-call, and I say when because the corporate office can't keep office workers for more than a few months, you are obligated to be attentive to your work phone and computer from 6am until 9pm. Did I mention that you are salary so you're not getting paid for any of the on-call time. 

If you are the only staffing manager in your office, like I was repeatedly for a year, you are on call every day, including weekends. They also have a 30 minute email policy. You MUST return any client email within 30 minutes of receiving it or you will have someone from corporate calling you to berate you and talk down to you. So make sure you don't take a long shower or visit friends and family without having your phone and computer taped to your side. 

Expecting staffing managers to recruit downtown every week and pay $30 for parking each time but not being reimbursed until the end of the month. Or having to "check in" employees at a job site on the weekend (unpaid of course) because you're the one on-call and then end up having to stay for 5 hours. This is just the tip of the iceberg here. This is by far the worst place I have ever been employed.  

a typical day would begin with a pre-setting, as many as 250 tables for expecting guess followed by a salad setting. The shift leader will assembly all servers at the whiteboard where we see who has what tables assigned to there names. Servers then go check their tables to make sure that they are not missing anything and to add anything missing. Servers will then return to the whiteboard where all final questions, as far as what is being served for the meal; what dressing and wine is available,etc; will be asked and answered. The servers go back onto the floor where the stand as long as 15 minutes awaiting for the doors to open with as many as 500 people flooding in. A smile; and an attentive position is expected when guest enter. Servers see the guest to their tables and proceed to suit any request the guest may have. The co-workers are all understanding, however, when it is time to go, breaking down 250 plus tables is not as easy as projected; but we get it done. That by far has to be the most extensive part of the job; breaking down the tables. The most enjoyable however is the laughs and interaction provided by the guest. These guest are spending an ample amount of money on these galas and banquets, and for them to be generous and humble enough to speak and thank the servers speaks levels on their character.

As a recruiter/internal office position there is always something to do so you never get bored. You will gain strong professional phone and email etiquette as answering the phone is one of the main responsibilities. You will use Teams and Outlook a lot. This is a Sales-based organization so you must be willing to do hospitality market research, cold calls and emails, as well as do in-person sales at businesses without having an appointment. This is also an HR role so you will need to be able to field calls from upset employees. Previously there was a lot of room for advancement and it was easy to get promoted up the ladder but the company has down-sized management staff so there doesn't seem to be as much room for advancement beyond the branch level. Do not expect to ever be fully "off" from work as you will be expected to check emails, and texts even on your days off. You will be expected to work "on-call" nights and weekends because they follow the motto that "hospitality never sleeps".  Base salary is usually not great but the majority of earning potential is based on your commission percentage. Commission comes from the office's monthly net profit.

I worked for this company for a couple of years.... they are so unreliable with everything.  They act like its a wonderful place to work and like you should be grateful that you work there..... if you get a shift you are lucky.... even luckier if you get several shifts that same week with more than just four hours..... they act like the little money that you do make, its a lot.... they act like 50 bucks a week is normal to make.....

I would call for work and they would say theres nothing available knowing that there was a board full of work. I would talk to some of my co workers and they would talk about how much work they were getting.... not only that if you call to talk to a manager they act like you are making a threat just because you say something about needing more hours. They have a habit of lying to people about everything.

Also, if you do get work, you must show up extremely early if you want to work..... however, they over book and do not care.... not only that you are lucky if you get to stay.... they do this when people decide to not show up.... if those who dont show up are still able to work with out any punishment..... if the shift has been cancelled, your lucky if they call before you leave your house......

 Also, it seems as though the more uneducated you are, the better off you are... it is as though they reward you for this

when I first started working here the pay was great, great scheduling, great hours and awesome communication between management and getting help on routes, as of recently they had to cut back our hours due to covid testing policys changing in the state of colorado went from working full time to now part time the last few weeks, I really love the management here they are the best just unfortunately because of the new covid requirements from the state a lot of us employees now fell on hard times, I left my last job with the expectations to work full time for a good period of time and kinda upset this has happened and I planned my life around my new income and now im having to do other work on the side to supplement and make bills. I wish that maybe the company could deploy other things for us to deliver to facility's besides just covid tests and provide us with great hours and work again. unless colorado policy changes or there is a uprising in covid cases its tough out here for all of us.

LGC is a good company if you are looking for temporary work.  Poor company leadership because management didn't  schedule appropriately, was often unresponsive to workers needs/requests, and sent people home early if they overstaffed the event.  The managers at one local branch also just seemed uneducated due to their lack of insight about general professional courtesy and non-adherence to labor laws.  LGC contracts with several different places so you have some choice in your assignment/location which can be helpful if transportation is an issue.  Pay is fair (given what you are doing) but is not living wage).  The culture in the workplace was certainly centered around people needing a paycheck (they pay weekly).  Because of this, I think a lot of people were unhappy but tolerated it because they desperately needed money.  I think that the best part of the job was getting to meet a variety of people.  With staffing companies you get a wide range of people (the grad student, parent w/ kids, college drop-outs).  The hardest part of the job is communicating with management (particularly about assignments/locations and pay) and that it's just a generally disorganized company.

I have done this type of "job" before. I wanted a flexible company to help me do the work I love. I am a bartender overall, both licensed in Oregon and Washington. LGC Hospitality seems to always be hiring OLCC Bartenders. I would love to see more venues and regualr opportunities. I am sure there is a lot I don't know on the internal side. From my interactions, this company could really nail any competitors by using an online booking system or schedule availablity calendar and sync jobs, requests, etc to individual employees. When you are hot-you're hot and when you're not,you  are not. How they work one line essentially and handle the needs seems challenging to me. But they are great with last miinute needs on our behalf and if you have a brain,you can figure out what you need.I like what they offer, but I'd like to see more offers if they are "hiring" my category every three days. That's my only concern.

I worked as a recruiting manager for this company. From making up drug tests to scheduling you at 4am on a Saturday (having never told you you'd have to work a Saturday) I absolutely hated my job. Your emails are constantly watched by multiple personnel above you and criticized without any actual feedback on how you can improve. They make a point about wanting to help you move forward in the company and then don't provide the job performance reviews you've been promised and were asking for. They do not care at all about the temp staff and will always side with their clients- even if the temp staff member was clearly the correct side to be on. They treat their temp staff like they are trash and they treat their clients like queens. Many times, I was instructed to lie to a temp staff member about when they were going to get paid because the branch manager hadn't done payroll correctly. It has a horrible work/life balance as you always have to be responding to emails, showing up to check staff in, ect. I really recommend that if anyone is job hunting, do not work here. They do not care about you as an individual and will see you as a small cog in a much more important (to them) machine.

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