bilingual recruiter

substitute teacher

forklift operator

maintenance technician

team leader

Parallel Employment Group

After working at Wendy's for nearly two years, I realized that I needed better and more secure employment. A friend of mine told me that a temp agency called simplified solutions was hiring, so I gave filled out an application. Simplified solutions worked quickly, and within the week I began work at Arvato. I loved the factory environment and prided myself on how incredibly hard I worked each and everyday. I loved to be given a task and allowed to work and finish the task I started without much interruption. I also appreciated the ability to move up in the company at first. After only two months of hard work, I was able to train with a forklift and receive my certification. 

When I first began working at Arvato, a typical day consisted of palletizing product and verified that everything on the pallet was correct and ready to be shipped. Next, I labeled my pallet properly so that the dock crew knew what product was on the pallet. Next, I either worked with a fellow employee to wrap the pallet or if a shrink wrapping machine was available, I would use that to wrap the product. Finally, the product needed to be moved into the appropriate dock area for transport.

Eventually, with my insistence, my boss allowed myself and some of the better employees in our area to begin picking product as well. A typical day of picking consisted of taking orders, finding the proper product from each specific bin area, and placing the product in a waiting area for the next step of the shipping process.

During my time with Arvato, I learned so many valuable skills for factory work. I also discovered some of the inner workings of the factory. I learned how to not only pick product from bins, but also how to pack boxes with product. I learned about different areas of the factory, and how to more efficiently work in a factory setting. I also learned about how to use the computers to look at upcoming orders and completed orders. Most importantly, I discovered how to operate a fork lift safely and efficiently.

While working at Arvato there were good times and bad. Towards the end of my employment, I discovered the worst part of factory work which was the slow times and the last minute changes. Certain days, we would not have any real work to do besides cleaning until an hour before we were scheduled to leave. Then, management would tell us that we had to stay four extra hours, which was incredibly frustrating to hear at 9 pm at night. Also, there was very little job security working through a temp agency, and even to the best workers were not being hired in until at least five years of work there.

My proudest moment of work at Arvato was the day I discovered a huge mistake. Rather than sending out one unit of product, the machines we used to pick product told me to send out a case of said product. I saved the company so much money by catching the mistake and informing my supervisor. I even received two $20 gift cards to target for my save.

Parallel Employment Group provided me with an opportunity to work in a highly hands-on internal IT environment during a period of major infrastructure instability and organizational change. While the technical environment itself was extremely outdated and carried significant accumulated technical debt, the people I worked with directly were generally reasonable, supportive, and focused on solving problems rather than assigning blame.

The role became especially demanding after a ransomware incident forced the company to rapidly modernize large portions of its infrastructure. During that period, our small IT team coordinated a major recovery and migration effort involving server modernization, co-location infrastructure, hybrid cloud systems, user support, training, and operational communication across the business. It was an extremely stressful period at times, but it also created opportunities for meaningful collaboration and problem solving.

One of the strongest aspects of the environment was that expectations were generally grounded in operational reality. Leadership understood that the infrastructure problems had developed over many years and, for the most part, gave the team flexibility and autonomy to work through solutions pragmatically. Even when the environment itself was chaotic, the day-to-day asks were usually reasonable.

The management structure was not perfect, and there were definitely gaps in long-term planning, operational organization, and strategic technical direction during my time there. Like many smaller organizations with heavy technical debt, responsibilities often expanded beyond formal titles, and advancement opportunities did not always align with the level of ownership employees eventually took on.

That said, I still view the experience positively overall. The environment gave me significant exposure to infrastructure recovery work, business-to-IT communication, user coordination, and operational problem solving under pressure. It was a difficult technical environment, but one with good people and meaningful work during an important transition period for the company.

i worked in an area called OSI Ovens. A typical work day would be to make at least ten thousand parts a day. Its usually very hot and humid because of the temperatures that the rotor core come out the oven at, Reaching 940 degrees F. Its a constant moving type of job unless the machine got jammed or something breaks. Ive learned how to repair some machines when they ever went down. Ive also learned how other areas of the warehouse relied on my area specifically beacuse the area i worked was where it all begins. The supervisors were very nice, the only issue with the supervisors is they never really interacted with the employees. There wasnt very good communication. Its the supervisors job to tell the staff whats bein made, and whenever that didnt happen things would go wrong for example making parts thats not needed at the time instead making whats needed and then their forced to shut down til parts are made. whenever something went bad the supervisors would come out upset, sad to say that was the only time when the supervisors left there office. ive got along with all my coworkers. They were very respectable and we all worked as a team to make rate. the hardest part of the was keeping up with auto assembly, Sometimes they would switch over to a different part without telling us and we were forced to work at overly fast rate, which is a safety hazard because of the scorching hot metal coming out of the ovens. The most enjoyable part of the job is being able to work a full day without any machine breakdowns and being able to make rate everyday. Overall i loved my job, it was challenging some days bt challenging can be fun especially working with people who are much as determined to get the job did as you.

Was hired to be a coordinator at a new branch, found it odd that during training in a different state the computers went in and out the entire time and the training was in and out with the trainer getting called away.  Then shortly after the training they sent me an email with about 20 forms with multiple pages to go through while still placing people and keeping up with the "2-3" companies they gave me to work with.  Then after receiving multiple emails thanking me for a job well done, and encouragement for using the referral bonus to acrue more employees I was "not retained".  Ironically it was shortly after complainer to higher management about the grass outside growing higher, computers not working, and a wire hanging from the ceiling for which all seemed unprofessional to me.  Honestly, it seemed hard to be heard by management, and the communication amongst the Wisconsin Branch and the New York branches was sparce.  Not to mention getting help from IT when you need could be at times very difficult.  Not a great place to succeed unless you can do it without sufficient training, and self starting on just about everything.

A typical day at work is to pick kids up from lunch room and escort them to class to begin our day of learning.  I learned that today's students are much different than when I was a kid and from my children.  Therefore I have to adjust teaching to their understanding and try to have fun as well.  The coworkers are great with providing information about different schools we may be assigned to and if the students are unruly etc.  The hardest part of the day is trying to reach and teach todays students when some of them don't care about their education and interfere with the ones who do want to learn.  The most enjoyable part of the day is when I actually do reach the ones who say they don't care along with the few that do!

This is yet another temp service that continues to put up ads for work they do not have. They are just recruiting you, so they look like their working while sitting there at their desks (i have worked inside a temp service before) and there is no work. They wil tel you its slow every time you call, and then when something is availble they will use who ever is new and walking in and not go through the data base to find you. Also they want you to register on their website connected to a job site, and use your SOCIAL SECURITY NUMBER. Hell no! If you want it on file, that is great, but entering into a system on the computer through a website? and then they don't even have work available? that is crazy. there is no available work here-just move on

Parallel Education Division is actively recruiting for full-time Substitute Teachers and Educational Assistants for the school year.These substitute positions are often daily positions with the possibility of long term or direct hires pending performance. There are enough daily assignments to work full time in the schools. This is a great way to get your foot in the door and potentially find a new teaching position. I am a recent under graduate and I highly encourage others with a teaching certification to apply.

At the start, management and communication was poor due to being understaffed. However, they are expanding while coordinating a more succinct management system. Assignments available are immediately posted online for employees to assign their own schedule. Once a work week is annotated and completed, employees fax or scan a time report that is quickly verified and processed for wages received on a weekly basis.

There is no communal culture among employees or management. I have also witnessed poor performance and low expectations among my coworkers. However, I have learned professional techniques and industry specific skills while creating lasting relationships through the contracted network.

If I were lucky to be requested by a school, my month would be great. However, when I started with the company, schools did not know me, so I would wait by the phone every morning hoping for a call. The first year with the company I didn't have a stable income. Out of a month, I was at a school maybe 2 times a week, which was horrible. But by the following year, I made a name for myself and would be requested by a school for short assignments that lasted several weeks. Also the great thing about this company is, if I had a doctors appointment or meeting, I didn't have to call in; I could just decline the offer of working that day.

A typical day at work is telling student that cell phones is not allowed, no talking do your work, and respect your teacher and stop the cursing. I have learn that many students face many personal problems from home and they need someone to talk to about their situation. You must have control over your classroom. We as co-workers must stick together and share the same views when to comes to students. The hardest part of the job is students that disrupt the class while you are teaching the class. The most enjoyable part of the job is seeing kids who wants to learn and who wants to succeed in life.

Top Job Titles	Average Salary
Bilingual recruiter 2 salaries reported	$19.50 per hour
Substitute teacher 7 salaries reported	$16.64 per hour
Forklift operator 2 salaries reported	$18.25 per hour
Maintenance technician 2 salaries reported	$33.75 per hour
Team leader 4 salaries reported	$19.50 per hour

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